Junior Art Competition 2019

 Junior School Art and Photographic competition - 2019

This is the Fourth year that we have organised this Art competition which for the first time included a Photographic competition and is open to all the Junior schools in Radcliffe / Bingham / Cotgrave and the villages in the Vale.

The theme this year wasOur Countryside with prizes being awarded to the winners in each of two categories ie Key stage years 3 / 4 and years 5 / 6, as well as the winning school receiving a donation to their Art department. Additionaly a Best in Class in each of the categories was chosen from the entries submitted by each of the participating schools and from which the winning entries were chosen. Eight schools took part with 158 entries and again standards were high.

Our thanks to Long Acre Studios in Bingham and the Arts Society Trent Valley for their support.

The winners are: 

Art - Leila Rose Johnson (Archbishop Cranmer), Missy Lewis (St Peters C of E East Bridgford )

Photography – Lucy Whiteman (Radcliffe Junior), Thomas Jenkins (Carnarvon Junior)

The winning and Best in Class Artwork is being exhibited at the Bingham Library from 1^st to 31^st May.

The Mayor of Bingham formally opened the Exhibition and together with the President of the Vale of Belvoir Rotary club presented the framed winning entries to the two winners of the Photographic competition.

We shall be running another Art/Photographic competition in 2019/2020.

Full details of the competition will be sent out in September.