CANTERBURY ART PRIZE 2024
Theme: ‘Journeys’
Categories: School Years 7-9, Years 10-11, Years 12-13.
The Canterbury Art Prize 2024 offers pupils across three age group categories who attend East Kent Schools the exciting opportunity to participate in this year's competition. The theme this year is ‘Journeys’ and can be interpreted in any way.
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PRIZES:
The overall winner will be presented with a trophy and a £100 cash prize and the opportunity to have their work exhibited at the St Edmund’s Arts Festival 2024 and in a prestigious Gallery in Canterbury! There will also be £100 cash prizes for the other two category winners. Alongside this, there will be three £50 runner-up prizes.
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THE BRIEF:
Pupils are encouraged to develop their own creative interpretation of the theme and to be as imaginative as possible. Works can be hyper realistic or abstract in style. All submitted works must be accompanied by a brief description about the piece.
Accepted media includes painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, mixed media and analogue photography.
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HOW TO SUBMIT WORK: WOORK
Stage 1 - One artwork per entrant submitted digitally. Follow the link that can be found on here. DEADLINE Friday 19th April 2024
Stage 2 – If contacted, winners, runners up and highly commended works to be delivered to St Edmund’s School, St Thomas Hill, Canterbury, CT2 8HU by Wednesday 19th June. Works may be retained at St Edmund’s until 5th July.
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The private view and prize giving will take place on Wednesday 26th June 2024 at 6pm.
THE CANTERBURY ART PRIZE 2023
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YEARS 7 - 9
1st- Claudia C (St Lawrence College) – Never Venture and Risk A Seashell for the World
2nd- Nina S (St Edmund’s School Canterbury) – Trapped Nature
3rd- Luke J (St Lawrence College) – Swimming Against the Tide
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Highly Commended:
(These have been awarded due to the exceptionally high standard of work and the thought-provoking response in this category)
Yaryna K (St Edmund’s School Canterbury) - Invincible
Leila B R (St Edmund’s School Canterbury) – Protect
Sophie F (Sir Roger Manwood’s) – The Severed Lungs of Planet Earth
Sophie A (St Anselm’s) – Live Gently on this Earth
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YEARS 10 – 11
1st - Eudora Z (St Edmund’s School Canterbury) – Shift
2nd - Emma N (Herne Bay High) – Urban Cage
3rd - Riley G (Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys) – Hustle and Bustle
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YEARS 12 – 13
1st - James M (Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys) - The Striphouse in Red
2nd - Poppy H (St Lawrence College) – Unexpected Beauty in Urban Decay
3rd - Rebecca P (Herne Bay High) – Man & Nature
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PRIZES:
1st £100; 2nd £50; 3rd £30
The students who were awarded Highly Commended will receive certificates.
1st place for Category YEARS 12 – 13 will also be presented with the silver trophy.
