[Mini – Contest] Beauty of Traditional Craft Villages

Statistics indicate that Vietnam has almost 2,000 craft villages of such main groups of craftsmanship such as: lacquer, ceramics & pottery, gold and silver smithing, lace embroidery, weaving of bamboo, rattan and papyrus, textile weaving, papermaking, folk paintings, wood and stone arts… Products of these craft villages can tell priceless stories about the national culture ‘s uniqueness through drawings, patterns, and the sophisticated ways the products are made. Besides, traditional craft villages are valuable resources for both the tourism industry and for the local economy.

In order to preserve and spread the appreciation for the unique beauty of craft villages and their products, the Young Change Makers project of VinUniversity has launched a painting mini-contest with the theme of “Spreading the beauty of traditional products/craft villages”. The awarded works will be selected for the cover of 10,000 printed notebooks to be gifted to students across the country in the upcoming school year 2021-2022.

MINI-CONTEST DETAILS:
A painting of a traditional product or of the craft village where it is made (for example, Chu Dau pottery, or Chu Dau pottery village) with a description of about 300 words to introduce to tourists about this product and village:
 Introduction of the painting (of which product/craft village)
 Introduction of the craft village (hint: location of the craft village, the year it was established; the number of people who still carry on this craft in the village; name of a famous artisan in the village…)
 Introduction to the product (hint: unique points of this product, the family traditional secrets in the products that other similar products or villages do not have?)
 The author’s call for the craft village’s development (if any)

CONTESTANTS:
 Teenagers aged 15-25 (born in 1996 to 2006)

FORMS OF EXPRESSION:
 Hand-painted on A4 size (210mm x 297mm), using materials and colors of contestant’s choice, then scanned/photographed.
 Digital paintings in JPEG file (*JPG) or PNG format, minimum size of 2000 pixels x 2000 pixels.

CONTESTANTS’ BENEFITS
 Contributing to spreading traditional culture and enhancing local economy
 30 selected paintings will:
Get selected to be the cover of the notebook with the author officially credited.
Earn the contest’s award certificate.
If you are a candidate applying to VinUniversity, you will be directly admitted to the interview round. The contest results are recognized as part of the AACC (Outstanding Ability, Aspiration, Creativity, and Commitment) qualities that VinUniversity looks for.
The selected works will be awarded with the prize of the contest.

HOW TO SUBMIT WORKS:
 Deadline for submission: 11:59 PM, June 10th, 2021. Note: The deadline for submission shall refer to the clock displayed on the System of the Organizing Committee, as to avoid the difference in submission time, you should not submit your work too close to the deadline to avoid technical problems that may occur during data transmission.
 Submit your work via the link: http://bit.ly/NetdepTruyenthongVinUni

CRITERIAS AND PRIZES
 Awards from the Jury:
Criteria:
Painting Aesthetics (40%)
Description validity (30%)
Appeal of the description and call (30%)
Prizes:
 01 First Prize: 5 million VND
 01 second prize: 3 million VND
 02 Third prizes: 1 million VND each
The final mini-contest result will be announced on the official VinUniversity Fanpage of the Young Change Makers project, expectedly on June 15th, 2021

 Awards from social media voting
Criteria: 30 selected works will be published on the official Fanpage of VinUniversity for the public to like/share these works with the hashtag #VinUni #YoungChangeMakers from June 15th to 23h59’, June 30th 2021.
 1 like = 1 point
 1 share = 3 points
Prizes
 Top 5 most liked/shared works: 1 million VND each
Final result will be announced on the official VinUniversity Fanpage, expectedly on July 2nd, 2021.

Join this meaningful project with VinUniversity students to help spread the love for our traditional culture and support the local economy!