Chesterfield College launches Young Artists of the Year competition
Chesterfield College has launched the fourth annual competition to find Derbyshire’s talented Young Artists of the Year.
School children in Year 4 to Year 13 are encouraged to use their creative skills to produce an illustration, a painting or collage, photography or a 3D sculpture on the theme of “Modern day Britain”.
Finalists’ artwork, across a range of age and competition categories, will be exhibited as part of the college’s Art’s Festival taking place from 22 June – 3 July 2020. The young artists will be invited to a special ceremony where the winners will be announced and presented with prizes.
James Marples, Brand and Campaigns Manager at Chesterfield College said: “The Young Artist of the Year competition has gone from strength to strength and we are looking forward to seeing how local young artists interpret our theme this year. We were amazed by the number and the standard of the entries we received last summer. Our judges had a real challenge when it came to choosing winners. It is fantastic to be able to encourage and celebrate the talent and skills of young artists and we are really pleased to be able to incorporate their work into the college’s Arts Festival.”
Last year saw a huge range of different styles of stunning paintings, drawings, sculptures and photography submitted and exhibited in West Studios, Chesterfield College’s creative hub and exhibition space. Winners of the 2019 competition spoke about how it felt to be crowned as Young Artists of the Year.
Isobel Greene, winner of the Visual Arts Year 7-9 category in 2019 said; “I have chosen to do Art GCSE at school next year. If I could be an artist one day I would. It is really nice to win this competition.”
Harry Bell, Winner of the Visual Arts Year 4-6 category last year said; “Winning this competition gives me a lot of confidence to paint a lot more.”
The closing date for the competition is 10 June 2020. More details, including terms and conditions of the competition can be found here www.chesterfield.ac.uk/yaoty
Isobel Greene, winner of the 2019 Young Artists of the Year Visual Arts Year 7-9 category
