The Overall Winner of the Junior Painter Awards has been chosen with the help of Don Conroy, Jenny from Art & Hobby and John Fleming, CEO Sightsavers

Junior Painter Awards

And we have a winner, well actually we have 12 Regional winners, 1 Special Needs winner and 3 Commendation Award winners!

Over 5,000 entries came flooding in from primary schoools all over the country. Our office was awash with colours, sparkling princess designs and aliens!

It took us hours to choose which paintings were the best as the standard was so high but we managed, with the help of artist extraordinaire, Jenny from the Art & Hobby Shop and John Fleming, over very own CEO.

Click here to view all 16 paintings which will be on display during our Awards Day in the National Botanic Gardens in February.

A HUGH THANK YOU for all the effort students, teachers, parents and after school groups put in to make the competition so fantastic this year.

Keep an eye out for the overall winner to be announced in February too! They'll win a mega Arts & Crafts hamper from the Art & Hobby as well as gift vouchers worth over €250!!!

ntry packs will be sent to every primary schools in Ireland in September but you can pre-order an entry pack by calling us on 01 663 7666 or emailing schools@sightsavers.ie.


The 2011 Awards are kindly supported by the Irish Times and the Art & Hobby Shop.

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related info

 

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  Group shot with John and Helen Steele

  

  Helen and Sarah through the painting

  

  Leinster Winners

  

  National winners

  

  Aaron accepting his award

  

  Leinster winners and their paintings

  

  Sarah and her sister Katie

  

  John Sarah and Helen

  

  Helens speech

  

  Cork winner Kaya in a tree
• Word & PDF Docs
• Junior Painter Activity Pack
• Junior Painter Awards Information Booklet
• Junior Painter Entry Form