L3.2: GAMABA Artists (General Info + Duties and Responsibilities)

Question 1

What does GAMABA stand for?

Answer 1

(Gawad sa Manlilikhang Bayan) National Living Treasure Award

Question 2

What year was the GAMABA awards institutionalized?

Answer 2

1992

Question 3

What RA institutionalized the GAMABA awards?

Answer 3

RA 7335

Question 4

What is the highest policy-making and coordinating body of Philippine culture and arts who implemented the GAMABA awards?

Answer 4

National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA)

Question 5

T or F: The award can be conferred to non-Filipino individuals or groups with at least 1 Filipino member engaged in any traditional Filipino art form

Answer 5

False (Filipino citizen or group of Filipino citizens)

Question 6

T or F: GAMABA artists can choose not to pass on their art techniques to future generations

Answer 6

False (must or will pass it to the other members of the community)

Question 7

T or F: A GAMABA awardee can belong to an urban community

Answer 7

False (indigenous/traditional cultural community)

Question 8

T or F: The community of the GAMABA awardee must have preserved indigenous beliefs, rituals, and traditions

Answer 8

True (they can also sync with any external influences)

Question 9

The GAMABA awardee must engage in a folk art tradition that has existed/been documented for at least how many years?

Answer 9

50

Question 10

T or F: A GAMABA awardee can take a break/hiatus from creating artworks if needed

Answer 10

False (they must have consistently performed for a significant period)

Question 11

T or F: A GAMABA awardee must possess a mastery of tools and materials needed for the art

Answer 11

True

Question 12

A GAMABA awardee must have an established reputation of being a ______ and maker of works of extraordinary technical quality

Answer 12

Master

Question 13

T or F: A GAMABA awardee can choose to pass on the art tradition to those outside of the community

Answer 13

False (they must be part of the community where the art is traditionally known)

Question 14

T or F: A GAMABA awardee can still be recognized even if they are incapacitated to teach their craft due to various reasons

Answer 14

True (under some conditions)

Question 15

T or F: An awardee can be excused for not passing on their craft (due to age or infirmity) if they have created significant amounts of works and has consistently displayed excellence in the practice of it

Answer 15

True

Question 16

T or F: An awardee must have been instrumental in the revitalization of their community’s art traditions

Answer 16

True

Question 17

T or F: An awardee can still be recognized even if their community members don’t think so

Answer 17

False (they must be recognized by their community as a master of their craft)

Question 18

T or F: The award is a link between the past, in which traditional art found fertile soil for growth, and the future, for which the art is to be permanently sustained

Answer 18

True

Question 19

A younger generation folk artist can learn from a GAMABA awardee through what kind of teaching program?

Answer 19

Apprenticeship

Question 20

GAMABA awardees are to cooperate with the implementing agencies in the promotion and propagation of their art as stated in what section of the RA?

Answer 20

7

Question 21

T or F: An awardee can choose not to donate a copy of their artwork to the National Museum

Answer 21

False (it is one of their responsibilities to donate)