Art competition with four local schools - presentations

Fri, Mar 15th 2024 at 9:36 am - 11:36 am

We were delighted with the response to this competition with over 120 entries from the four schools.

Knighton and District Rotary holds a Schools Art Competition On Friday March 15th the Rotary Club of Knighton and District visited Knighton Primary School in the morning and Presteigne Primary School in the afternoon. Knighton Rotary President Angela Ellis then presented the art competition prizes and Merit Awards to the amazingly talented children at their “celebration” assemblies. The following week President Angela and Knighton Rotary Secretary Paul Barrett attended assemblies at John Beddoes campus in Presteigne and Bedstone College in Bedstone to present similar awards. President Angela also gave Easter Eggs to the winners, runners-up and Merit Award winners in each school.

The Rotary Club received well over 120 entries in three age groups ranging between 6 and 18. The students were tasked with creating an artwork on a "watery theme" using ONLY the materials the Rotary Club provided.

Recognition must go to Knighton Rotary President Angela Ellis for the original concept and sourcing the artists materials worth £30,000 from Winsor & Newton Ltd.

President Angela Ellis said, “The schools have all welcomed us with open arms and the children have all been delighted with their cards and certificates”. President Angela added ”Every one of the schools have requested to be included in any of our future competitions or promotions.”

President Angela has opened the doors to four local schools with whom we’ve had little or no contact since Lockdown. The head teachers and staff are all extremely eager to resume relationships with Rotary - and most importantly the children themselves had the joy of participating and public recognition of their achievement.

Thanks go to Rotarian Cathy Jones for producing the excellent prize and publicity materials. Thanks to professional artists Rotarian Ivan Jones and Oswestry based artist David Walker for judging the entries. Also thanks goes to Rotarian Chris Price for being involved in school visits and displays, and to Rotarian Chris Ruby for collecting entries during the recent floods.

Materials were also given to Penny Weir, President of Leominster Rotary Club, for use by ECHO Herefordshire, a Mental Health charity. They will be used in classes for adults with learning difficulties, assisted by professional artists and will be exhibited in June at the Grange, Leominster.

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