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December 2022 - February 2023

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Sovereign Launches 6th Annual Art Foundation Students Prize

Sovereign Trust (Malta) Limited, part of the worldwide Sovereign Group, in association with The Sovereign Art Foundation, announce the launch of the 6th annual Sovereign Art Foundation Students Prize in Malta.

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he competition aims to celebrate the importance of art in the education system and recognise the quality of work which can be produced by local students.

All local secondary schools and colleges in Malta and Gozo are being invited to participate, by nominating and submitting ten of the best artworks produced by its students. Of these works, 20 pieces will be shortlisted, and two winners will be chosen, along with their corresponding schools. All entries will be viewed by an international judging panel, which will consist of senior Sovereign’s Howard Bilton, Chairman of the Sovereign Group and Stephen Griffiths, Managing Director of Sovereign Trust (Malta) Limited along with local artists Laura Swale and Christine Porter Lofaro and art collector Frank Yu. Finally, the judges and the public will select two winners by either voting online or at exhibitions of the shortlisted works which will be held in Malta.

Hope Is Where There’s You, Acrylic and pencil, Stefania Farrugia

The two winners will win monetary prizes for themselves and their schools, which will be presented at an award ceremony to be held toward the end of April 2023. Entries will be accepted from 12 December 2022 to 20 January 2023.

The Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF) is a charitable organisation that was founded in 2003 by Howard Bilton, to recognize and promote contemporary art talent around the world and bring the benefits of expressive arts to less fortunate children. Since its inception, the Foundation’s Art award has become the largest in Asia, and the charity has raised over $10 million for artists and charities worldwide.

SAF also runs a series of Students Prizes, annual awards that celebrate the importance of art in the education system and recognize the quality of artworks produced by secondaryschool students across the world. The first SAF Students Prize was established in 2012 in Hong Kong, followed by Guernsey, Bahrain, Singapore, Mauritius, Portugal, the Isle of Man, Malta and Gozo, Gibraltar, and London.

“Following our hugely successful 5th annual art prize Sovereign Trust in Malta is again very proud to support The Sovereign Art Foundation”, said Stephen Griffiths, Managing Director of Sovereign Trust (Malta) Limited. “We continue to see an increase in interest in the prize and again, a record number of participants. The prize continues to provide an international platform with which to showcase art from talented students across Malta and Gozo. We are delighted to be involved with the 6th annual Schools Art Prize for Malta and Gozo. It has now become a tradition and a firm fixture on the Malta arts calendar, and we anticipate that the prize will continue to grow in scale and popularity. Art continues to play a vital role in fostering creativity and building confidence within young adults. The Foundation aims to use the prize to encourage artistic talent and showcase the efforts of those talented students in Malta, Gozo and beyond. The Sovereign Art Foundation in Malta is also proud to have been able to support local charity, Camp Willingness by sponsoring disadvantaged children thus enabling them to participate in their art rehabilitation programs.”

For more information please contact Valerie Urrunaga at eventsmalta@ SovereignArtFoundation.com