2015 – Young Artist Of The Year Private View

Published on 15.07.15

Last Thursday night we proudly hosted the Young Artist of The Year 2015 private view at our Folly Lane campus. The Young Artist of the Year Competition celebrates the talent of 5 – 16 year-olds from across the county and  beyond. 1st prize winner in the 5-8 category: Oliver Miller, aged 7 Highly Commended in

Last Thursday night we proudly hosted the Young Artist of The Year 2015 private view at our Folly Lane campus. The Young Artist of the Year Competition celebrates the talent of 5 – 16 year-olds from across the county and  beyond.

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1st prize winner in the 5-8 category: Oliver Miller, aged 7

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Highly Commended in the 5-8 category: Charles Miller, aged 7

Every year we receive masses of incredible entries from young people, who all work really hard to demonstrate their skills, interpretation and understanding of the year’s theme. This Year’s theme was MINI BEASTS, and we had some really fantastic interpretations from all the age categories.

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1st Prize winner in the 9-12 category: Alice Burdsall, aged 10

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Highly Commended in the 5-8 category: Frankie Harrold, aged 8

After receiving nearly 700 entries, we completely took over Folly Lane Campus and are really showing off all the hard work that everyone put in by dedicating the whole campus to the exhibition! Thursday evening made us very happyas we met so many of the fantastic Artists!

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1st Prize winner in the 13-16 category: Eva Meredith, aged 13

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3rd Prize winner from the 9-12 category: Jessie Morgan (middle), aged 9

So a big thank you to everyone who attended the private view, and a really big thank you to the Hereford Round Table who kindly sponsored the competition. They also had the challenge of picking a Sponsor’s Favourite on the night! So (drum roll please!) …congratulations to Ben Holland aged 6 from Lea C of E Primary School!

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Daniel Forrest from the Hereford Round Table selecting the sponsor’s favourite

The exhibition will be open until the 21st August, and work will be available for collection during the first week of September. Once again, HUGE thank you to everyone who entered the competition! If you’re hungry for more opportunities to show of your artistic skills, check out the 2015 Young Photographer of The Year Competition!

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