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Prize winners’ photo shows l-r Steven Underwood, Director of Sovereign Trust IOM Ltd, Diane Dentith (Director), prize winners Georgia Morrow, Alice Lodge, Ella Garvey and Tom Foulis, and Phil Dentith (Director)
SOVEREIGN ART FOUNDATION STUDENT ART PRIZE WINNERS ANNOUNCED Words: Suzy Holland Images: Sovereign Trust Isle of Man Ltd and the artists
Ballakermeen students swept the board when the Sovereign Art Foundation Student Art Prize winners were announced recently, taking the top two public prizes and the Judges’ prize, in what is planned to be an annual competition. Ella Garvey’s ‘Adolescence’ was the public favourite, chosen by visitors to the Sayle Gallery during the exhibition of shortlisted entries and online, and ‘Courtship’ by Georgia Morrow came in second, with ‘Contemplation’ by Alice Lodge winning the coveted Judges’ Prize, It was left to Tom Foulis from Ramsey Grammar School to spoil the Ballakermeen party when his striking digital print, ‘Wrath’ came third in the public vote. As well as prizes to the individual artists totalling £2,750, the art department at Ballakermeen High School took home £3,000 and RGS a further £500. In addition £3,587.39 was raised for the Island’s children’s hospice Rebecca House from
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sales of associated merchandise. This was the first year of the Sovereign Art Foundation Student Art Prize in the Isle of Man, and plans for the 2018 exhibition are on the drawing board, and will be announced in due course. ISLE OF MAN PREMIER MAGAZINE