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9 December 2019

International Kogei Award in Toyama - apply by 27 January 2020

International Kogei Award in Toyama is offering £28,000 in awards, and the opportunity to collaborate with craftspeople in Japan. The application deadline is 27 January 2020.

Japan’s Toyama Prefecture has launched the International Kogei Award in Toyama to create opportunities for networking and collaboration with craftspeople and makers across the world, and from there  to paint a new future vision for the world of craft. The awards are open to artists, craftspeople and designers aged 50 and under.

On off are – a prize pool of over £28,000, the opportunity to have work exhibited in Japan and to be invited to the exchange programme and collaborative production programme with local craftspeople and companies in Toyama in or after 2021.

The International Kogei Award in Toyama aims to:

  • Comprehensively evaluate and encourage not only crafts, expressions and techniques, but also the ideas and efforts, strategies and practices, and future vision of each craftsperson.
  • Reconsider the fixed concept of traditional crafts once from an unbiased perspective, capturing the global trends in crafts world that are becoming borderless and cross-disciplinary more and more, and create international networks and collaboration opportunities, which will enable us to draw a future vision of crafts.
  • To provide opportunities for many people to learn about the situation surrounding crafts and new trends of crafts through this award.

Entry is free and open to craftspeople and makers around the world practicing KOGEI (artisan crafts), who are introducing the art created only by KOGEI, which consists of two elements inextricably connected – tradition and innovation.

Techniques and materials eligible to apply are: lacquerware, metalwork, casting, woodwork, handmade washi paper, ceramics, glass, leather, dyeing and weaving or combinations thereof. Other crafts maintained in each region of the world are also welcome to apply.

Outline 

  1. Application period 

1 October 2019 – 27 January 2020

  1. Prize: 
  • Grand Prize (1 individual/group) 2,000,000 JPY (£14,000)
  • Excellence Award (1 individual/group) 500,000 JPY (£3,500)
  • Honorable Mention Award (4 individuals/groups) 300,000 JPY (£2,100)
  • Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Special Prize (1 individual/group) 300,000 JPY (£2,100)
  1. Privilege 

The Grand Prize-winning work will be added to the collection of the Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design  Additionally, award-winners will be invited to the exchange program and collaborative production program with the local craftspeople and companies in Toyama in or after 2021.

  1. Application method 

Applications can be found online: https://kogeiaward.jp/en/

For an application guide, visit https://kogeiaward.jp/en/application.html

To find out more about the judges, visit https://kogeiaward.jp/en/judge.html

Award hosting Organization: International Hokuriku Kogei Summit

Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs Government of Japan

 

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