NCCA and the NCLA
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is the Philippines' overall policy making body, coordinating, and grants giving agency for the preservation, development and promotion of Philippine arts and culture; an executing agency for the policies it formulates; and tasked to administer the National Endowment Fund for Culture and the Arts (NEFCA)—the fund exclusively for the implementation of culture and arts programs in line with the Medium Term Philippine Development Plan for Culture and the Arts. Read more at the NCCA's official website, http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about-ncca/about-ncca/about-ncca-history-mandate.php .
Tradisyon at Inobasyon: The 2012 Philippine Arts Festival (PAF)
[Excerpted from the official press release]
The NCCA—the country’s prime agency for arts and culture—is gearing up for the 2012 Philippine Arts Festival (PAF), a month-long fete that will banner the flagship projects of the seven committees of the NCCA’s Subcommission on the Arts (SCA), embracing architecture, cinema, dance, literature, music, dramatic arts and visual arts. Under its chairman, Prof. Felipe de Leon, Jr., the NCCA has taken the theme “Tradisyon at Inobasyon” (Tradition and Innovation) for the 2012 celebration, which aims to further advance local creativity in the arts. PAF will feature workshops, exhibitions, forums and performances by practitioners of the arts and will take place all over the country. Eminent local and foreign artists will take part in this biggest and grandest month-long cultural gathering.
For more details on the activities and schedules, contact PAF Media Director and NCCA-Public Affairs and Information Office (PAIO) head, Rene Sanchez Napenas at (632) 527-2192 or 0928-5081057, or PAF Festival Manager, Vanessa Nicolas at 0918-6380412. Log on to www.ncca.gov.ph or email them at ncca.paio@gmail.com.
NCLA
The National Committee on Literary Arts (NCLA), under the Subcommission on the Arts (SCA), is one of the 19 national committees of the NCCA. Mandated to promote the appreciation of Philippine literature and to develop a sense of nationhood among Filipino writers, the NCLA is composed of individual and institutional members from the literary arts.
The NCLA nominates delegates to the annual Taboan Writers festival through its regional coordinators:
Chancellor Priscilla Macansantos, Head (Baguio/Cordillera)
Jose Dalisay, Jr. (NCR)
Maria Luisa Reyes (NCR)
Ma. Carmen Sarmiento (NCR)
Elizabeth Raquel (Northern Luzon)
Julietta Mallari (Central Luzon)
Carlos Arejola (Southern Luzon)
Elsa Coscolluela (Western Visayas)
Haidee Emmie Palapar (Central Visayas)
Phil Harold Mercurio (Eastern Visayas)
Christine Godinez-Ortega (North & Central Mindanao)
Jhoanna Lynn Cruz (East & South Mindanao)
Albert Alejo (Western Mindanao)
