The 34th All-American and Canada
Chinese Brush Painting and Calligraphy
Competition 2025
第34屆(2025)
Please forward, make copies and
distribute to friends, schools and newspapers
Winners’ artworks from 1999 to 2024 on
www.ChinesePerformingArts.net.
全美加青少年國畫書法比賽簡章
1, Objective:
To promote and to preserve the traditional art of Chinese brush
painting and calligraphy.
2, Eligibility:
All students in United States and Canada, age 22 and under,
regardless of ethnic origin, individual or currently enrolled in
Chinese school, private art class, art studio, and/or college are
eligible. There will be four age groups: 9 and under, 10 to 13, 14
to 17, and 18 to 22. Age refers to the date of Application Deadline.
It is May 31 in 2025. Each student can submit two pieces of either
brush painting or calligraphy, or both, total up to four pieces per
student if both brush painting and calligraphy works are included.
Age 10 to 13: Gold ($150), Silver
($100), Bronze, Honor
Age 14 to 17: Gold ($200), Silver
($150), Bronze, Honor
Age 18 to 22: Gold ($250), Silver
($200), Bronze
8, Original Artwork
The true essence of art and creativity
lies in the originality and the faith in a non-plagiarized product.
The art work should be of high quality
produced within the past 12 months by the student her/himself. Xerox
copy or tracing of existing arts or calligraphy is not acceptable.
The art work must be produced on
Chinese rice paper.
The content of the painting or
calligraphy should be focused on promoting traditional Chinese
culture and values. Artworks with political agenda or of aggressive
nature will not be accepted.
The Foundation for Chinese Performing
Arts reserves the right of refusal for entering this competition
based on the content of the art work.
9, Digital Image Submission
Acceptable image types
are: jpg, png, or pdf.
the name of the artist
should appear on the painting or calligraphy as a part of the art
work.
if the art work consists
of multiple panels, all panels should be together on one image,
arranged starting from the right-hand-side (first panel) to the
left-hand-side (last panel).
Submitted image(s) must
be clear, sharp and free of distortions or reflections. The scanning
service at Staples is highly recommended.
Post editing or
enhancement applied on photographic or digitally scanned image of
the artwork is prohibited.
Orientation can be either
portrait or landscape
Minimum image resolution
of the image is 4000 pixels (longitudinal length)
Dr. Edward Chiang 蔣宗壬:
calligrapher and collector
書法家和藝術鑑賞收藏家
Dr. Doris Chu
朱蓉: Art
critics and juror of professional art competitions.
專業藝術比賽的藝術評論家/評委
Dr. Wei Du
杜瑋:
Calligrapher and collector,
書法家與收藏家
Mr. Ho-Chung Lam
林浩宗:
Professional Chinese brush painter and calligrapher. Former
President, Chinese American Fine Arts Society
專業中國國畫家、書法家。前紐英崙藝術學會會長
Mr. Qingxiong Ma
馬清雄:
Professional Chinese brush painter and calligrapher.
專業中國國畫家/書法家
12, Sponsorship:
Supported in part by The Tan Family Culture
Fund
譚氏文教基金, and Larry and Lijen
Tan Family Fund 譚光天家庭基金.
Donation from You and the general public are deeply appreciated.