Cumbria in Bloom Young Persons Painting Competition 2008

Whats it all about?
This is a competition to encourage and stimulate an appreciation of flowers, trees, shrubs, vegetables. salads and fruits, cultivated and wild in the environment.
Whilst any colourful subject containing flower, trees etc. will be accepted, this year, we are proposing a new category, paintings of school gardens to include veg, salad and fruit. Paintings could show how plants provide food sources and a range of habitats for wildlife. Inspirational work in this direction will be taken into consideration by the judges.
Who can enter?
This competition is open to all children in full time education within the borders of Cumbria. Children should not enter independently, but should enter through their schools’ Art department.
What medium can I use?
Virtually anything: including water colour, oils, acrylics, poster, pencil crayons, wax crayons, collages, charcoal and chalk. The latter two must be fixed to prevent damage in transit.
How to enter
We ask that entries, portrait or landscape, conform to A4 size, but will accept A3 if the standard is good. Good quality paper should be used.
Mounting the painting on a thin card or coloured paper backboard aids the appearance of the exhibition, but it is not essential.
Try not to fold the painting when sending your entry to us.
Please include a typed list of names and ages of your schools entry in the envelope.
Please ensure you have stuck the entry form to the back of the painting, duly completed, with the arrow pointing to the top. This helps us to place the painting the right way up in the exhibition. ( Please complete the child’s name in capitals )
Art teachers are encouraged to hold your own mini competition at school and send us your best 10
Group paintings should consist of up to 10 paintings all of the same subject, e.g. sunflowers. Please indicate if your entry is to be considered as a group on the typed list of names to be sent with the paintings. There is a group trophy for the winners in this section, The Rex Marsden Challenge Trophy. Last years winners were, the children of Our Lady of the Rosary RC Primary School Dalton-in-Furness.
Judging
Individual and group paintings will be judged in age groups with a prize awarded to up to two in each. One painting from the entire entry will be adjudged best painting in the exhibition, including the groups viewed as individuals. This painting will be awarded the Rex Marsden Medal. Last years winner was Sarah Edmondson of Keswick School.

In order to give good representation of winning entries, the judges reserve the right to choose the painting for the exhibition.

You can download a copy of the entry form here.

For further information contact Donald Walker on 017683 72284 & 07506 376941
Or Peter Howarth on 015394 32807

Cumbria in Bloom Young Persons Competition Painting 2007

Results of Cumbria in Bloom ‘Young Persons Painting Competition 2007’

33 schools entered 326 paintings that were on exhibition at the National Park Visitor Centre, Brockhole, Ambleside, until 5th October 2007

At the Presentation evening held on the 5th October at 7pm these young people were awarded with prizes and certificates which encourages pursuit of visual art and an appreciation of the flora and fauna around them.

All the paintings, which were judged at Brockhole on 21st September, were considered to be of a high standard, with double the entry of last year.

The painting adjudged best in exhibition was a study of a lily, painted by Miss Sarah Edmondson age 14 of Keswick School. She will receive The Rex Marsden Medal, A Gold Certificate and an art prize.

The group prize which is The Rex Marsden Challenge Trophy goes to Our Lady of the Rosary RC Primary School for a set of paintings of bees and flowers.

This year, the prizes have been donated by The Derwent Pencil Company of Keswick

The awards were presented by Betty Sankey a well known local painter of flowers and plants. She works closely with the Lakeland Horticultural Society at Holehird

Awards list

Groups Winners:-

Croftlands Infants School Ulverston
contact Mrs Coulson 01229894181

Lanercost Cof E Primary School Brampton
contact Mrs Clarricoats 0169772702

Kirkoswald Cof E School Nr Penrith
contact Mrs Lewthwaite 01768898461

Pennington Cof E School Ulverston
contact C. Mackay 01229894133

Group Trophy Winner- The Rex Marsden Challenge Trophy

Our Lady of the Rosary RC Primary School Dalton-in-Furness
Contact Mrs Clayton 01229897916

Individual awards:- with silver star

Leah Nicholson age 6 of Lees Hill Cof E School
contact Mrs Brown 0169772577

Chloe Lafferty age 6 of Coniston Cof E School contact Miss Yates 01539441302

Mia Bellouere age 9 of Stramongate Primary School
contact Mrs Bumby o1539773622

Hannah Breese age 10 of St. Herberts School
contact Mr Booth 01768773017

Alexandra Longcake age 10 of Vicarage Park School
contact Miss Hallam 01539773628

Patrick Middleton age 11 of Plumpton Primary School
contact Mrs Goodwin 01768894247

Daniel Sibbit age 12 of Keswick School
contact Mrs Sodowski 01768772605

Natasha Woolley age 13 of Keswick School contact Mrs Sodowski 01768772605

Briony Holland age 13 Queen Katherine G S Kendal contact Mr P.Glover 01539773640

Jodie Smith age 16 of Sandgate School Kendal
contact L Oldham 01539773636

And a pupil from Kendal Nursery School
contact K Keron 01539773626

Best Individual Award

With The Rex Marsden Medal and Gold Award Certificate Goes to:-

Sarah Edmondson age 14 of Keswick School contact Mrs Sodowski 01768772605

For further information contact Donald Walker on 017683 72284 or 07940 125256 or Peter Howarth 015394 32807