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On Thursday June 4, two very special prize giving events took place in the stunning surroundings of the Concert Room of St George’s Hall, where almost 150 shortlisted students were presented with a certificate by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool Cllr Tony Concepcion. In addition, the overall winners were announced and prizes awarded.
dot-art Schools 2015 Overall winner, Secondary: 'Study of Nature 1' Georgia Allen of Rainhill High School; dot-art Schools 2015 Overall Runners Up, Secondary: Cottage' by Alfie Hefferman of West Kirby Residential School and 'Self Portrait 17' by Ben Walsh of Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School; dot-art Schools 2015 Overall winner, Primary: 'Ocean Eye' by Marcel Auber of St Patricks Primary School; dot-art Schools 2015 Overall Runners Up Primary: 'Moving People 24' by Sophia Nicolas of Gwladys St; Primary and 'Landscape 8' by Lydia McManus of Springwood Heath Primary.
Before the opening event, guest judge Susan M. Coles chose the overall winners and runners up for both primary and secondary. Susan is known to many art teachers as the President of the National Society for Education in Art & Design in 2014 and Secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Art Craft and Design Education. Susan remarked “Schools are under such pressure these days, so events like this are so very important- they highlight and showcase, celebrate and share ... Choosing a winner is hard as you are all winners. But because I had to choose I've looked for originality in the chosen winners, for skills in both thinking and creating and for getting that WOW factor when you stand in front of them.“
Explaining why she chose the Year 9 Overall Winner 'Nature Study' by Georgia Allen of Rainhill High School, Susan said: “It's a work of intricate layers also mounted and presented in layers - with tiny detail which draws the viewer into a quite amazing design. It shows great patience as well as skill.”
Anthony Bennett, Head of Art at Rainhill High School, responded: "Georgia is a student who is highly talented but goes un-noticed as she is very shy by nature. I think the success brought on by this dot-art Schools competition could finally cement what we have been telling her for the past 12 months, that she truly is a talented individual."
Each young artist won exclusive tickets to see Tate Liverpool's summer exhibition with guided tour as well as vouchers for art materials from Rennies Gallery. As well as this, the secondary winner, Georgia also received a scholarship to dot-art, giving her a year's membership to dot-art's network, allowing her to showcase and sell her work alongside professional artists.
This is the third annual dot-art Schools Exhibition, showcasing winning work by talented school children from across the Liverpool City Region; the competition has grown year on year and in 2015 includes winning art works from around fifty year 6 and year 9 pupils.
The dot-art Schools 2015 Exhibition is on now until Saturday June 20 and open to the public daily from 10.00-17.00 at St George's Hall. Entrance via the Heritage Centre.
Visit http://schools.dot-art.com or http://liverpoolcityhalls.co.uk/st-georges-hall/whats-on/dot-art-schoolsexhibition-2015/ for more details.
Thanks to an exciting new partnership with Merseyrail, there will also be an opportunity to see the dot-art Schools 2015 artwork in Central Station, Liverpool in July!
dot-art Schools is now recruiting both primary and secondary schools across the Liverpool City Region who would like to take part in the next programme, for 2015 -2016. Teachers interested in getting involved can find out more on the dot-art Schools website at http://schools.dot-art.com/register.
The dot-art Schools project is made possible with the generous support of its principal sponsor David M. Robinson, additional sponsor Rathbones PLC, funders The Liverpool One Foundation and Community Foundation Merseyside and partners St George’s Hall, Liverpool City Council and Merseyrail.
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