HOME Slough Art Competition
There’s still time to take part in the ‘Slough Young Artists: Show & Competition!'
To take part and be in with a chance of winning, all entrants need to do is use their imagination to create a piece of hand-crafted artwork, take a picture of their creation and submit it explaining why they made this piece of art!
Submissions are open for young people living in Slough aged 5 to 18. Prizes will be awarded to the top participant in each age range (5 to 8 years old, 9 to 12 years old and 13 to 18 years old). The artworks will be judged by a panel of representatives, drawn from the local community, based on artistic talent, creativity and originality. All prize winners will receive vouchers for art materials, plus three art workshops each led by professional and established visual artist Marinella Caldarus The competition is aimed at encouraging children and young people to be creative. An exhibition of participant’s original artworks will be held at HOME on the high street later in the year. All participants, including the winners, will have their work professionally published by HOME Slough in a companion booklet.
Competition details
This competition is open to all children and young adults aged 5–18 living in Slough
The competition opens from 1 April 2020 and closes on 31 May 2020
Entrants can use any art medium such as painting, sculpture, photography, mixed media etc. Paintings may be completed in two sizes: A4 or A3. A4 size is 210 × 297 millimetres. A3 size is 297 x 420 millimetres.
To take part in the competition please send three photos of your artwork, under cover of the following title: Slough Young Artists Show & Competition, to info@homeslough.org.uk by the deadline 31st May 2020
There is a limit of 3 artworks/photos per entrant (one picture for each artwork).
The deadline for entries is 6pm on 31st May.
Judging will take place in June. Panel members will be announced shortly. Submissions will not only be judged on artistic talent, but also on creativity and originality.
Once the panel have made their decisions, HOME Slough will organise the photographs and publish a companion guide to the competition with each of the winners receiving full page recognition. Also:
A gala reception to celebrate the children and young people’s artwork and announce the winners will be held at HOME on the High Street, to which all entrants will be invited.
Dates and further details about the exhibition will be confirmed at a later stage and all participants will be informed about this via email.
Please keep your original A3 and A4 paintings safe at home as we may ask you to bring them to be exhibited at HOME on the High Street later in the year.
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Images courtesy of Pixabay and The Reading Agency
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