My Dream Home competition

My Dream Home

In September this year, Finders Keepers invited Oxfordshire's primary school children to enter an art competition. The entry process was simple: create any picture, painting, story, drawing, poem or artwork on the subject of 'My Dream Home'.

The response was fantastic and assured us that the future creativity of Oxfordshire is certainly in good hands. A gallery of selected artworks was on display in the windows of Finders Keepers, 226 Banbury Road, Oxford in the weeks running up to the prize-giving event on Friday 2nd December.

The judge of the competition was Will Gompertz, BBC Arts Editor, who was really impressed with submitted entries. Our guests (the children and their parents or teachers) arrived and warmed themselves with drinks and gingerbread men just as the judge was making his final decisions for the top three prizes in the two categories (9-11 years old and 8 and under). The runners up were announced and they received their prizes (see photo above), and then the winners (some were pictures and some were poems) were announced:

Under 8 years old 

1st                                 Eden Shepherd, Deddington Primary School

2nd                                Tia Claridge, Madley Brook School

3rd                                 Liam Dalziel, Beckley Primary School

9-11 years old

1st                                 Isobel Passey, Beckley Primary School

2nd                                Chloe Daniels, Wootton St Peters School

3rd                                 Elizabeth Ruddell, Charlton Primary School

The winners of each category were awarded £300 for their school as well as £50 for themselves. There were also prizes for 2nd and 3rd in each category.