Aspiring Exhibition Planners Gather... Contest with Total Prize Money of 50 Million Won

Bando Cultural Foundation 1st Bando Exhibition Planning Contest Poster

Bando Cultural Foundation announced on the 8th that it will hold the '2021 1st Bando Exhibition Planning Contest.'

Bando Cultural Foundation is a nonprofit public corporation established by Bando Construction in 2019. It was founded to promote local culture and arts development and to return the profits generated by the company to society.

This contest was proposed by Kwon Hong-sa, chairman of Bando Cultural Foundation, who regretted that most art-related contests are biased toward the artist field. It was organized to discover and nurture talented emerging exhibition planners (curators).

Sponsored by Bando Construction, a total prize of 50 million KRW will be awarded to the winners of this contest, and applications will be accepted until July 22 for exhibition planners.

The contest categories are two sections: a free theme and the theme of 'family,' which is the core business theme of Bando Cultural Foundation. Two grand prize winners in each category will receive a prize and exhibition support fund of 20 million KRW, and four excellence award winners will receive a prize of 2.5 million KRW. In addition, winners and submitters of excellent plans will be granted the qualification to work as cooperative curators of the foundation in the future.

The winning plans selected through fair document and interview evaluations by external experts will be exhibited at the Ivy Lounge Gallery, a complex cultural space of Bando Cultural Foundation. Through this, the foundation plans to provide local residents with new perspectives on exhibition viewing opportunities through the creative activities of exhibition planners.

Information on how to participate in the contest can be found on the foundation's website.

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