Samahang Makasining

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article contains content that is written like an advertisement. Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links, and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view. (July 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Samahang Makasining" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (October 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Samahang Makasining (Artist Club) (also known as Makasining or Artist Club) is an art organization established in 1982, and the largest collegiate semi-fraternity in the

The only organization who uses a unique officer structure for their chapters.^[citation needed] Grand Artist is the equivalent of the President, Auxiliary Grand artist as Committee chair or as Vice President, Master Artist as Junior Adviser and Grand Master Artist as Adviser. It is also broadly consists of three main recognized level groups; 1) College Student level group, 2) Alumni/Municipal/Professional Level and 3) Mixed Probationary level group.^{[citation needed]}

History

The club was established by a student organization in

The organization has extended and opened the horizon to all interested artists. The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) Chapter became the first national agency professional level members founded on November 7, 2003. On November 29, 2008, that was 11 years passed, the University of Southern Mindanao (USM Artist Club) was founded and became the first University chapter in Mindanao area. There are now 42 chapters nationwide as of 2014.^{[citation needed]}

The members

The members often use brother or sister for their members. The others called the members as Makasining (Filipino term for pro-artist) or sometimes the members within the club use the word Kasining (Filipino term co-artist).^{[citation needed]}

Ritual and symbolism

The candle is a symbolic object for the group. It is a symbol of new born artist for the organization, while the candle light symbolizes the artist's life, knowledge and education. The Makasining describes itself as an "Art educator of the Universe, one of the great messengers".^{[citation needed]}

Contributions

• Reservation of the
  Laro ng Lahi (Indigenous Games)^{[9][10][11][12]}
• Advocating the use of Indigenous Materials for Art and craft
• Reinforcing Indigenouism in the country