The 2016 Tabernacle Art Competition at the Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth attracted entries from as far away as Israel.
Run in association with the Coleridge in Wales Festival, the competition theme, Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem ‘Frost at Midnight’, has inspired some outstanding work.
All visitors to the museum are invited to vote for their favourite work from the exhibition and the artist with the most votes will receive the Ailsa Owen Memorial Prize - £850 for adults, £100 for under 18s - at a ceremony during Machynlleth Festival on Saturday, August 27.
Visitors will have an interesting time choosing their preferences. The judges were the Welsh artist Ivor Davies and Richard Parry from the Coleridge in Wales Festival.
“It has given us great pleasure to encounter and spend time with your paintings and creations on this year's competition,” the judges told under 18 category artists. “We have enjoyed and admired every piece submitted to the under 18 category and wish to commend and congratulate each of you. We have awarded winner's prizes but each piece of your work is commended.”
The prizewinners were: Adult: 1, Steven Allan Griffiths, Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire; 2, Louise Payne, Tywyn, Gwynedd; joint 3, Jill Cope, New Moat, Pembrokeshire and Daphne Hurn, Abergavenny; highly commended, Jane Hibbert, Forge, Machynlleth; Quentin Deakin, Tywyn, Gwynedd; Malcolm Ryan, Ynyslas, Borth; Ruth Jên Evans, Talybont, Aberystwyth and Helen Iles, Barmouth.
Ages 11 and under: joint 1, Jian Adey,10, Cemmaes, Machynlleth and Emily Murfin, eight, Tywyn, Gwynedd. Ages 12-17: 1, Florrie Lithgow, 13, Comins Coch, Ceredigion.
The entries will be on display the MOMA, Machynlleth until September 1. The museum is open from Monday to Saturday from 10am to 4pm.
Emily Murfin’s joint winning work
in the under 11 category.
Jian Adey’s joint winning work
in the under 11 category.
Florrie Lithgow’s winning work
in the 12 to 17 category.
Picture caption:
Top: The winning adult work by Steven Allan Griffiths.
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