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Lists of art awards cover some of the notable awards presented for art, some for a specific form or genre, some for artists from one country or region, some more general. The lists are organized by the region of the body issuing the award, although the awards may not be restricted to artists in that region.
By the 1924 Summer Olympics they had grown to be considered internationally relevant and potentially "a milestone in advancing public awareness of art as a whole". [3] During their first three appearances, the art competitions were grouped into five broad categories: architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture.
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.
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.
"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
All three companies eventually paid fines and penalties to a variety of states who initiated legal actions against them. Of those three companies, only Publishers Clearing House continues to use sweepstakes as a promotional device and as recently as 2010 paid $3.5 million to settle charges that it had violated the terms of a 2001 multi-state ...
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: Given annually for the Visual Arts in the San Francisco Bay Area Spectrum Award for Grand Master: Spectrum Fantastic Art ...
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.