33rd Annual Painting Competition
33rd ANNUAL PAINTING/DRAWING COMPETITION - Saturday 7th May 2022
The Gibraltar Heritage Trust will be holding its Annual Painting Competition on Saturday 7th May 2022. This year’s theme is ‘City Hall’ and artists will be invited to choose a view of either the exterior or internal areas of the building (Mayor’s Parlour, ground floor Galleries, etc).
Registration of participants will take place on site at the entrance to City Hall on the day, between 9.00am and 12:30pm. Those who wish to pre-register are encouraged to do so via this link:
See our Rules of Entry here.
Painting/sketching must take place on location, on the day between 9:00am and 5:00pm. Any type of traditional artistic media will be accepted. Participants must supply their own art materials. Entries should not be larger than 76cm x 60cm (refer to rules and regulations).
On completion, participants will be required to hand in their entries to a representative of the Gibraltar Heritage Trust at the Trust Office at 13 John Mackintosh Square. All entries must be handed in by the deadline of 5:00pm.
The competition is divided into four groups: -
- Adults (aged 18 and over), Juniors (aged 11 to 17), Children (aged 7-10), Infants (aged 6 and under)
Prizes will be as follows: -
|
ADULTS |
JUNIORS/ SECONDARY |
CHILDREN/ UPPER PRIMARY |
INFANTS/ LOWER PRIMARY |
|
(Aged 18 and over) |
(Aged 11 - 17) |
(Aged 7 - 10)
|
(Aged 6 and under) |
1st Prize |
£1,000 (Sponsored by Gibraltar Cultural Services)
|
£125 |
£50 VOUCHER |
£25 VOUCHER |
2nd Prize |
£400
|
£75 |
£30 VOUCHER |
£15 VOUCHER |
3rd Prize |
£200
|
£50 |
£20 VOUCHER |
£10 VOUCHER |
DAVID GLADSTONE PRIZE FOR MOST PROMISING ARTIST (judged from entries in Junior, Children and Infant categories) - £50 (plus shield) |
EDITORS NOTE:
The announcement of winners and the presentation of prizes will be on Tuesday 7th June at 6:30pm in the Lower Exhibition Room at John Mackintosh Hall, with the exhibition of entries open to the public as from Wednesday 8th June.
Issue on 08/04/22