The Cultural Medallion was instituted in March 1979 as an initiative of our late President, Mr Ong Teng Cheong. The award recognises individuals who have attained artistic excellence in their respective artistic fields. It is conferred by the President, Republic of Singapore and is administered by NAC.
In response to the increasingly overlapping boundaries
of arts practices and disciplines, the Cultural Medallion
now recognise artistic excellence in new areas such as
multi-media art, technical theatre and pop music. These
new areas will be combined with the previous genres of
art, music, theatre, photography, dance, literature and
film to form four broad categories for nominations, namely
literary arts, performing arts, visual arts and film.
2007 Cultural Medallion Recipients
The Cultural Medallion Recipients for 2007 are:
Category
Recipients
Read about Them
Film
Eric Khoo
Literature
Isa Kamari
Get yourself a copy of Narratives, which profiles the lives and works of Cultural Medallion recipients from 1979 to 2001, at any of these bookstores for only $25!
Get yourself a copy of Narratives, which profiles the lives and works of Cultural Medallion recipients from 1979 to 2001, at any of these bookstores for only $25!
