Art Futures Awards

Activity: Other activityOther (not for CDCF T61)

Description

Initiated in 2020 and Established in 2022, ART FUTURES - Outstanding Graduates Awards in Asia is the first international art award of its kind in Asia dedicated to championing the creative practices of outstanding recent graduates in the field of visual arts and associated contemporary art practices.

In the ART FUTURES - Outstanding Graduates Awards in Asia, Art colleges and institutions throughout Asia are invited to nominate a maximum of 2 students per academic year based upon exceptional achievements, outstanding efforts, and significant contributions to the field. Entries will be assessed by a panel of judges, and a total of 8 to 10 selected works will be displayed in a group exhibition at a prestigious arts venue in Hong Kong.

Juried by an international panel of distinguished artists, curators, and academics, the prize will globally promote the work of talented individuals from 74 institutions across over 29 countries/cities. The award also offers the awardees (recent arts graduates) the opportunity to have their work exhibited at Kai Tak Campus, AVA, SCA, HKBU in Hong Kong.

Nominations from 74 institutions from countries and cities across Asia including India, Bangladesh, Singapore, Japan, Laos, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Malaysia, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan, HK, Macau, Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Xian, Chongqing, Nanjing, Zhejiang from China, etc to be our nominees.

Number of attendees (for events)

--Physical attendees in the award ceremony = 145 ppl
--Exhibition of the Art Futures' awardees = 300ppl
--90+articles from nearly 40 medias featured this event and Reach Out = 43Millions ppl
--MTR in kind sponsored on providing 200 posters for publicity (, reach out = 67Millions
== Total Reach Out = 110Millions

Income

1, external Grant to the award directly (through HKBU), donated by art at all = HKD200,000
2, Simon Suen Foundation, Sun Museum, Internationa Art Exchange (IAE) Art Organization, directly supported the monetary prizes for the awardees = HKD140,650

Expenditure

Flight Tickets: 100,000
Accommodation: 25,273
installation cost: 11,000
Coordinators, Project and installation Assistants:30,000.37
== 166273.37
Period24 Jun 202314 Jan 2024
Event titleArt Futures Awards - Outstanding Graduates Awards in Asia: BU's Initiated International Art Award of its kind in Asia
Event typeCompetition
LocationHong Kong, Hong KongShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

User-Defined Keywords

  • visual arts
  • Contemporary Art
  • young artists
  • Graduates
  • Art Futures
  • Award
  • competition
  • asian
  • International Art exhibition