Shinhan Card, 19th Kkoma Picasso Drawing Contest Online Awards Ceremony

Award Ceremony for 15 Grand Prize Winners Held
Winning Works Broadcasted via Shinhan Card YouTube and Facebook

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki Ha-young] Shinhan Card announced on the 27th that it held the awards ceremony for the '19th Little Picasso Drawing Contest.'

This year's awards were presented online in consideration of the COVID-19 situation. The winning works and recipients' acceptance speeches for the three categories?Kindergarten Division (ages 4 and up), Lower Elementary Division (grades 1-3), and Upper Elementary Division (grades 4-6)?were revealed on Shinhan Card's YouTube and Facebook accounts. Awards included Grand Prize, Excellence Award, Merit Award, Special Award, and Popularity Award.

The Grand Prize winners were Jang Ran-i from Glen Iris Primary School in Melbourne, Australia, in the Kindergarten Division; Kim Ho-eun from Bitgaon Elementary School in the Lower Elementary Division; and Choi Hyun-jung from Sinseok Elementary School in the Upper Elementary Division. Each Grand Prize winner received the Minister of Gender Equality and Family Award.

The awarded children received certificates along with scholarships and prizes: 1,000,000 KRW for each Grand Prize winner, 500,000 KRW each for Excellence and Popularity Awards, 300,000 KRW each for Merit Awards, and prizes worth 200,000 KRW for Special Awards.

Now in its 19th year, the Little Picasso Drawing Contest is Shinhan Card's signature family event that the whole family can enjoy together. This year, to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the contest was held digitally as a drawing competition. From August to November, over 1,700 children participated across four rounds. Sixty works passed the preliminary round through fair judging by professional judges from the Korea Fine Arts Association, and the final winners were selected after a second round of judging. Notably, for the first time this year, customers directly voted, and the three works with the most 'likes' were awarded the Popularity Award.

Meanwhile, the winning works from the 19th Little Picasso Drawing Contest will be exhibited for three months next year at the Seoul Arts Center. The digital contest format will continue next year, and once the COVID-19 situation is resolved, an offline family festival called the Drawing Festival will be held alongside the contest to celebrate the grand finale.

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