[AGS] Music and Art/SiPag Week

February is the National Arts Month.

To celebrate artistic excellence and pay tribute to the uniqueness and diversity of Filipino heritage and culture, the National Commission for the Culture and the Arts (NCCA) leads the celebration of  2024 National Arts Month (NAM).

This year’s National Arts Month celebration aims to harness the creative energies of artists toward nation-building, integrate the arts into the lives of diverse populations and communities, and engage critical discourse, awareness, and appreciation of various arts and art disciplines through different emerging platforms.

Bearing the theme “Ani ng Sining, Bayang Malikhain”, 2024 NAM seeks to encapsulate the notion that the bountiful harvest of a Filipino creative nation is drawn from the products of human imagination, not just of individuals, but of people as a collective. A creative nation, Bayang Malikhain, embodies the idea of a Filipino society that places a high value on imagination, innovation, and artistic expression as integral components of our identity and progress. In a Bayang Malikhain, artistic endeavors are celebrated as essential contributions to the nation’s development and cultural richness.

Through this year’s National Arts Month celebration, we hope to actively engage individuals and communities in the process of artistic creation, fostering an encounter with creative pursuits and principles.

Source: National Commission for Culture and the Arts
Cover display by Mr. Jericho E. Nieves and Ms. Beatriz L. Secondes