National Artists, salute!

Pagpugay sa mga bagong Pambansang Alagad ng Sining 2018!

Maraming salamat sa pagpapalawig ng sining sa Filipinas at sa buong mundo. 🇵🇭 #FilipinoParaSaFilipino@NCCAOfficial @HUNIngCCP pic.twitter.com/qbT24euWXg

— Lahi Philippines (@Lahi_PH) October 25, 2018

Dateline: 23 October 2018, The Junction Tagaytay, Cavite

When news broke out, I "listened" for any story of irregularity on the 2018 selection for the Order of National Artist, for any bit as the controversy of the proclamations in 2009. And I'm thankful, no talks of the sort (so far)... oh, but the disappointment of the Noranians once more made rounds in social media. And for Architect Francisco Manosa, the second time is sweeter. In older posts in liwaliw, I have honored the talents and contributions of some of the artists who will be given the recognition in Malacanang Palace on 24 October 2018 (links go to related liwaliw posts):

• Lauro "Larry" Alcala, National Artist for Visual Arts (posthumous)
• Amelia Lapena-Bonifacio, National Artist for Theater
• Ryan Cayabyab, National Artist for Music

Mental note: Consider future liwaliw features for National Artists Manosa (for architecture), Kidlat Tahimik (Eric De Guia, for film), and Ramon Muzones and Resil Mojares (for literature).


[This post is antedated: 20181107]