The 3rd Hengshan Calligraphy Award Opens for International Applications
Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts (TMoFA) will open online applications for the Third Hengshan Calligraphy Award from 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, to 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 30, 2026, Taiwan time. This edition of the Hengshan Calligraphy Award invites proposals for calligraphic art exhibitions or artistic presentations that use all gallery spaces of Hengshan Calligraphy Art Center(HCAC). Artists, curators, and creative teams are invited to propose innovative, timely, and experimental calligraphic art exhibition plans from contemporary perspectives.
Since its establishment, the Hengshan Calligraphy Award has been dedicated to encouraging calligraphic art curation and artistic presentation with pioneering perspectives. Through exhibition-based practices, the Award seeks to connect diverse cultural traditions, media technologies, and contemporary issues, further expanding the many dimensions of calligraphy in today’s art field. TMoFA Director Lin Yung-neng noted that calligraphy is not only a continuation of traditional writing practices, but can also enter into new dialogues with moving image, installation, performance, technology, and interdisciplinary creation, while responding to the issues facing today’s world. The Hengshan Calligraphy Award aims to support these forward-looking practices and help calligraphy continue to generate new possibilities in the contemporary era.
Director Lin further stated that, in order to better align the Award system with its founding purpose, the Third Hengshan Calligraphy Award will simplify its application procedure and expand the scope of submissions. Unlike previous editions, this edition will directly invite proposals that use all gallery spaces of HCAC, allowing participants to consider exhibition narrative, spatial arrangement, and audience experience in a more comprehensive way. At the same time, the Award will become an international open call, with no restriction on nationality. Both individuals and groups are eligible to apply. Through this more open call for proposals, the Award looks forward to bringing together diverse perspectives from Taiwan and the international field of calligraphic art.
To encourage outstanding curatorial practices and calligraphic art presentations, this edition of the Hengshan Calligraphy Award introduces a new cash award system. The winner will receive a cash award of NT$300,000. Within three years after the announcement of the winning proposal, TMoFA will commission the winner to present a new full-gallery exhibition at HCAC based on the winning proposal. TMoFA will also provide exhibition funding of up to NT$2,000,000. If the winner resides outside Taiwan, TMoFA will provide airfare subsidies during the production and opening periods of the new exhibition. In addition, each finalist will receive a cash award of NT$30,000.
For the more information of the Award, please visit the website: https://tmofa.com/art06jERn2
第三屆橫山書藝獎9月1日起國際徵件
桃園市立美術館（以下簡稱桃美館）辦理「第三屆橫山書藝獎」，將於臺灣時間2026年9月1日上午10時至11月30日下午5時開放線上報名徵件。本屆橫山書藝獎將公開徵求以橫山書法藝術館（以下簡稱書藝館）全館展廳為展示空間的書法藝術展覽或表現企劃，邀請創作者、策展人與藝術團隊從當代視野出發，提出具開創性、時代性與實驗精神的書法藝術展示計劃。
橫山書藝獎自設立以來，致力於鼓勵具有開拓觀點的書法藝術策展與表現，期望透過展覽表現的形式，來連結不同文化傳統、媒材技術與當代議題，進一步拓展書法在今日藝術場域中的多樣面向。桃美館館長林詠能指出，書法不僅是傳統書寫技藝的延續，也能與影像、裝置、表演、科技及跨域創作產生新的對話，並回應今日世界面臨的課題；橫山書藝獎正是希望支持這些具前瞻性的實踐，使書法在當代持續生成新的可能。
林詠能並表示，為使獎項制度更切合設立宗旨，第三屆橫山書藝獎將簡化徵件程序並擴大徵件範疇。不同以往，本屆將直接公開徵求以書藝館全館展廳為展示空間的企劃書，讓參與者能更完整地思考展覽敘事、空間配置和觀眾體驗。同時，本屆書藝獎也改為國際公開徵件，報名資格不限國籍，個人與團體皆可參加，期待透過更開放的企劃徵求方式，匯聚臺灣與國際書法藝術創作的多元觀點。
為鼓勵優秀策展與書藝表現投入，本屆橫山書藝獎增設獎金制度。得獎者將獲頒新臺幣30萬元獎金，並由桃美館於得獎後三年內，依得獎企劃委託其於書藝館舉辦全館新展；桃美館亦將支付最高新臺幣200萬元的展覽經費；得獎者若居住國外，桃美館亦將在新展製作及開幕期間，補助機票費用。此外，入圍者也將獲頒新臺幣3萬元獎金。
詳情請見橫山獎網站：https://tmofa.com/art06pjMZv
