Global Canvas 2016 Natural History Museum - London March 17
The event magazine from the 2016 Global Canvas Art & Poetry Competition
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The 2016 Winners Overall Winners: St. Thomas of Canterbury Primary School, Fulham
Dear children, parents, grandparents, teachers and supporters Welcome to the 2016 Global Canvas Event Magazine which comes hot on the heels of the fabulous event at the Natural History Museum in London on March 17. Thank you to everyone who made the journey and helped make it such a memorable and inspiring event! Special thanks as always to David Shepherd for inspiring us all and to Jonny Lambert for helping to judge and present the prizes. For those who couldn’t be with us we hope that this magazine gives you a flavour of the wonderful celebration of art and poetry that we enjoyed thanks to all your hard work! Next year’s competition will follow the same theme of collaborative working and we’re inviting YOU to suggest titles for next year’s competition - so please send your ideas to me at jo.elphick@ davidshepherd.org Thank you again for taking part you were all brilliant!
Jo Elphick
Joint 2nd Place Winners: Spratton Hall School, Northants South Farnham School, Surrey Joint 3rd Place Winners: Perrott Hill, Crewkerne , Somerset Aldro School, Godalming , Surrey David Shepherd Personal Choice Award: Ceramic giraffe (Spratton Hall School) Michael O’Mara Books Personal Choice Award: Ripley Court, Surrey Jonny Lambert Personal Choice Award: Hangleton Primary School, Hove Congratulations to everyone who was shortlisted and displayed their work at the Natural History Museum you were all brilliant! Thank you also to our amazing sponsors who made the event possible and everyone who donated the wonderful prizes.
PHOTOGRAPHS: The following pages are filled with photos from the day in London should you like any of them please email us with the details of the image and we will send it through as soon as we can. While we do not charge for photos a donation toward the running costs of the event and our conservation projects is always very welcome! Please email: luke.judd@davidshepherd.org
Michael O’Mara Books
Michael O'Mara Books - Stuart R Stevenson - Artists and Gilding Materials - Godalming Art Shop - Seawhite - South Kensington Books - 1st Stop Stationers, Reigate - Little Tiger Press FRONT COVER: Representatives of overall winners St Thomas of Canterbury arrive at the Natural History Museum on March 17
Overall Winners:
St. Thomas of Canterbury
The judges were blown away by the outstanding creativity, collaboration and presentation that St Thomas submitted this year. The professionalism and passion of the children simply shone through! We were only sorry that the rhino and snow leopard were unable to come to the event!
Congratulations!
Joint 2nd Place Winners: Spratton Hall School, Northants Colour, collaboration and a passionate interpretation of the theme made this inspiring entry a firm favourite with the judges. The ceramic heads were much admired and the giraffe scooped the David Shepherd personal choice award too. “I don’t know why,” he said, “but I simply love it!”
Congratulations!
Joint 2nd Place Winners: South Farnham School, Surrey What the judges loved about this entry was the all-embracing nature of the work on show. The children explored a variety of exciting media from aboriginal design to batik, learning new skills as they went. The characterful flamingos and the back lit batik were a particular favourites!
Well done!
Joint 3rd Place Winners: Perrott Hill, Crewkerne , Somerset We all love tigers and this thought-provoking entry was a wonderful tribute to this amazing big cat! We loved the detail, the art and the wonderful words that accompanied this entry - a real heart-felt plea for the survival of the wild tiger!
Joint 3rd Place Winners: Aldro School, Godalming , Surrey A truly passionate exploration of the elephant this entry was accompanied by a mighty baobab tree with its leaves full of wishes for the future survival of the elephant. The poetry combined with the artwork created a stunning entry.
Well done!
Jonny Lambert’s Personal Choice Award: Hangleton Primary School, Hove Author and illustrator Jonny Lambert loved this entry saying that it took him back to his school days. “I just loved the idea of creating a blanket of art and poetry to protect the world,” he said.
Inspiring! Thank you to author and illustrator, Jonny Lambert for joining us at the Natural History Museum and for sharing his story of what inspires his art and how we can all improve our own. Remember - just make your mark!
Michael O’Mara Book’s Personal Choice: Ripley Court, Surrey With her love of art and creativity Lesley O’Mara of event sponsors Michael O’Mara Books loved the colour and quality of the Ripley Court entry. Some of the individual pieces were stunning but the whole was outstanding!
Brilliant! Our HUGE thank you to Michael O’Mara Books for co-sponsoring the event. £1,000 of the sponsorship was a prize for the winners to spend on the DSWF education project of their choice. Michael O’Mara Books
David Shepherd’s Personal Choice: Spratton Hall School, Northants An animal lover through and through David chose this wonderful ceramic giraffe head from the Spratton Hall entry as his personal favourite. Like all great art you sometimes can’t quite put your finger on why you love it so much “it simply shone out,” he said.
Around the event ...
Spratton Hall School representatives with their entry
Around the event ... Oscar Berger came all the way from France to show his work
Hall Grove School pupils with their wonderful, colourful display
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David Shepherd and guest speaker Jonny Lambert explore the St Thomas entry - the tiger (below) was one of five animal heads that they made
Stanley Park High with their wonderful display, and meeting David Shepherd who much admired their work.
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Shottermill Junior School created some wonderful animal masks ....
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Teachers and pupils from Walsall Wood travelled from the West Midlands to set up their great display which looked at wild wonders of our world from the forests to the ice caps
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Lovelace Primary’s poems added a thoughtprovoking element to their lovely display
All the way from Hong Kong - this huge and colourful entry from Harrow International School was really eye-catching
Ripley Court students enjoyed meeting David Shepherd
Around the event ... All the way from Kenya, these three amazing entries brightened up the gallery at the Natural History Museum and were much admired!
David Shepherd and Jonny Lambert wonder at the work from Kenya ...
Don’t forget to send your suggestions for the 2017 title to jo.elphick@ davidshepherd.org by Friday 17th June
Thank you to everyone for entering we hope to see you next year!
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