Youth Open Art Exhibition 2023 is now closed. Thank you to all participants and the winning entries are shown below.
Rutland County Museum
25th March to 30th April 2023
We are delighted to be exhibiting our Youth Open Art entries for 2023
Such a fabulous display of local, young talent and our award winners are below.
Arts for Rutland Awards
Overall winner: Emily Pamihova “The human condition”
Age 11-13 winner: Stanley Donaldson “Through a sphere”
Age 14-16 winner: Freya Morton “Through the archway”
Age 17-18 winner: “Madeline Shepher “Marianne”
Highly Commended:
Evie Stafford “Ram skull”
Eleanor Garfoot “Fish lamp”
Karenza Hughes “Feast of culture”
Sebastian Alabaster “Forgiven, 2022”
Helen Ritchie-Smith “Summer at the river”
Daisy Martin “Judged”
Edward Cooper “Companion
The Art Society of Oakham Awards
Age 11-13: Jessica Warke “A farmyard full of colour”
Age 14-16: Elise Billingham “Young girl”
Age 17-18: Annie Luck “Sounds of silence”
The Art Society of Rutland Awards:
Age 11-13: Melody Kirby “Door Mouse”
Age 14-16: Sophie Stuart-Jones “Elizabeth”
Age 17-18: Lily Watkins “Third Birthday”
Youth Open Art Exhibition 2022
Arts for Rutland awards
Overall winner – Amelia Callun – Plastic pollution (including poem)
11-13 Sophia Harper – Too much information
14-16 Anna Smith – Silent truth
17-18 Will Browning – David Attenborough
Highly Commended:
Eleanor Queen – The girl sat at the bottom of the ocean
Alice Kane – Forest jaguar
Nicole Byham – A glimmer of hope
Julie Kwok – Portrait of Vivian
Penny Symonds – Global whispers
Sophie Stroud – Koi fish
Holly Bateman – Koi fish
Tiffany Huang – Celestial Garden
Elva Eu – Jeta
Zak Draper – Rutland landscape
The Art Society of Oakham
11-13 Alexander Heath – the current world about the way the world is now
14-16 Olivia Scott – Nature can never be forgiven, just dismissed
17-18 Poppy Taylor-Border – Global warming
Rutland Art Society
11-13 Ailee Parsons – World whispers
14-16 Oliver Seymour – Consequences
17-18 Freddie Lagesse – Gauntlet
Winning entries Rutland Youth Open 2021
Thank you for your continued support and we hope you enjoy viewing the exhibition.
Title: Alice in 2021. Description: Opening the door to hope.
Medium: Mixed media – watercolours, coloured pencil and ink
– Leila Bowden.
Title: Spaced out.
Description: Large square acrylic canvas painting.
Medium: Acrylic paints.
– Maria Alam.
Title: Serenity of nature.
Description: Acrylic painting.
Medium: Acrylic on canvas.
Title: A door into the everyday.
Description: A drawing of sister while putting on makeup in the reflection of a mirror. The artwork concentrates on looking at the mundane tasks that are carried out on a day-to-day basis but often overlooked. This offers a small look into what many people don’t see.
Media: Pencil.
– Luke Adams.
Title: Beyond.
Description: it is an ink artwork of San Francisco surrounded in a man made environment.
Media: ink & water colour.
– Shannon Sage
Title: Open the door to the animal kingdom.
Description: The at work represents an opening to a variety of animal species, each with individual personalities representing natures variety of life to show the reality of it through imagery.
tiger: strength
human: power and intelligence
peacock: beauty and elegance
parrot: noise
snake: death
Media – Colour pencils.
Title: Open the door to new life.
Description: A double portrait made with oils on board, depicting a newborn child with his father during the summer lock-down.
Media: Oil paints
– Jessica Purse.
Title: Looking through the lens.
Description: Mixed media portraiture piece inspired by surrealism
Alter ego and perception of how others perceive you- own perception.
Media: inks, pen, pencil, acrylic paint.
– Catherine Uff
Title: Opening the door to my future.
Description: Self portrait reflecting my aspirations for the future.
Media: Pencil.
Rutland Youth Exhibition Winners 2020
Arts for Rutland
- Overall Winner Grandma by Lucy Adams
- 11 to 13 years Bright Idea by Mara Bradbury-Harrold
- 14 to 16 years Portrait of Mr Jarvis by Freddie Lagesse
- 17 to 18 years Tata by Lola Celebicanin
The Arts Society Rutland
- 11 to 13 years Awakening by Yasmin Watt
- 14 to 16 years Self Portrait by Archie Burrows
- 17 to 18 years Zaza 1 by Hannah Thomson
Oakham Arts Society
- 11 to 13 years Light Bulb Moment by Prasadi Thapa
- 14 to 16 years Candlelight by Lily Wilson
- 17 to 18 years Craig and Hebe by Fleur Parsons
Highly Commended
- Human Mind by Arabella Green
- High Contrast by Aidan Butler
- Stag by Katie Weston
- Horizon by Sam Wensley
- A Moment in Time by Alex Timson
Reflection by Evie Joyce
Rutland Youth Exhibition Winners 2020
Arts for Rutland
- Overall Winner Grandma by Lucy Adams
- 11 to 13 years Bright Idea by Mara Bradbury-Harrold
- 14 to 16 years Portrait of Mr Jarvis by Freddie Lagesse
- 17 to 18 years Tata by Lola Celebicanin
The Arts Society Rutland
- 11 to 13 years Awakening by Yasmin Watt
- 14 to 16 years Self Portrait by Archie Burrows
- 17 to 18 years Zaza 1 by Hannah Thomson
Oakham Arts Society
- 11 to 13 years Light Bulb Moment by Prasadi Thapa
- 14 to 16 years Candlelight by Lily Wilson
- 17 to 18 years Craig and Hebe by Fleur Parsons
Highly Commended
- Human Mind by Arabella Green
- High Contrast by Aidan Butler
- Stag by Katie Weston
- Horizon by Sam Wensley
- A Moment in Time by Alex Timson
- Reflection by Evie Joyce
2019 Prize Winners
Overall Winner
Milly Wood “Fenella”
Arts for Rutland
11-13 Katie King – mixed media
14-16 Freya James “Portrature with Contour Lines”
17-18 Harry Bonar-Law “A History of Surveilance”
Rutland Arts Soiety
11-13 Mara Bradbury-Harrold “Deers in Your Eyes”
14-16 Shannon Bourne “Open Your Eyes”
17-18 Ted Brown “Departing Soul”
Oakham Arts Society
11-13 Jasmine Townsend “Wonder”
14-16 Jasmine Sentance “Abstraction”
17-18 Anna Horwich – untitled
Highly Commended
Mara Bradbury-Harrold “Peacock Blue”
Polina Lobodina “Georgie & Cav”
Archie Burrows “Behind the Uniform”
Tobias Coulson “Tom Hanks”
Lily Watkins “When you Don’t Use Your Eyes You Must Trust Your Ears”
Daisy Troth “Reactions”
Georgia Forgrave “Control Tower in the Buffer Zone Cyprus”
Oliver Appleton “Dream Creature”
