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Artistic taste
The 2022 Koestler Awards for arts in criminal justice are still open for entries from readers of Still I Rise! Koestler arts stage impressive exhibitions in well–known venues around the UK so that audiences can experience and appreciate artwork from within the criminal justice system. The usual deadline is 7 April 2022, however, any eligible entrant who is a reader of Still I Rise has until 20 May to send us their entries.
What’s the Soup Today? , Littlehampton Probation, Highly Commended Award for Mixed Media, 2019
This year the 2022 Koestler Awards for arts in criminal justice includes a special opportunity for women in prison
In early 2023, we will be putting on a public exhibition about food in women’s prisons and other settings. If you enter artwork from a women’s prison on the theme of food you stand a good chance of being selected for the exhibition. Visual art, writing and music will all be considered. Please enter your creations into this year’s themed category – ‘Themed Category: Taste’ – to help us find them.
How to enter the Koestler Arts Awards
The deadline is 20 May. You will need to complete an entry form for each piece you wish to submit; you can send up to five creative works. Entry forms can be found in your prison education department; requested from Koester Arts at ‘FREEPOST KOESTLER ARTS; or accessed on the Koestler Arts website, www.koestlerarts.org.uk.
Send your work along with the completed entry form to: FREEPOST KOESTLER ARTS (no stamp or address is needed). Good luck!
At first, food might sound like a simple topic, but it’s something that affects all of us, every single day. It’s bound up with our cultures, memories, emotions and daily practices. We are really interested to see how this simple starting point inspires a whole range of different artworks – visual art, writing and music. We hope this has made you hungry to get involved!
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