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The Sovereign Art Foundation Guernsey Student Prize is getting underway again for its fourth year, as the team are continuing to introduce new ideas to develop it with the new community engagement programme.
The prize seeks to recognise and celebrate the artwork of local students aged 11-18. It bolsters fledgling artists’ careers by giving them confidence and showing them that art is valued by the community.
As in previous years, schools will nominate artworks to be entered for the competition. However in addition this year, students aged 15-18 may independently enter a separate piece of their own artwork. This aims to open up the competition and frees students to explore creative ideas which might not fit with their school coursework themes.
To further encourage young artists in our community, the SAF Guernsey Student Prize this year will include Merit Awards for the 11-14 age group. These new Merit Awards are being sponsored by local retailer The Lexicon. The prize will be a £25 Lexicon voucher which students will be able to use to purchase their own art equipment from The Lexicon’s comprehensive art supplies department.
Stephen Hare, Managing Director of Sovereign’s Guernsey office, said: “By introducing the Merit Awards, we are recognising this crucial time in a young person’s life where they are free to experiment and try out many new skills before having to choose what to focus on at GCSE.
"Celebrating student’s artwork at this age will help them to see that art is valued by the community and we hope will encourage more of them to give serious thought to taking it as a GCSE. As the world becomes more and more automated, individuals with strong creative skills will become increasingly more highly valued by society.”
The new September closing date means the public exhibition of the finalists’ pieces, which is a core component of the competition will now take place in the autumn with the public having two months in which to view the artworks and vote for their favourite piece.
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