Welcome to the gallery of winners
in our GLOBAL CANVAS
ART COMPETITION 2006
200 of over 1000 competition entries were displayed
at the Natural History Museum on Thursday, 16th March.
The entries shown below are the winners in each age
category.
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Romilly Newbound (9)
Herries School |
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| Overall Runner-Up |
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Charlie Sullivan (10)
Busbridge Prep School |
Section and category winners -
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Category
Winners 14-16 Year Olds
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1st - Samantha Rimmington
(14)
Moira House School
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2nd - Nadeesha Thilakaretne
(16)
Bishop Challoner School
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3rd - Shagiarika Talukder
(15)
Bishop Challoner School |
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9 Year
Olds
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1st - Megan Von Spreckelsen
St Catherine's Prep School |
2nd - Alice Armer
Berkhamstead School
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3rd - Yasmin Hasse-Sinclair
L'Armenier And Sacred
Heart School |
Gary Lineker and Saba Douglas-Hamilton
team up to encourage school children in their goal to
help endangered wildlife
Hundreds of school children from
all over the country made a tremendous effort to travel
to London on 16th March to see their individual artwork
exhibited in the Flett Theatre of the Natural History
Museum as part of the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation's
(DSWF) Global Canvas Schools' art competition. Those
travelling from Northumberland had to battle through
white-out conditions en route. However, their work had
been especially selected for exhibition by the internationally
acclaimed wildlife artist, David Shepherd, from thousands
of entries on this year's theme "Wild World"
and so it was an opportunity not to be missed.
Outstanding entries were also
received by pupils at schools in DSWF-supported projects
in India, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Siberia and reflected
the concern of young people in those areas to save their
wildlife heritage, from African wild dogs, to Siberian
tigers.
All those who entered the competition
were invited to the exhibition and prize giving ceremony
which was undertaken by BBC TV presenter Saba Douglas-Hamilton
from "Big Cat Diary" and Gary Lineker, who
is Honorary Vice President of DSWF and Captain of Young
Friends. Those who attended were also lucky enough to
listen to fascinating illustrated talks on wildlife
conservation by Saba. The top prize for each of the
three age categories was an afternoon painting with
David Shepherd in his studio at home. The overall winner
of the competition was Romilly Newbound, aged 9, from
Herries School in Buckinghamshire and she was the lucky
recipient of the prize of an Annual Family pass, generously
donated by Marwell Zoological Park.
David Shepherd was thrilled to
meet so many excited, inspired young people and to talk
to them about the importance of saving endangered wildlife
and working with the local people who share their environment.
He was also particularly impressed at meeting pupils
from St Christopher School, Letchworth who had been
invited to attend and talk to other schools about their
experiences following a visit to the DSWF-supported
Fateh School outside India's famous Ranthambhore Tiger
Reserve and display their imaginative projects that
have been produced for Fateh School following their
inspirational trip.
Speaking of the important role
of young people in ensuring the future health of our
planet, David Shepherd said:
"I firmly believe
that young people are the finest of any generation.
Young people all over the world care and show more
concern now for the environment, the world we live
in, than many heads of government or heads of large
industries. It is one of the most important roles
of my Foundation to encourage and inspire this concern".
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