Leah Bortz, Untitled, Ballpoint pen drawing. Reddam House College. |
FADA Gallery in association with the Johannesburg Junior Council (JJC) presents the 2016 Gauteng Schools Art and Design Awards Exhibition.
Venue: FADA Gallery, University of
Johannesburg (Bunting Road Campus)
Exhibition run: Friday 16 September – Friday
14 October 2016 (extended)
Gallery hours:
Tuesday to Friday 09:00 – 16:00
Saturday 09:00 – 13:00
Closed Sundays, Public and University
Holidays.
Art is not just pretty pictures and
light entertainment: art is a great unifier, a tool for promoting awareness by
critically reflecting on society and an educational tool that can provide
useful skills development and simultaneously inspire self-confidence in the
youth of SA. Johannesburg Junior Council: Art Statement (Constitution).
The Award Winners
The awards exhibition, now in its eighth year, is hosted annually by the FADA Gallery, located on the Bunting Road Campus of the University of Johannesburg. The prizes are sponsored by Herbert Evans - a special word of Thanks to Emme and her team.
First Prize, Gabriella Fedetto. Lovely, Video Animation. St Stithians Girls College. (Video to be uploaded shortly).
Second prize, Isabella Potenza. Normalising the
Natural, Digital
Photography Prints. SacredHeart College (image above)
Third Prize, Amani
Badir, Inside Outside, Oil on Canvas. Abbots College Northcliff (image above and detail below.)
Merit Award Winners.
- Ella Felder-Busztin, Value, Oil on Coins. RoedeanSchool.
- Laura Van Rooyen, Paintings and Animation, StStithians Girls College.
- Riley Grant, The Trial, Installation/ Animation / Video. Sacred Heart College.
Who
may enter the competition.
The competition is open to all pupils
who are, at the beginning of the exhibition year, permanently resident in South
Africa and in grades 11 or 12. They are attending school in the Gauteng
Province and their school is registered as a member of the Johannesburg Junior
Council.
Selection
& Awards Judging.
Aproximately a 100 works are selected
by the judges and elligible for the awards and prizes sponsored by HerbertEvans. The overall winner, a first and second prize, including merit award winners were announced
at the exhibition opening on Thursday 15 September 2016.
Adlilson De Olliveira. Migration: Passage of Ideology. Acrylic on Fabric. St John's College. |
Aims and
Objectives of the Art and Design Awards Competition.
Providing the youth of the province with a
unified platform for creative expression, whilst honouring their art skills and
talents.
To acknowledge creative output produced at local
secondary schools: as work made formally for an art and design (including
Technology) subject portfolio and informally, as part of the school’s
extramural activities.
To raise awareness amongst schools of the
significant role creativity plays in a pupil’s development.
Contribute to the development of standards in
art and design teaching and leaning amongst secondary schools.
To promote art and design disciplines as a
lucrative career choice and study option at tertiary institutions (possibly awarding
a bursary as first prize).
To stimulate the development of creative role
models amongst school peers in awarding prestigious prizes normally associated
with achievements in sport and other extramural activities.
To create a ‘visual platform’ for teaching and
learning art and design at secondary schools.
Exposing work of a high standard produced at a
secondary level in a formal gallery space, in a curated fashion, meeting museum
standards.
Encourage a culture of visiting museums and
galleries in preserving and valuing our cultural heritage amongst the youth.