Section 4Sec./Art. 4

Criteria and Qualifications. - To become a Manlilikha ng Bayan, the candidate must satisfy the following minimum criteria:

a. Technical and creative skill- The candidate must possess a mastery of the tools and materials needed by the art, and must have an established reputation in the art as master and maker of works of extraordinary technical quality;

b. Artistic quality- The work of the candidate must be outstanding aesthetically, and he/she must have consistently produced over a significant period, works of superior quality;

c. Community tradition- The candidate must have transferred and/or willing to transfer to other members of the community, skills in the folk art for which the community has became nationally known;

d. Folk art tradition- The candidate must have engaged in a folk art tradition that has been in existence and documented for at least fifty (50) years; and

e. Character and integrity- As a precious treasure of the country the candidate must command the respect and admiration of the country for his character and integrity. The implementing agency may require additional criteria and qualifications in pursuance of the purposes of this Act.