Young Art Oxford is an enterprising art competition that is open to all school children who study in Oxfordshire.  There are four categories for children to submit their entries to this annual competition, with a final exhibition of the winning and highly commended artworks at the Ashmolean Museum.  Monies raised from the sale of the paintings is donated to Cancer Research UK, specifically to support research into finding cures and improving treatments for childhood cancers. 

The theme of the competition in 2016 was: 'What Makes Me Laugh'

This year, the Ruskin began an exciting collaboration with Young Art Oxford by offering a further prize: The Ruskin School of Art Award to children whose art showed the best examples of handling art materials and engaging in the process of creating a painting.  The Head of School, Professor Hanneke Grootenboer, was delighted to present the prizes to each of the winners at the exhibition opening on Wednesday 4th May at the Ashmolean Museum.   

The judges in 2016, for the 4 categories of the main prize, included 2 Ruskin tutors: Hanneke Grootenboer and Sigrid Holmwood, who joined the long term judges Sarah Simblet and Korky Paul. 

The winners of the first Ruskin School of Art Award are: 

In the youngest category, Reception to Year 2, Lawrence Crean, for showing the most brilliant use of colour:

In the Years 2 - 4 category, Josias Santoso, for showing the most vivid imagination in his work:

In the Years 5 - 6 category, the prize was shared between two winners, Jesame Davidson and Harry Ramage, who both showed a sensitive control of materials:

In the category for students in Years 7 - 9, Lucas Farleigh was awarded the prize for showing an awareness of proportion, perspective and tone in his work:

Congratulations to all the winners, we loved your work! 

The Ruskin is delighted to support Young Art Oxford and looks forward to next year's competition.