CCP opens nominations for its prestigious Gawad CCP Para sa Sining award

Nominations for the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining are now open to the public.

The Gawad CCP Para Sa Sining is the highest award given by CCP to artists or groups of artists in architecture, dance, film and broadcast arts, literature, music, theater, and visual arts who have/had consistently produced outstanding works or have/had evolved a distinct style or technique that enriches the development of their particular art form.

The award also recognizes artists or groups of artists who have made outstanding contributions to the culture of the region of their birth or residence, as well as outstanding cultural workers who, through their works either in research, curatorship, arts management, or administration, have helped to develop or enrich particular art forms or Philippine culture in general.

A special award, Tanging Parangal ng CCP, is given to individuals or organizations in the government and/or private sector for their outstanding services, efforts, and/or contributions that have significantly affected the development and support of the arts and/or other cultural activities in the country.

The award consists of a cash gift, a citation, and a medal traditionally given in fitting ceremonies at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater) in September.

The public is encouraged to nominate deserving individuals and groups for the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining. Deadline for submission of nominations is July 31, 2026. Completed nomination forms should be sent to gawadccp@culturalcenter.gov.ph.

GUIDELINES

GAWAD CCP PARA SA SINING

2027

I.            PROJECT BACKGROUND

The Gawad CCP Para sa Sining is the highest award given by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) to deserving Filipino artists and cultural workers in the fields of architecture, dance, film and broadcast arts, literature music, theater and visual arts.  The award consists of a cash gift, a citation, and a medal traditionally given in fitting ceremonies at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater). 

The equivalent of this award was first given by the CCP in 1977.  However, it was only in 1988 when guidelines for the choice of awardees were formulated, and the first group chosen was awarded in February 1989.  The Gawad CCP Para sa Sining was then given yearly until 1994.

In 1996, with the CCP’s major strategic change from a Coordinating Center for the Arts to a Center for the Performing Arts, it was decided that the CCP should now give its highest awards, the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining Pantanghalan, to deserving Filipino artists and cultural workers in the field of performing arts. 

The Gawad CCP Para sa Sining was revived in September 2004. The Award is given every three (3) years in September during the CCP Anniversary month.

II.          CRITERIA AND CATEGORIES

1. Each nominee should have been in practice for the last twenty (20) years and have a solid body of work in the field he/she is being nominated.

2. The nominees should have established their major works from 1969, the founding year of the CCP. The impact of the works of the nominees should have contributed to the vision-mission of the CCP.

3. Only two to three (2-3) posthumous awardees will be selected to be able to award more living awardees.

CATEGORY A, given to

1. Artists or group of artists in the fields of architecture, dance, film and broadcast arts, literature music, theater and visual arts who have/had consistently produced outstanding works or have evolved a distinct style or technique that enriches the development of their particular art form or have/had evolved a distinct style or technique that enriches the development of their art from through:

1.1         Outstanding works that cull and draw inspiration from the cultural heritage, tradition and experiences of the Filipino people;

1.2    Outstanding works that manifest or develop a particular style or form;

1.3    Trailblazing works, contemporaneous or innovative in style or form;

1.4         Pioneering or innovative works that have influenced other artists to explore and develop a particular style or form significant to their locality or have/had inspired revitalization of artmaking in the region;

1.5         Outstanding works that draw national attention or popularize particular aesthetic forms;

1.6         Their artistic and technical skill manifested in the continuing practice of their art;

1.7    Their willingness to share and pass on their expertise to others.

2. Artists or group of artists who are nationally recognized as outstanding in their field by virtue of winning in prestigious national or international art or literary competitions or being acknowledged as such by legitimate critics circles or by their peers).

CATEGORY B, given to

1. Artists or group of artists who have made outstanding contributions to the culture of the region of their birth or residence through:

1.1   Outstanding works that cull and draw inspiration form the cultural heritage, tradition and experience of the people in their region or locality;

1.2   Outstanding works that manifest or develop a particular style or form significant to their particular region or locality;

1.3   Trailblazing works, contemporaneous or innovative in style or form but somehow incorporating elements of their region’s heritage and tradition;

1.4   Pioneering or innovative works that have influenced other artists of their region to explore and develop a particular style or form significant to their locality or have/had inspired revitalization of artmaking in the region;

1.5   Outstanding works that draw national attention or popularize particular aesthetic forms indigenous or endemic to the region;

1.6   Outstanding work/works that has/have earned for the regional artists national or international prestige and honor in reputable or recognized national or international art and literary competitions, thereby bringing honor not only to themselves but to the other artists and the people of their region as well;

1.7   Their artistic and technical skill manifested in the continuing practice of their art;

1.8     Their willingness to share and pass on their expertise to others.

1.9   The recognition and support of their art and artistry by their peers and respective communities.

CATEGORY C, given to

Outstanding cultural workers who, through their works in research, curatorship or arts management or administration, have helped to develop or enrich particular art forms or Philippine culture in general.

TANGING PARANGAL ng CCP

Individual or organizations in the government and/or in the private sector, in recognition of their outstanding services/efforts/contributions which have significantly affected the development/support of the arts and/or other cultural activities in the country.

III.   TIMETABLE

Guidelines may also be found here.

The nomination form may be downloaded from here.