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Cultural Medallion | Young Artist Award | Patron of the Arts Awards | National Arts Education Awards
The Cultural Medallion was instituted in
1979 as an initiative of our late
President, Mr Ong Teng Cheong, to give
recognition to individuals who
have attained artistic excellence and
have made a distinction to our nation's
arts and culture.
This Award is conferred by the President,
Republic of Singapore and is administered by the National
Arts Council.
Recipients of the Award will receive a
medallion, a lapel pin and a
certificate. Each recipient is also
eligible for the Cultural Medallion
Grant to undertake an arts project. The
Cultural Medallion Grant is awarded only once in an artist's lifetime. The grant
quantum will not exceed $80,000 for each applicant. However, a funding of up to
a maximum of $200,000 will be allocated for collaborative projects involving two
or more Cultural Medallion recipients.
All nominees must be Singapore citizens
or permanent residents of Singapore.
The selection criteria are as follows:
- Candidate should be recognised
for his/her artistic work and
contribution to the artistic development of Singapore.
- Candidate should have attained
artistic excellence.
- Candidate should demonstrate,
through a body of works pursued
through a number of years, creative
originality, professional maturity
and artistic leadership in one or
more disciplines as specified in the
scope of the award.
- Candidate should have established his
/ her name internationally, or won international
awards.
- Candidate should be involved in educational or
community development projects towards the promotion
of the respective art form.
- Candidate should be an
inspiration and role model to other
artists in the arts community.
The National Arts Council may, at its
discretion, make additional nominations
and/or defer or reject any nomination
received from the public, and shall not
be bound to give any reason for doing
so.
The nominations supported by the
National Arts Council will be submitted
for further assessment to Specialist
Panels, comprising persons established
in the various artistic fields,
appointed by the National Arts Council.
The nominees' area(s) of achievement
should be in the fields of
literary arts, performing arts, visual
arts and film. The scope of
these art forms is as follows:
|
Art Form |
Scope (includes, but is not
restricted to) |
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Literary Arts |
play, poetry, fiction and
non-fiction |
|
Performing Arts |
theatre, dance, music and
technical theatre (e.g. set
design, lighting design, sound
design) |
|
Visual Arts |
painting, drawing, printmaking,
photography, sculpture,
installation and multimedia |
|
Film |
film-making |
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