Shirley Schools Art Competition

 

In 2010 Fish Frames sponsored an art competition with 3 Shirley Primary School: Bensons, Orchard Way and St Johns.

The subject was "The Area Where I Live" and any medium was accepted, upto A3 size.

There was a winner, second and third place in each class with an overall 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

Entries were judged by Lynn MacAskill, owner of Fish Frames, Anne Welford, a local artist and Hank Johnson, President of the Rotary Club of Croydon East.

The winners, runners-up and thirds had their entries framed and placed in an Exhibition at Fish Frames Art Gallery for one week, from Saturday 20th March to Saturday 27th March.

In addition, the overall winner, second and third received book tokens.

Each child participating in the competition received a Smencil (smelly pencil - environmentally friendly pencil made from recycled newspapers and fragranced).

Sarah   St John’s C of E Primary School   Inter-School Competition First Place   Sarah was chosen as the overall winner because she opened up the brief by applying it in a broad context, ie the four seasons.  She used different media to express each season which showed creativity and vision, which resulted in a very meticulous and carefully executed picture.

Jerome   Benson Primary School Class C   Inter-School Competition Second Place   Jerome was overall second as his work was robust, had great quality and composition.  He used colour selectively but effectively which showed in a confident and mature drawing.

Sophie   Benson Primary School Class H   Inter-School Competition - Third Place   Sophie was overall third as she had a good eye for design and composition.  She brought in the third dimensional element in a decorative fashion.