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Local student wins creative arts prize
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WINDSOR FESTIVAL 2008
SCHOOLS PROGRAMME PRIZE WINNERS HONDA (UK) TO SPONSOR FOR THREE FURTHER YEARS The winners of the Windsor Festival 2008 Participatory Programme for Senior Schools were awarded their prizes today (Friday, 5 December) at a special presentation in Windsor Castle’s Education Centre. At the same time sponsors Honda (UK) confirmed they would be continuing to support the Education Programme for a further three years. Now in its fifth year, the programme has proved to be an ongoing success. Supported by Honda (UK), it aims to encourage imagination, creativity and artistic talent in senior schools throughout the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and to develop an understanding of the artistic world. Young people from years 10, 11 and 12 were invited to submit work in any of four categories, namely Two-Dimensional Art; Three-Dimensional Art; Creative Writing and Music Composition. This year over 350 submissions were received and judged by a panel of highly qualified professionals. The winning and highly commended entries from the four categories were exhibited to the public at Ascot Racecourse over the weekend of 26 - 28 September as a central part of the Ascot Arts Festival, a joint venture with Windsor Festival. Honda’s involvement with the education programme has enabled them to take their Power of Dreams philosophy to young people within the local community, encouraging the highest possible quality of artistic endeavour. As title sponsor of Windsor Festival, they have kindly donated the programme’s monetary prizes for both the pupils and their schools. Those in first place received £150 and their school £450; second prize winners received £100 and their school £225 and those in third place £50 and their school £100. Guided Tours of Windsor Castle All pupils whose work was showcased at the Ascot exhibition were given a guided tour of the State Apartments in Windsor Castle highlighting some of the finest works of art from the Royal Collection. In addition, before the presentation on 5 December, the first, second and third prize winners and their teachers were invited to join a private tour of the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, which is not normally open to the public. The winners and judges in the four categories are as follows: Category A: Two-Dimensional Art Winners: Joint 1st Olivia De’Arth, Charters School, Year 12 ‘My Family’ Joint 1st Ryan Redmond, Licensed Victuallers’ School, Year 11 ‘Above’ 2nd Isaac Nugent, Eton College, Year 11 ‘Eccentric Faces’ 3rd Scott Park, Licensed Victuallers’ School, Year 12 ‘Influences’ Judged by: Sally McGill, Sam Thomson and Elizabeth Vickers. Category B: Three-Dimensional Art Winners: 1st Hugo Cobb, Eton College, Year 11, ‘Breakfast’ 2nd Daisy Hardman, Charters School, Year 12, ‘I have walked through’ 3rd William Milner, Eton College, Year 12, ‘Orphan’ Judged by: Dick Budden, Dominic Harper and Glenys Latham Category C: Creative Writing Winners: 1st Eleanor Stevenson, Brigidine School, Year 10 ‘Storm’ 2nd Jacob Follini Press, Eton College, Year 12 ‘The Meeting of madmen of another Testament’ 3rd Bethan Cleary, St Mary’s Ascot, Year 10 ‘The secret Life of Mr Tiller’ Judged by: Fraser Jansen, Alastair Niven and Canon John White Category D: Music Composition Winners: 1st Tom Galgut, Charters School, Year 12, ‘the Goldilocks Enigma’ 2nd Roshan Krishna Kumar, Charters School, Year 12, ‘Behind Time’ 3rd Gus Tredwell, Windsor Boys’ School, Year 12, ‘Minuet and Variations’ Judged by: David Curington, Gillian Dibden and David Hurley For details about Windsor Festival telephone 01753 714364 or visit www.windsorfestival.com. |
