Big Response to Ealing Student Art Competition

Celebrating art and young and talented artists across West London

Dr Ian Moores with competition winner Hermione Marszalek

This month, Ealing Independent College hosted an art exhibition and award ceremony for the Ealing Student Art Competition. The competition, run by Ealing Independent College was targeted at secondary school students from Ealing and west London aged 12 to 16. The prize-giving ceremony celebrated all the work that was submitted and had a number of students and families in attendance.

A large number of submissions were from students at Twyford Church of England High School with the other participating schools being The Fulham Boys School and Ealing Independent College. The Principal of the College, Dr Ian Moores was delighted to run the competition as he is an avid art enthusiast himself. He delivered a very informative and engaging speech during the event and even had part of his own pre-raphaelite personal art collection on display for the young artists to admire.

A gallery of 15 pieces were displayed and 4 prizes were awarded. The judges, Dr Ian Moores and the College’s art teacher Dimitrios Oikonomou were impressed with the quality of all the entries, however they unanimously agreed on one winner and 2 runner-ups. A 3rd runner-up was decided on the night by Dr Moores too. The runner-ups were:

• Phillippe Andreewich, 13 years old from The Fulham Boys School
• Leila Ingram-Smith, 14 years old from The Twyford Church of England High School and
• Andy Lin, 14 years old from The Twyford Church of England High School

The winner of the competition was Hermione Marszalek, also 14 years old from The Twyford Church of England High School. According to the judges her intricate drawing of a church stood out as a piece that had been given incredible attention to detail, focus and skill.

The college were pleased to have received so many entries from such young and talented local students and they hope they felt uplifted and encouraged to continue drawing and painting. They believe that the Ealing Student Art Competition was a wonderful success and they hope to run it again next year.

"I was very excited to run the Ealing Student Art Competition as I am an avid art enthusiast myself", said Dr Moores. "We were pleased to have received so many entries from such young and talented students in west London. I was delighted with the turnout at the event and was incredibly impressed with the quality of each piece."

March 30, 2017