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Overview | Young Artist Award | Cultural Medallion | Patron of the Arts Award | National Arts Education Awards | Online Nomination for Arts Awards | Submission Guidelines
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 26 February 2010.
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:
| Art Form |
Scope (includes, but is not restricted to) |
| 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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