Update 18 April 2024:

We are partnering with Heritage Singapore to organise "Explore and Embrace Diversity: the World Heritage Painting Competition 2024", feel free to enter: https://en.artassociation.asia/whpc/

Overview

World Heritage (French: Patrimoine mondial) is managed by UNESCO and is divided into natural heritage, cultural heritage, and a combination of both. A site must be of "outstanding universal value" to humankind worldwide and must be geographically or historically recognizable and of special significance to be inscribed on the World Heritage List. World Heritage sites can be ancient sites, historic buildings, cities, deserts, forests, islands, lakes, mountains, and wilderness areas. World Heritage sites are set up to protect these places for future generations from damage caused by human or animal intrusion, unauthorized, unmonitored, administrative negligence, etc.

In 2019, to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the creation of Singapore Botanic Gardens, then the only World Heritage site in Singapore, the Asian Art Association (AAA) organized the World Heritage Live Painting Competition 2019 with the support of the National Parks Board of Singapore. Nearly 300 art enthusiasts created numerous outstanding paintings at the World Heritage site.

World Heritage is a gift from nature and a treasure of humanity. In order to promote the importance of protecting World Heritage to more people, AAA once again held the "World Heritage Painting Competition", inviting UNESCO experts and World Heritage theme painters as jury members, welcoming artists and art lovers from all over the world to create works with related themes, calling more people's attention to World Heritage protection through art. We welcome artists and art lovers from all over the world to create works with related themes. All outstanding works will be collected into album for the collectio. Let's use art to call more people's attention to world heritage protection.

JUDGES

Haejae Debbie Oh

Painter / Senior Programme Specialist of the Korean National Commission for UNESCO

Sumera Jawad

Principal of the University College of Art & Design, University of the Punjab, Pakistan

Eeva Kouvalainen

Finnish painter of Nordic cultural heritage

Jose Elgueta

Painter of Latin American cultural heritage in Chile

Catalina Vasquez

Colombian Illustrator

ELIGIBILITY

Painting Enthusiasts of All Ages from All Countries

Schedule

December 1, 2022

Entries Open

March 31, 2023

Entries Close

April 21, 2023

Announcement

GROUP

Preschool

3 to 7 Y/O.

Children

8 to 12 Y/O.

Youth

13 to 17 Y/O.

Adult

18+ Y/O.

FEE

49 SGD

SELECTION CRITERIA

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Artistry

30%

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Creativity

30%

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theme

30%

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Description

10%

AWARDS

PLATINUM

5%

Certificate and Album

GOLD

10%

Certificate and Album

SILVER

25%

Certificate and Album

BRONZE

60%

Certificate and Album

BEST CREATIVE

Several

Certificate

BEST COLOR

Several

Certificate

BEST FRAMING

Several

Certificate

BEST MENTOR

Several

Certificate and Album