The screening meeting for the 38th International TAKIFUJI Art Award was held on September 12th. As a result of the screening, from Japan, 13 winners for prize for excellence and two for special Jury prize were selected. From the other seven countries (China, France, Germany, Korea, Singapore, United Kingdom, and United States), seven winners for prize for excellence and one for special Jury prize were selected. Also, for those winners with particularly outstanding works, grand prize and international grand prize were awarded.

The award ceremony will take place at Meiji Kinenkan, one of Tokyo’s historic buildings, on November 7th and the winners will receive the award certificate and scholarship from TAKI Hisao, the director-general of Japan Traffic Culture Association. Also, as an extra prize, on November 6th before the ceremony, the winners will visit CREARE Atami-Yugawara Studio where public art is created, and plan to have a tour of the production site for stained glass and ceramic relief and participate in a workshop.