Young Picasso’s top competition
From the 4 100 entries in the Santam Child Art competition, only 200 art works were chosen as finalists and four of these finalists were the products of an art school in Makhado.
MAKHADO – From the 4 100 entries in the Santam Child Art competition, only 200 art works were chosen as finalists and four of these finalists were the products of an art school in Makhado.
Santam and the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) runs this competition annually to encourage creative development.
This year’s theme was, Spotlight On Children’s Rights Through Art.
“At Santam, we believe that teaching art is not necessarily about training future artists, it is about giving young people the self-esteem and creative thinking abilities to better deal with South Africa’s socio-economic challenges,” Tersia Mdunge, community social investment manager at Santam, told Review.
Mariza Joubert, art teacher at KidZart in Makhado, entered her students’ work in this competition and was elated with their exceptional results.
Two of Ayush Patel’s art works were chosen as finalists: I have the right to express myself through telling stories, and I have the right to be loved and cared for by my family.
Elmay Koen’s art work, I have the right to play with friends, but the responsibility to include others in our games, was also one of the 200 finalists.
Phoebe Joubert’s art work, I have the right to express myself when I play in the garden, was the fourth finalist from KidZart.
From the 200 finalists, Santam’s panel of judges will choose 12 to adorn their much sought after calendar.
KidZart won the prize for the art school with the most category finalists.
