Archibald Knox awards for best art on the Isle of Man

ARCHIBALD Knox Awards were presented to the best of the island’s young artists this summer while one talented teenager received the very first Archibald Knox Scholarship for Art and Design.

Winners of this year’s school prizes were Sean Clarke (Ashley Hill), Amy Lowe and Thorin Costain (Castle Rushen), Joshua Barlow and Jeriel Bacani (Ramsey Grammar), Emily Bell and Maria Samuel (St Ninian’s), Zoe Tweedy and Erin Dimelow (Queen Elizabeth II), Christina Dolores Quine and Jonica Ellis Nazario (Ballakermeen).

While the Norman Sayle Prize for Art, which is sponsored by the Isle of Man Post Office, was awarded to three Isle of Man College students.

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The First Year National Diploma prize for overall body of work went to Bethany Gale, the Overall Knox/Sayle Prize for Manx inspired artwork went to Paige Goldsmith and the Knox/Sayle prize for innovative work went to Sam Hurt.

And this year also saw the introduction of a new Archibald Knox Scholarship for Art and Design, sponsored by the Isle of Man Arts Council.

The winner was Sam Hurt, a former QEII student who is going on to study Fine Art at Northumbria University.

The 19-year-old, of Peel, has just completed an Art Foundation course. It was his innovative installation which looked at the way people interact with one another which caught the eye of the judges. ‘I’m really happy that my efforts have been recognised,’ he said, ‘ I really didn’t expect it.’

He was up against fellow finalists Izaak Flanders, Ruby-May Laidlaw, Thomas Maier and Annie Richardson. The scholarship will offer Sam £4,000 over four years to cover travel expenses for educational purposes.

Chairman of the panel of judges Michael Sandle said: ‘Every one of the students we saw we all felt were a joy to interview because of their intelligence, integrity and commitment and they will all go far.

‘Sam Hurt, with his remarkable interactive auditory installation was the eventual winner and all of us are sure that he will be spurred on now to realise even more ambitious projects.’

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Arts Council announces the 2012 Winner of the Archibald Knox Scholarship For Art and Design

The Arts Council is pleased to announce the winner of the new Archibald Knox Scholarship for Art and Design for art is Sam Hurt, formally of QEII High School. Sam was presented with the award by Hon Clare Christian, President of Tynwald with Laurence Skelly MHK, Chairman of the Arts Council and Liam O’Neill Chairman of the Archibald Knox Society in attendance. Sam has been studying fine art at the IOM College and was short listed with four of his fellow students for the prize. He will now go on to study Fine Art at the University of Northumbria.
The scholarship is new for 2012 and has been awarded by the Archibald Knox Society with funding from the Isle of Man Arts Council. The scholarship is a travel bursary awarded to enable a student of outstanding talent to further their studies off island and allows for four years of study. Only students studying art and design at the IOM College can apply and a short list was selected by the staff at the college.
All the students were outstanding and working in new and challenging ways. Sam Hurt won with an interactive auditory installation, his very clear thought processes and innovative approaches to concept and technique. Others students of high merit shortlisted for the award were Annie Richardson, Izaak Flanders, Ruby-May Laidlaw and Tom Maier.

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The judging panel was chaired by internationally renowned Manx artist Michael Sandle RA. He was joined by Carol Jones a lecturer in Fine Art at Nottingham University who is originally from the island and Calum Harvey, a textile artist and successful previous student of the IOM College who has recently been working with fashion house Burberry before moving back to the island. All of the judges were educated at art schools in the Isle of Man.
Michael Sandle RA said ‘It has been a very great privilege for me to chair the panel of judges which included the esteemed Carol Jones and Calum Harvey. We had an extraordinarily difficult time in reaching our final decision. Having taught in several colleges and universities in Britain, Canada and Germany there is no doubt in my mind that the Isle of Man College is equal to all of them and in some aspects superior. Helen Fox and her staff are to be congratulated for creating such an outstanding centre of excellence and long may it continue to flourish.’
Laurence Skelly MHK, Chairman of the Arts Council said ‘The Arts Council is very proud to support our young, local artists and in working with the Archibald Knox Society can provide real help with their development. I’d like to thank Liam O’Neill Chairman of the Archibald Knox Society for his commitment and passionate advocacy of Archibald Knox’s legacy and his hard work in making this scholarship happen. My thanks also goes to Michael Sandle, Carol Jones and Calum Harvey and the staff at the IOM College who have all contributed to making this award such a special event.’

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Events in Peel - June 2012

June 14th-16th: The Inspiration Theatre Company presents Dirty Dusting

A trio of cleaners a facing the axe, they might be beyond their sell-by date but they certainly won't take threats of redundancy lying down! These game 'girls' set up a phone sex service, known as "The Telephone Belles". Their bosses don't know about it, their family would never guess and their very willing customers are none the wiser. They're the only chat-line girls with dusters, attitude and their very own bus passes.

Show starts at 8.00 pm. Tickets are £8 from Celtic Gold and on the door, if not sold out, on the night.

June 23rd: Mambo Jambo, at the Centenary Centre.

Acoustic roots duo Mambo Jambo (Pete Jack and Frankie Banham) take their audience on a musical journey, mixing up styles from all around the world - from Cuba and Brazil, the Caribbean, New Orleans, bluegrass and Eastern Europe.

Show starts at 8.00 pm. Tickets are £12 from Celtic Gold. 

 

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Films in Peel - June 2012

13th June: My Week with Marilyn (2011)

99mins drama/biography Cert 15.

Sir Laurence Olivier is making a movie in London. Marilyn Monroe arrives for the start of shooting. Colin Clark, a young student, is invited into her inner world where she struggles with her fame, her beauty and her desire to be a great actress. Stars Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe, Kenneth Branagh as Olivier and Eddie Redmayne as Colin Clark.

Show starts at 7:45 pm, doors open 30 minutes before the show. Tickets are £4 (or £3 concessions) from Celtic Gold or on the door. Reservation tickets available from Shakti Man (Ramsey), Thompson Travel (Port Erin) and Mostly Manx (Douglas). Centenary Centre, Atholl Street, Peel.

 

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Films in Peel Isle of Man, May 2012

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9th May - Film

We need to talk about Kevin (2011) 112 mins drama/thriller.

An exploration of grief, memory and guilt.
Award winning movie starring Tilda Swinton as the mother of a teenage boy who went on a high-school killing spree. A shocking and strong story, adapted from the novel by Lionel Shriver.

Show starts at 7:45 pm, doors open 30 minutes before the show. Tickets are £4 (or £3 concessions) from Celtic Gold or on the door. Reservation tickets available from Shakti Man (Ramsey), Thompson Travel (Port Erin) and Mostly Manx (Douglas). Centenary Centre, Atholl Street, Peel.

 

19th May - Live Music

Adele Tribute, The UK's leading tribute to Adele. With all the hits from the multi Platinum albums 19 and 21, Lareena puts in a perfect tribute performance every time leaving the audience screaming for more.......www.adeletribute.co.uk

Tickets are £14 (concessions £9 for under 14s) from from Celtic Gold or on the door. Reservation tickets available from Shakti Man (Ramsey), Thompson Travel (Port Erin) and Mostly Manx (Douglas). Centenary Centre, Atholl Street, Peel.

 

19th May - Music

IoM Symphony Orchestra, QEII School at 8pm. Brahms: St. Anthony Variations; Mozart: Piano Concert no.23 in A (Soloist : Graham Kirkland); Mendelssohn: Symphony no.3 : "Scottish". Booking Form.

Tickets are also available from Celtic Gold, Peel; Peter Norris Music, Douglas; and Shakti Man, Ramsey.

 

23rd May - Film

The Guard (2011) 96 mins comedy/crime/thriller Cert 15. 'A raucous comedy' filmed in Ireland, starring Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle and Mark Strong. An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is teamed up with an uptight FBI agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.

Show starts at 7:45 pm, doors open 30 minutes before the show. Tickets are £4 (or £3 concessions) from Celtic Gold or on the door. Reservation tickets available from Shakti Man (Ramsey), Thompson Travel (Port Erin) and Mostly Manx (Douglas). Centenary Centre, Atholl Street, Peel.

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Events in Peel Isle of Man

Saturday 28th April
The Peel Centenary Centre presents

Bernie Flint - The Original Opportunity Knocks Winner

He is a very very funny man who has gradually brought more and more comedy into his act but still manages to perform top quality vocals to ensure a first class caberet show. He has perfected a fantastic comedy/caberet show playing at many of the UK's top theatres and event venues. He has performed with the comedian 'Jethro' over a hundred times, Showaddywaddy, The 3 Degrees, Jim Bowen, Shane Ritchie and the late Frankie Vaughan. Don't miss this evening of great entertainment

Show starts at 8.00 pm. Tickets are £15 from Celtic Gold or on the door. Reservation tickets available from Shakti Man (Ramsey), Thompson Travel (Port Erin) and Mostly Manx (Douglas). Centenary Centre, Atholl Street, Peel.

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Archibald Knox - modern-day Manannan

THE island needs to get out and sell its cultural strong points to attract tourists.

That’s the view of Liam O’Neill, founder and chairman of the Archibald Knox Society, who is set to host a study tour for Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society (CRMS) enthusiasts this weekend.

He believes it’s a good start for cultural tourism.

‘When I set up the Archibald Knox Society I modelled it on the CRMS,’ said Mr O’Neill.

‘I have built up a very good relationship over the years with them and one of the first visits by us was to Glasgow [where the CRMS is based]. Over the years I have been encouraging them to visit the Isle of Man and now they have decided to do this.’

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Mr O’Neill said 29 people would be taking part in the study tour, which begins today and will end on Monday, April 23.

The tour will include a visit to Cronkbourne Village, Tromode, birthplace of Archibald Knox; access to the Knox archive at the Manx Museum in Douglas, which includes Knox’s stunning silverware and watercolours; and a trip to the ancient monastic site of Maughold to view the ancient Manx crosses and the Hall Caine memorial, which was the last monument designed by Knox.

The weekend will also include a tour of the work of H.M. Baillie Scott.

Peter Kelly, an architectural historian and leading light in the Isle of Man Victorian Society, will talk about Baillie Scott and conduct a tour of Baillie Scott buildings. Mr O’Neill will deliver a lecture on the life and work of Archibald Knox.

There will also be an opportunity to view the work of the renowned Manx artist J.M. Nicholson and the Irish stained glass genius Harry Clarke.

And there will be a gala dinner at which Rushen MHK Laurence Skelly, a member of the Department of Community, Culture and Leisure, will speak about cultural tourism.

‘From the point of view of their [the CRMS’s] interest in Knox, it really is setting him in context by bringing them to the Isle of Man,’ said Mr O’Neill.

‘Auction houses often say nothing else about his island links other than that he was born in, or was from, the Isle of Man. They never make reference to the enormous influence the Isle of Man had on his work. The Isle of Man played such an important role.

‘This is the first of many such visits, we hope. I think it’s an ideal way of selling what we have got here in the Isle of Man internationally,’ said Mr O’Neill.

One of the delegates on this month’s study tour is coming over from New York after hearing Mr O’Neill speak on a recent lecture tour of the US.

‘I am trying to get the Department for Economic Development more interested in being proactive,’ he said.

‘We can’t sit here and wait for people to come, we have got to get out there and sell it. This is a big opportunity to do that. I think the present government is aware of the importance of it and of finding new niches.

‘I think Archibald Knox has really never been promoted to the full extent. We don’t actually market Knox, I think, and he and the Isle of Man are synonymous. He’s like a modern-day Manannan representing the island. It’s impossible to speak, in my opinion, of one without the other.’

For more information, visit www.archibaldknoxsociety.com.

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