Selection Result of 2012 KAMS-EFWMF Tour Grant
In early 2012, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Arts Management Service solicited applications for the KAMS-EFWMF Tour Grant, with the goal of promoting the international competitiveness and name recognition of Korea's traditional arts through a strategy of overseas performance arrangements. This support effort was initiated in 2010 under the joint operation of the Korea Arts Management Service (KAMS) and the European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals (EFWMF). Applicants were EFWMF partner festivals confirmed to be in negotiations toward inviting Korean traditional music groups for performance. Once support has been confirmed, the Korean performing artists and/or arts groups invited by the festivals in question will receive assistance to cover airfare and freight transportation costs.
※ Applications were accepted between March 16 and March 30, 2012, and reviewed on April 9. The final selection results are as follows.
1. Evaluation Overview and Selection Status
Applications for support through the KAMS-EFWMF Tour Grant were received from a total of six festivals, with a total of three Korean arts groups selected as final recipients.
|
Project |
Eligible Applicants |
Grant Recipients |
|
KAMS-EFWMF Tour Grant |
EFWMF partner festivals (excl. Korean festival member) |
Korean artists/arts groups |
2. Evaluation Committee
List of Committee Members
|
Name |
Position |
|
1 |
Hee-sun Kim |
Professor, Kookmin University |
|
2 |
Jae-jin In |
Artistic Director, Gwangju World Music Festival |
|
3 |
Ji-Eun Yoo |
Manager, International Exchange Team, Korea Arts Management Service |
3. Evaluation Method
◎ Evaluation Process
|
Type of Evaluation |
Details |
|
Administrative |
－ Application qualifications and document submission status examined |
|
Scoring |
－ Document scores assigned by committee members according to evaluation criteria
－ Scores totaled; primary selection of applicants with final total of 60/100 points or more |
|
Final Decision |
- Decision on final selectees made following unanimous agreement by committee members |
◎ Evaluation Principles
- Examination for outstanding planning ability, international name recognition of overseas partner (applicant festival), suitability of anticipated effect
- priority consideration for projects invited by two or more festivals, projects already confirmed by both the host festival and the guest Korean group and international collaboration projects between Korean artists and international artists
4. Selection Results
|
Inviting Festival |
Country |
Artist/Group |
Grant Amount
(KRW) |
|
1 |
Forde Traditional and World Music Festival |
Norway |
Kyungso Park + 1 |
7,000,000 |
|
2 |
Sfinks mixed |
Belgium |
Goreyah |
21,000,000 |
|
3 |
Uppsala International Sacred Music Festival |
Sweden |
Yi Ji-young + 1 |
7,000,000 |