Philippine Senate Committee on Culture and the Arts

New session started

July 28, 2025

Chair

Loren Legarda (NPC)
since July 30, 2025

Committee on Culture and the Arts
Senate of the Philippines 20th Congress
History
New session started	July 28, 2025 (2025-07-28)
Leadership
Chair	Loren Legarda (NPC) since July 30, 2025 (2025-07-30)

The Philippine Senate Committee on Culture and the Arts is a standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines.

This committee was formed after the Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture was divided into two in 2022, pursuant to Senate Resolution No. 93 of the 19th Congress.^[1]

According to the Rules of the Senate,^[2] the committee handles all matters relating to:

The establishment and maintenance of museums, shrines, monuments, and other historical sites and edifices
Initiatives in fostering artistic practices and innovations in a range of platforms for presentation
Support for scholarship, curatorship and dissemination of knowledge in arts and culture
Training programs and cultural and artistic programs of international institutions and organizations operating in the Philippines, such as the UNESCO
The preservation, enrichment and evolution of Filipino arts and culture, built and intangible, and in both traditional and contemporary forms

Members, 20th Congress

Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Culture and the Arts has 9 members.

Position	Member^[3]
Chairperson	Loren Legarda	NPC
Vice Chairperson	Juan Miguel Zubiri^[a]	Independent
Deputy Majority Leaders	JV Ejercito	NPC
Deputy Majority Leaders	Risa Hontiveros	Akbayan
Members for the Majority	Bam Aquino	KANP
	Pia Cayetano	Nacionalista
	Win Gatchalian	NPC
Deputy Minority Leaders	Rodante Marcoleta	Independent
Deputy Minority Leaders	Joel Villanueva	Independent
Member for the Minority	Robin Padilla	PDP

Ex officio members:

Committee secretary: Lyka Ranelle Dela Cruz-Yap

Historical membership rosters

19th Congress

Position	Member^[4]
Chairperson	Loren Legarda	NPC
Vice Chairperson	Nancy Binay	UNA
Members for the Majority	JV Ejercito	NPC
	Mark Villar	Nacionalista
	Win Gatchalian	NPC
	Robin Padilla	PDP
	Grace Poe	Independent
	Migz Zubiri	Independent
Member for the Minority	Risa Hontiveros	Akbayan

Committee secretary: Joey M. Tunac^[4]

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Philippine Senate Committee on Culture and the Arts

Members, 20th Congress

Historical membership rosters

19th Congress

See also

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