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The following is a list of games and competitions that test knowledge about primarily academic subjects. Quiz bowl; Knowledge Bowl; National History Bee and Bowl; Reach for the Top; College Bowl; Academic Decathlon; National Tournament of Academic Excellence (NTAE)
However, the organisers claimed there was insufficient time, and an art competition was not held. An art exhibition took place in its stead. [1] The issue continued to be debated within the Olympic Movement, and at the 49th IOC Session in Athens, 1954, the IOC members voted to replace the art contests with an exhibition for future Olympics.
Art Institute of Chicago Society for Sanity in Art: Defunct National Arts Awards: Americans for the Arts: PBS Kids Writers Contest: PBS: Ordway Prize: New Museum: SECA Art Award: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art : Mary Smith Prize: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: The Sheridan Prize for Art: The Sheridan Prize for Art
"Olympic Art Competition 1924 Paris". Olympic Games Museum. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008; Kramer, Bernhard (May 2004). "In Search of the Lost Champions of the Olympic Art Contests" (PDF). Journal of Olympic History. 12 (2): 29–34. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 April 2008
The art exhibition was held at the Victoria and Albert Museum from 15 July to 14 August, and displayed works of art from 27 countries. The literature competition attracted 44 entries, and the music competition had 36 entries. [2] The art competitions included multiple subcategories for each of the five artistic categories. [3]
The Guggenheim Fellowship is an example of an award which straddles the line between a scholarship contest and a juried art competition. [2] The phrase 'juried competition' is also applied to non-fine-arts contests which yet encompass distinctively creative endeavors: a cook-off is one such contest.
Contests have also been run on various other Wikimedia projects, generally eliciting excitement and support; the Wikinews writing contest in March/April and the second German writing contest (part of the International writing contest) both attracted over 10 unusual prizes from the community to hand out to the lucky/skillful winners.
Art competitions were part of the Olympic program from 1912 to 1948. [4] At a meeting of the International Olympic Committee in 1949, it was decided to hold art exhibitions instead, as it was judged illogical to permit professionals to compete in the art competitions but only amateurs were permitted to compete in sporting events. [ 5 ]