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Application Period for the 12th NEAR Youth Art Contest Comes to an End2024-10-02
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The application period for the 12th NEAR Youth Art Contest has come to an end as of September 13.
This year’s theme is “Mythic Stories of Our Region or Country.” The contest has been participated by a total of 644 teenagers from 36 NEAR member regions, two Observers, and one non-member region. Breaking down by nationalities, there were 345 paintings received from China, 116 from Japan, 102 from South Korea, 21 from Mongolia, and 59 from Russia.
The first-round assessment will be done in October, followed by the second-round assessment to be conducted by the experts at the Pohang office of the Korean Fine Arts Association. A total of 155 prize winners will be selected, who will receive the certificates, prizes, and souvenirs in December.
The artworks of the prize winners will be posted on the NEAR website (www.neargov.org/kr/) and will also be displayed in exhibitions in South Korea.
The NEAR Youth Art Contest has been organized every year from March to October since 2013, aiming to provide teenagers of five Northeast Asian countries with an opportunity to enhance mutual understanding of the cultures of their neighboring countries.
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