{"id":462,"date":"2019-05-03T10:27:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T09:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/facultyofeducation\/?p=462"},"modified":"2019-05-07T09:30:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T08:30:36","slug":"and-the-winner-is-art-rebels-portfolio-prize-giving-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/facultyofeducation\/and-the-winner-is-art-rebels-portfolio-prize-giving-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"And the winner is… Art Rebels Portfolio prize giving evening"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joe Jackson, winner in the\u00a0Primary School,\u00a0<\/b>5-7 Years Award <\/b>(Year 1-2)\u00a0<\/b>and his teacher, Miss Collings from Miers Court Primary School.<\/em><\/p>\n

We are so proud to be involved with the\u00a0Turner Contemporary Portfolio competition.<\/a> Last night all the short-listed entrants and their guests were invited to the prize ceremony in Augustine Hall to see an exhibition of their work and find out if they had won. Winning artwork will be displayed in an exhibition at the Turner Contemporary ahead of the Turner Prize 2019.<\/p>\n

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Jean-Paul Zeevaart, entrant, Ages 7-11<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Entries opened in January with\u00a0children, young people, teachers, FE students and community groups from across Kent and Medway invited to respond to the theme \u2018Art Rebels\u2019.\u00a0 This year a new category of\u00a0 \u2018Community Groups\u2019 from Kent and Medway were invited to enter the competition including Alternative Provision, NHS Support Services and in patients, Youth Offending Services, Support Groups, Pupil Referral Units, Health and Wellbeing.<\/p>\n

The event in Augustine House kicked off with the much-anticipated announcement of the Turner Prize nominated artists by Victoria Pomery, the Director of the Turner Contemporary Gallery<\/a>\u00a0followed by the award presentation by the panel of judges including BBC1 broadcaster, Gemma Cairney, and representatives from Canterbury Cathedral, Go Vicinity and the Lilford Gallery.<\/p>\n

Peter Gregory, principal lecturer on the BA (Hons) Arts in Education<\/a> said of the competition: “The Portfolio award evening is one of my highlights each year. To see the exhibition of shortlisted artworks and talk to so many proud and excited families – many of whom have never been to an art exhibition or university before – is a huge privilege. We have no idea what will result in their futures as a consequence of their involvement!”<\/p>\n

The winners in all categories were:<\/p>\n