CHANGJU, South Korea, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Organizing Committee of the Cheongju Craft Biennale (the "Biennale") released the guidelines for the 2023 Cheongju International Craft Awards (the "Awards") on Monday, June 10.

The Cheongju International Craft Awards consists of two competitions: "Craft Competition" and "Urban Craft Experimentation Competition", with an open call for proposals. The application period is from March 31 to May 7, 2023. The first round of applications for both competitions will only be accepted on the Biennale's official website.

In the Craft Competition, each individual or team will submit one work at a time, regardless of craft genre or material. Submissions are limited to works created between 2021 and 2023.

Only those works that pass the first round of online judging will be allowed to submit actual craft works, and the final results will be announced in August next year.

"The Grand Prize winner of the Craft Competition will receive approximately $47,000 in prize money.

This year, four new awards have been created: the Young Artist Award, the Partner Award, the Popularity Award and the Artistic Residency Award, to provide creative impetus to outstanding domestic and international craft artists and to support more active activities.

In the Urban Craft Experiment Competition, the theme of "Craft and the City" is the collision of craft and human creativity for peaceful coexistence in the city.

Each person or team can apply for one project, and only those proposals that pass the first round of judging will be selected for the second round of PT. After the final results are announced, research and publications about the winning proposals will be completed in August 2023, with a total writing period of two months.

Both competitions have no nationality restrictions, and anyone 18 years old and above can apply to participate.

Like the Biennale, the Cheongju International Craft Awards were launched in 1999 and have so far selected more than 1,800 winning entries from artists in 50 countries and regions, leading the way in international craft development.

The 2023 Biennale will be held in Cheongju, Korea, for 45 days from September 1 to October 15, 2023.

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