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Knox Society School Art Awards have been handed out to three Isle of Man College Students and 10 youngsters from secondary schools in the island.
The awards take place at the end of each school year when art students display their work for family, friends and members of the public to view.
This was the fifth prize giving from the society with winners receiving cash and certificates.
College students won a prize of £100 each, sponsored by the Isle of Man Post Office. While two sixth form pupils from each of the island’s five secondary schools won a prize of £50, sponsored by Douglas Barrowman Knox Group Plc.
The college winners were Matthew Leece, winning the First Year National Diploma for the Overall Body of Work, Shelby Sandyford-Sykes who won the Knox/Sayle Prize for Manx Inspired Artwork and Pauline Berrie who won the Knox/Sayle Prize for Innovative Work.
From Ramsey Grammar School the winners were Lily McCambridge and Danielle Kneale; from Castle Rushen in Castletown, Georgina Kent and Domnic Lockyer; from St.Ninian’s in Douglas, Ruby May Laidlaw and Alexandra Boner; from QEII in Peel, Izaak Flanders and Joseph Crookall; and from Ballakermeen in Douglas, Kim Chung and George Eastwood.
The panel were looking for imagination, individuality and skill.
The guideline given to the judges was taken from the advice given by Knox to his students: ‘Never be ordinary, better be nothing than that.’
Archibald Knox was a famous Manx art nouveau designer. His work still lives on today, in fact one of his clocks – The Magnus – has just sold at a UK auction for £34,000.
Chairman and founder of the society, Liam O’Neill said: ‘It is a special year for the society, whose mission is fundamentally educational and to inform the public worldwide of the legacy of Archibald Knox, as it marks the fifth anniversary of its founding.’
He explained: ‘There was a panel of 20 judges, mainly society members with assistance from the art departments in the various schools.
‘The judges expressed the view that there is a tremendous interest generated in art by the art teachers from the various schools and the standard of work produced is improving year on year.
‘There were 1,000s of works of art exhibited of which students and parents and teachers should be proud of.’
He added: ‘Archibald Knox would be proud of the high standard of art in our schools and perhaps one day we might celebrate another internationally famous Manx artist.’
Mr O’Neill also revealed that the society hopes to award an Archibald Knox Scholarship for Design and Art to a student of exceptional ability, at university level, to a value of £3,000.
He said: ‘We hope to raise this money from the business community in the near future.’
And he revealed that next year the society hopes to extent the art awards to all 35 primary secondary schools in conjunction with the Department of Education and Children.
The work of this year’s winners is now on display in a virtual gallery at www.archibaldknoxsociety.com
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