Publishing Korean Art: overseas publication support program

Eligible applicants
Individual, organization or publisher who intends to write or publish a book on Korean visual art to researchers and readers abroad; such support can be granted only with confirmation of overseas publication.

Eligible types of books
Introduction to and discourse on Korean visual arts or books falling under following: Art history; tendencies & trends; critics and theory; on-the-spot introduction to Korean contemporary arts. Catalogs of a single artist’s work or exhibition catalogs are not the intended target of KAMS support.

Period of project
Support for writing: The project period can be no longer than two years.
Support for overseas publication: The project period can be no longer than three years.

Requirements
Only projects with confirmed contracts with overseas publishers are eligible for the grant; the overseas publishing contract or an agreement from the publisher must be submitted when applying.

Grant amount
Support for writing: KAMS can provide a grant of up to KRW 35 million (approx. USD 28,000) to support the writing of an original book on Korean visual art in a foreign language. Support for writing comes prior to that for publication and is given as a precondition for overseas publication; if publication does not come after writing, 80 percent of the grant paid must be returned. Grant amount applied for cannot exceed 80% of total writing budget.

Support for overseas publication: KAMS can fund a maximum of KRW 35 million (approx. USD 28,000) for the expenses of a book whose publication contract has been concluded; the publisher can choose hoped-for items among fees for translation, editing, production cost, image copywriting and others. If support for writing is given, a translation charge cannot be selected and the maximum grant shall be limited to KRW 30 million (approx. USD 24,000). Grant amount applied for cannot exceed 80% of total publishing budget.

How to apply
Online submission: art-trans [​at​] gokams.or.kr.
Application period: August 8–October 11, 2019.

Evaluation schedule
Evaluations will be held once a month beginning in September and will end upon exhaustion of the support budget.
(1) Evaluation of applications submitted up to August 31 will proceed during the first week of September (time and venue to be announced). If the number of submitted applications is less than 2, this application will be evaluated at the end of the application period during the third week of October.
(2) Evaluation of applications submitted up to October 11 will proceed during the third week of October (time and venue to be announced).

Please download and fill out the application here and submit it with the required documents.

Required documents
–Application form (standardized format)
–Acknowledgement letter from publisher (standardized format)
–Publication contract and evidential documents thereof
–Applicant’s resume
–Publisher’s portfolio showing record of publication during past three years (focused on books on visual arts)
–Digest of manuscript (about 5 A4-size pages, free format)
–Proposal for publication
–Table of contents and summary

KAMS may request Korean translation and notarization of necessary documents post-selection.

Note
–The required documents and materials will not be returned and the application form and materials submitted cannot be replaced or added after the contest period.
–If any information in the application is found to be falsified or the project is not completed within the period agreed to by KAMS, the support will be canceled and the grant must be returned.
–If a manuscript submitted to KAMS for getting financial support is found to have been plagiarized and leads to the filing of copyright infringement claims even after such support is awarded, the grant will be canceled and 100 percent of the amount must be returned. The person(s) involved shall also be ineligible for any KAMS support during a designated period.
–At the time of publication, the book must indicate that it has been published with support from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and KAMS and display a logo on the publication’s right column.

Inquiries
Visual Art Planning Team, Korea Arts Management Service(KAMS), 
art-trans [​at​] gokams.or.kr / vy617 [​at​] gokams.or.kr