Art for art’s sake — youngsters honoured by BNT for their work

Sékou Hendrickson

Created: Feb 03, 2022 07:54 AM

The winners and honourable mentions of the 2021 Bermuda National Trust Student Art Competition for the 9-to-12 age bracket. From left: Alana Anderson, president of the BNT, Shamar James, Ruth Correia, Sienna Spurling, Samiya Senthamaraikaanan, Rita Robinson, Thorsen Ringstead and Karen Border, executive director of the BNT. Missing from the photo are honourable mentions Cristina Abend and Paget Rytter (Photograph supplied)

Schoolchildren with a talent for art have been awarded a total of $1,825 in prizes from an art competition.

The Bermuda National Trust chose 14 winners out of 172 entries for its 2021 Student Art Competition on the theme of My Bermuda.

Karen Border, the BNT executive director, said: “We were delighted with the number and quality of the entries.

“The judges had a truly tough time assessing the wide range of creative and imaginative submissions — so much so that it was decided to award several honourable mentions in each age group.”

The competition, divided into age groups 9 to 12 and 13 to 18, selected three top winners from each category and eight honourable mentions.

The winners and honourable mentions of the 2021 Bermuda National Trust Student Art Competition for the 13 to 18 age bracket. Pictured, from left: Jessice Butcher, Imani Brown, Arianna Smith, William Brackstone, Luke Westcom and Alana Anderson, president of the BNT. Missing from the photo is Gemma Partlin, an honourable mention (Photograph supplied)

Sienna Spurling, aged 12, from Bermuda High School, won $300 for first place in the 9-to-12 age bracket for her artwork titled Home.

Samiya Senthamaraikannan, aged 10, from Paget Primary School, won $175 after coming in second with her piece Gombey and Ruth Correia, aged 9 and home-schooled, took home $75 in third place for her digital artwork Bridge the Gap.

Honourable mentions and $30 in prize money were given to Rita Robinson, from West Pembroke Primary, for Bermuda Day; Shamar James, also from West Pembroke, for Beautiful Bermuda; Cristina Abend, from BHS, for Through the MoonGate; Paget Rytter, also from BHS, for Dancing to the Drums; and Thorsen Ringstead, from Saltus, for A Stormy Day at Windsor.

William Brackstone, aged 17, of Mount Saint Agnes Academy, came top in the 13 to 18 age bracket for his artwork Troubadour.

Arianna Smith, aged 16, also from MSA, won $300 for her second with The Rectory, and Imani Brown, aged 13, from BHS, got $175 for third with her creation Over the Water.

Honourable mentions and $50 prizes were given to Jessica Butcher, from Saltus, for Immersed in Culture, Gemma McPartlin, from MSA, for Turtle by Bermuda, and Luke Westcom, also from MSA, for Streetlight.

The winners’ work will be on display between 9am and 5pm at the BNT’s Waterville headquarters in Paget until February 14.

All entries to the competition be seen at the BNT website.

Home, by Ruth Spurling, came first in the Bermuda National Trust’s Student Art Competition in the 9 to 12 age bracket (Photograph supplied)

Gombey, by Samiya Senthamaraikannan, came second in the Bermuda National Trust’s Student Art Competition in the 9 to 12 age bracket (Photograph supplied)

Bridge the Gap, by Ruth Correia, place third in the Bermuda National Trust’s Student Art Competition in the 9 to 12 age bracket (Photograph supplied)

Troubador, by William Brackstone, came first in the Bermuda National Trust’s Student Art Competition in the 9 to 18 age bracket (Photograph supplied)

The Rectory, by Arianna Smith, came second in the Bermuda National Trust’s Student Art Competition in the 13 to 18 age bracket (Photograph supplied)

Over the Water, by Imani Brown, placed third in the Bermuda National Trust’s Student Art Competition in the 13 to 18 age bracket (Photograph supplied)

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Published February 03, 2022 at 7:54 am (Updated February 03, 2022 at 7:54 am)

Art for art’s sake — youngsters honoured by BNT for their work

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Art for art’s sake — youngsters honoured by BNT for their work