‘Sunset on Giant’s Causeway‘ by Anna Harte, winner of the 5th & 6th class category in Munster
Junior Painter
Is your school bursting with talent?
The Junior Painter of the year Awards take the form of a painting competition open to all primary school children in Ireland. The competition gives Irish children a great opportunity to express their creativity and to understand the importance of sight to both themselves and others.
The theme for the 2009 Junior Painter competition was "The sight I would most like to see", and we had over 2,400 entries from children from all around the country. The winners were chosen by Niamh Sharkey, children's writer and illustrator and Aidan Dunne, art critic from the Irish Times. After much heated debate they finally agreed upon 12 regional winners and 3 commendation winners and the winning paintings were on display at an exhibition in Airfield in Dundrum in February.
Each of these winners received prizes from Eason and Airfield and the 4 overall national winners received Eason gift certificates worth €300 each.
Click here to see the winning paintings
‘We are the children of Star of the Sea Primary School, Passage West. We are a Senior Infant class and had great fun doing our paintings and also integrated our work with a celebration of the senses with the emphasis on sight. We hope our paintings bring sunshine to your day!'
Senior Infant's, Star of the Sea Primary School
‘Thank you for giving our class the chance to express their creativity while helping the children to recognise the importance of sight and to value this sense'.
Miss Nicola Cosgrave of St. Josephs National School in Kildare
The 2009 Awards were sponsored by Eason and The Irish Times.
Junior Painter 2010
Junior Painter of the Year Awards 2010 will be open for entries in September 2010. We'll also be sending out entry packs to all primary schools so remind your teachers to keep an eye out for them or teachers can call us on 01 663 7666 and order a pack for their class.
The Irish Time's, Art in the Classroom supplement will feature some of the 2009 winning paintings and the theme for this years competition so keep an eye out for this in April.
