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Cultural Medallion | Young Artist Award | Patron of the Arts Awards | National Arts Education Awards
The Young Artist Award was introduced in
1992 to encourage the development of
young artistic talent in Singapore.
Recipients of this Award would have
shown promise of artistic excellence and
potential to make a distinction in our
nation's arts and culture.
Recipients of the Award will receive a
trophy, a certificate and a grant of up
to $10,000 to undertake arts projects or
studies.
All nominees must be Singapore citizens or permanent residents
of Singapore, and must be 35 years or below on
18 January 2008 (born on or after 19 January 1972).
The selection criteria are as follows:
- Candidate should be recognized
for his/her artistic work and
contribution to the artistic development of Singapore.
- Candidate should show potential
to excel in his/her field of work.
- Candidate should demonstrate,
through a body of works pursued
through a number of years, creative
originality and professional
maturity in one or more disciplines
as specified in the scope of the award.
- Candidate should be an
inspiration and role model to other
young 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:
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Art Form |
Scope (includes, but is not
restricted to) |
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Literary Arts |
play, poetry, fiction and
non-fiction |
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Performing Arts |
theatre, dance, music and
technical theatre (e.g. set
design, lighting design, sound
design) |
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Visual Arts |
painting, drawing, printmaking,
photography, sculpture,
installation and multimedia |
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Film |
film-making |
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