Press Release:
Seven
individuals and an organization will receive the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining for
their outstanding achievements and contributions to Philippine arts and culture
on February 27, 2013, 8:00pm at the CCP Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (Main
Theater).
The
Gawad CCP Para sa Sining is the highest award given by the CCP. The award will
be conferred on Zeneida A. Amador for Theater; Cirilo F. Bautista for
Literature; Brenda V. Fajardo for Visual Arts; Agnes Locsin for Dance, Ramon P.
Santos for Music; Rodolfo “Dolphy” Quizon for Film and Broadcast Arts;
Florentino H. Hornedo for Cultural Anthropology. The Silliman University
National Writers Workshop will receive the Tanging Parangal for arts training
and education.
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The
late Zeneida Amador was a theater director and actress whose career spanned 45
years. Her name is synonymous with Repertory Philippines, the theater company
dedicated to bringing Broadway and West End productions. As the driving force behind Repertory
Philippines and with a passion for excellence, Amador succeeded in honing a
generation of theater actors disciplined and dedicated to their craft as well
as building an enthustiastic and loyal theater audience.
Poet,
fictionist and critic Cirilo Bautista is a preeminent voice in Philippine
Literature in English and Filipino. He is the author of the Trilogy of Saint
Lazarus composed of the award-winning poetry collections (Archipelago, Telex
Moon and Sunlight on Broken Stones). He has won all the important literary
awards and he continues to write criticism as well as literary reviews and
essays in Panorama where he serves as literary editor. Having been a lecturer
and critic in literary workshops in various universities, he has mentored many
young writers.
Visual
artist Brenda Fajardo's works carry strong historical and nationalist themes as
folk and mythological tales. Fajardo participated in prestigious exhibitions
both here and abroad and represented the county in various biennales notably in
France, Cuba, Japan, the USA, Korea, Chile, India and Australia. Because
Fajardo was not an artist contented with isolation, she explored her expression
with other art organizations and institutions. She has been instrumental in
founding or revitalizing artist groups bonded by a common advocacy such as art
education, gender issues, and community enrichment programs. Her efforts at
revitalizing her family's farm through cultural awareness prove to be a further
testimony to this vocation.
Choreographer,
dancer and teacher Agnes Locsin is one of the most progressive contemporary
choreographers in the Philippines. Her neo-ethnic choreographies derive
inspiration from Filipino tribal practices, beliefs, more, folklores and
rituals which gave a new voice to our ethnic traditions. Her body of works
enriched Philippine dance’s treasure of original Filipino works. As a teacher, she has produced outstanding
dancers who are now artistic directors of dance companies, renowned
choreographers and dance teachers in the Philippines, while some have become
members of leading dance companies abroad.
Dr.
Ramon Santos’ outstanding contribution to Philippine music is comprised of his
numerous Filipino contemporary compositions that reflect traditional and Asian
music aesthetics which have been performed not only locally but also in
different parts of the world. A leading composer of contemporary music, he is
recognized by other composers in Asia for his works which have been showcased
in festivals and conferences abroad. His scholarly research in Philippine music
have been published in journals and books both locally and internationally,
helping contribute to the understanding of Philippine and Asian music
aesthetics. His active involvement as officer of international music
organizations has helped put the country in a prominent position in the field
of contemporary music in the global arena.
The
country’s most beloved comedian and King of Philippine comedy Dolphy, who
passed away on July year, is credited with elevating Philippine Comedy in
Cinema to new heights. Through his
stage, radio, television, and film work, he has delighted generations of
Filipinos with his comic antics and touched audiences with his range of
thespian skills that include heartfelt drama as well.
Writer,
scholar, researcher, anthropologist and professor Florentino Hornedo is a
leading researcher and anthropologist who has participated in various training
programs of the CCP Outreach for over a decade.
He is a prominent advocate for the preservation of culture and heritage
in the regions, particularly in Batanes and through his involvement in the
Batanes Development Foundation Inc. He
has played a crucial role in the cultural education of local artists and institutions
through his teaching engagements at the Ateneo University, UST, St. Dominic
College of Batanes. He founded the founded
the St. Louis University Museum of Culture and Arts in Northern Luzon in 1971,
now the biggest museum of Northern Luzon and Cordillera culture and arts. He has recorded and studied Ivatan entho-history
cultural expressions & traditional arts since 1969. He has published books and ethnographic and
historic articles.
The
Silliman University National Writers Workshop is the oldest creative writing
program in Asia since 1962. It has been
bringing together in creative and critical discussion young writers from all over
the country and honing their skills in the craft of fiction, poetry, nonfiction
and drama. Realizing the importance of regional writing, it has endeavoured to
include writers in the Visayan languages.
Its roster of alumni and panelists is veritably a “who’s who” in
Philippine letters. The Gawad CCP 2012
award is a timely recognition of the Workshop as it celebrates its golden
anniversary this year.
The
Gawad CCP Para sa Sining, which is given every three years, is awarded to
artists or groups of artists who have consistently produced outstanding works,
enriched the development of their art form. The award is also given to cultural
workers, who through their works in research, curatorship and administration,
have helped to develop and enrich Philippine art. The Tanging Parangal is given to Individual
or organizations to honor their outstanding contributions to the development of
the arts in the country.
