Fashion designer Salvacion Lim Higgins named National Artist
FASHION designer Salvacion Lim Higgins (better known as Slim) is now a National Artist, as conferred by President Rodrigo Duterte. This was announced on a Facebook post by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts on June 10. Ms. Higgins, who passed away in 1990, shared the honor this year with Agnes Locsin for Dance, Nora Villamayor a.k.a Nora Aunor, Ricardo “Ricky” Lee, and Marilou Diaz-Abaya for Film and Broadcast Arts, Gemino Abad for Literature, Fides Cuyugan-Asensio for Music, and Antonio “Tony” Mabesa for Theater. The post read: “On June 10, 2022, Malacañang Palace, upon joint recommendation of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), officially announced the eight new National Artists by virtue of Proclamation No. 1390. “The Order of National Artist, established under Proclamation No. 1001 signed in 1972, is the highest national recognition conferred upon Filipinos who have made distinct contributions to th...