Above: Some entrants to the Animalympics Competition at E17 Art House with their medals and prizes.
Saturday saw the winners of our Animalympics art competition receive their prizes at E17 Art House Picture Framers and Gallery in Walthamstow. Children were given the opportunity to create pictures of their own fun Olympic games – for ANIMALS. Guinea Pig Roller-Blading, Hare Hurdles, and the Slow Race for snails were just a few of the fun sports that children from across Waltham Forest dreamt up.
All entrants received a small prize, and winners in each age category received gold, silver and bronze medals as well as bundles of art materials from Stoke Newington based Jackson’s Art Supplies, and printmaking workshop sessions with artist and E17 Art House co-owner Kirsten Schmidt.
Walthamstow artist Carl Harris aka ‘Catboy’, who illustrated last year’s E17 Art Trail Guide cover with an animal race presented the winners with their medals and prizes, and after the ceremony was asked by the young artists to sign autographs for them!
The Winners:
6 – 10 years
1st Prize: Iris Fishlock ( age 9 ) ‘Olympic Staring Contest’
2nd Prize: Mariam Boota ( age 8 ) ‘Football Panic’
3rd Prize: Evan Reader ( age 9) ‘Hamster Balling’
Runners-Up:
Muhammad Jazal Babar ( age 10 ) ‘Animal Olympics’
Linden Sims ( age 8 ) ‘Little Big Dog Race’
Oscar Dean ( age 6 ) ‘Whale Racing’?
11 – 15 years
1st Prize: Daisy Shelton ( age 11 ) ‘Tom Whaley’
2nd Prize: Eliza Jones ( age 11 ) ‘The Fastest Animal Race’
3rd Prize: Gabrielle Vincent ( age 14 ) ‘Animalia’
5 years and under:
1st Prize: Julia Tansley ( age 5 ) ‘Park Elephant’
2nd Prize: Scarlett Shelton ( age 5 ) ‘Animalympics Dog Race’
3rd Prize: Roisin Morrow ( age 4 ) ‘Dolphins jumping Through Hoops’
E17 Art House would like to thank all the children for their wonderfully creative pictures, and for taking part in our competition, and special thanks to Jackson’s Art Supplies for the fantastic prizes. (mail order: www.jacksonsart.co.uk)
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