Arts Promotion and Preservation

In my honest and personal opinion, I believe that all the agencies, namely National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Cultural Center of the Philippines, National Historical Commission of the Philippines, National Museum, National Library of the Philippines, National Archives of the Philippines and Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, are all essential and important. These agencies exist and function for the benefit of the country and the Filipino citizens. In order to successfully promote and preserve the arts, culture and history of the Philippines, these agencies must always continue to operate, fulfill their objectives and serve their purpose. Through the aforementioned agencies, appreciation for Philippine culture and arts and awareness of the history and significant events in the development and evolution of the nation are induced. By way of this, community engagement, pride in Filipino cultural heritage and love of country are developed and nurtured. In order to comprehensively implement all the responsibilities and duties of the agencies, they must all cooperate and work with one another. The agencies are all connected and share a common main purpose which is to preserve and promote Philippine culture and arts and ensure a nationwide participation in the part of Filipino citizens. Therefore, I believe that it would be unjustifiable and wrong to remove even one of the aforementioned agencies, because they are all necessary to us and our country.

If I were to be given the opportunity to create a new agency that would promote and preserve the arts of the region, it would be called “Philippine Arts, Culture and History Council” with the abbreviation “PACHC”. This agency would focus on conserving the country’s various forms of art, culture and practices and information regarding significant events. It would consist of council members who will make sure that the function and objectives of the agency are successfully accomplished. Aside from preservation and conservation, the agency will also promote the arts and culture of the Philippines and ensure that they would still be existent for the future generations to see. PACHC will also disseminate current knowledge about Philippine history and culture to every Filipino, especially students, to generate recognition, awareness and appreciation of the country’s colorful and momentous evolution and development. Hence, in order to fulfill its functions, the PACHC will initiate various ideas and projects. One proposed project would be the arts exhibit. This project would display different forms of artistic expression which are all created by Filipino artists. These will include paintings, photographs, sculptures, music and dance which all showcase the culture and everyday lives of Filipinos. Moreover, PACHC will also hold events with interested attendees who will be given chances to inspect closely and experience various Philippine culture and art. Through this agency, the preservation and promotion of arts and culture in the Philippines will hopefully be achieved.