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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Education Month Art Competition

Rules and Guidelines The CORONA VIRUS, COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the closure of all schools since March 13, 2020 significantly impacting not only learners but teachers and parents countrywide and globally as a whole. This prolonged closure of school as you can imagine has significantly impacted the learning continuity for children. Many homes have also been affected and the Ministry of Education is aware that parents are concerned about their child or children academic Life and the continuation of his/her educational journey. To ensure that learning continuity takes place, the Ministry of Education has planned several programmes and will continue to chart a course to provide learners with access to continuous learning.

On the occasion of Education Month, 2020, the Education Month Committee proposes to have a Child Art Competition. The competition invites children to explore their interpretation of the theme – “Responding to health and Safety precautions in a time of pandemic: Let’s take Corona Virus seriously”.

The Committee proposes to have an art competition involving all of the Education Districts of Guyana. Participation in this competition will testify that Art has the power to heal, to save lives and bring us together even while we are apart, to guide us and inspire us to stay strong, safe and united.

GENERAL RULES AND GUIDELINES

All children from ages 6 – 17 years, residing in one of 10 Administrative Regions of Guyana are encouraged to participate in the COVID 19 Child Art Competition.

The competition is open to individual entrants from learners of the 6 - 8, 9 - 11, 12 - 14 and 15 - 17 years age groups.

The participants are invited to produce two-dimensional artworks in the categories of DRAWING & PAINTING, DRAWING, PAINTING, expressing their interpretation of the COVID 19 Pandemic as it relates to the theme.

The artworks may be done in any suitable medium/media.

All art MUST be PROPERLY mounted

Each participant is allowed only one entry.

The competition’s rules should be provided to all participants: organizations/institution and learners

SAFETY PRACTICES

Participants are encouraged to practice occupational health and safety procedures in the production of the artworks.

Materials considered dangerous to health and safety MUST NOT be used. These include blood and bodily fluids, green leaves and green seeds, broken glass, sharp objects, such as needles, barbed wire, corrugated iron and staples.

CRITERIA FOR JUDGING 1. VISUAL IMPACT - The Overall Appearance/Message of the artwork without regard to the other

criteria. 2. CRAFTSMANSHIP - The appropriate selection and manipulation of the Medium/Media in the

production of the artwork. 3. DESIGN & COMPOSITION - The organization of the Elements and Principles to produce an effective

arrangement in the artwork. 4. INTERPRETATION - The use of imagery, icons/symbols to establish cultural connections in relation to

the theme. 5. ORIGINALITY - The innovative way in which the theme is portrayed.

All the education districts are responsible for collecting the completed works and submitting them to the Unit of Allied Arts, Flat # 4, Queen’s College Compound.

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SPECIFIC RULES AND GUIDELINES I. The works will be in two-dimensional in the form of DRAWING & PAINTING, DRAWING or PAINTING.

II. Each learner will be given a Certificate of Participation. III. Works must reach each Education Department by September 18, 2020. IV. Education Departments MUST submit entries to the Ministry of Education – Unit of Allied Arts, Flat #4

Queen’s College Compound no later than 15:00h on September 25, 2020. V. Five outstanding artworks from each category and age group from each Education District will be

short listed for judging. VI. The entries will be juried at a special session from September 28 – October 02, 2020. The three most

outstanding artworks in each category and age group will be awarded prizes. VII. Each artwork MUST be appropriately labelled (see label attached). A description should accompany

each art work. VIII. A medal and a gift voucher will be given to all winners.

IX. The copyright of the artworks will be retained by the Ministry of Education and will be used in promotional events deemed appropriate by the Ministry.

X. The Ministry of Education will keep all winning entries and winners will NOT have rights of return. XI. The Ministry of Education cannot be held responsible for force majeure should the competition have

to be modified or cancelled. XII. Submission of an entry presupposes the acceptance of all conditions by the participants. No appeal

on the method of the organization or on the results of the competition will be accepted. The Judges’ decisions will be final.

MEDIA/TECHNIQUE THAT MAY BE USED IN EACH AGE GROUP AND CATEGORY

6 - 8 & 9 - 11 AGE GROUPS

CATEGORY MATERIALS/MEDIA TECHNIQUES

DRAWING & PAINTING

Learners may use any suitable material such as:

Pencil

Charcoal

Markers

Crayons

Gouache paint

Poster Paint

Emulsion paint

Pastels

Pen

Ink

Tempera paint

Water-colour paint

Paper (Newspaper, brown paper, typing paper, magazine)

Paste

Materials such as: twine, string, newspaper/ magazine clippings, sandpaper, postcards, photographs, playing cards, puzzle pieces, fabric, plastic, coloured cellophane, confetti, craft foam, crayon/pencil shavings, fancy napkins, fancy paper (like those used in scrapbooking), feathers, artificial flower petals and leaves, greeting cards, sequins, spices, stickers, tinsel, tissue paper, toothpicks, wire and wrapping paper.

Learners may use any suitable technique such as:

Hatching

Cross Hatching

Scribbling

Stippling Blending

Collaging

Assembling

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12 – 14 & 15 – 17 AGE GROUPS

MATERIALS/MEDIA TECHNIQUES

DRAWING

Pencil

Charcoal

Pastel

Pen

Ink Crayons

Hatching

Cross Hatching

Scribbling

Stippling

Blending

PAINTING

Learners may use any suitable material such as:

Pencil

Charcoal

Markers

Crayons

Gouache paint

Poster Paint

Acrylic Paint Emulsion Paint

Pastels

Pen

Ink

Tempera paint

Water-colour paint

Paper (Newspaper, brown paper, typing paper, magazine)

Paste

Materials such as: twine, string, newspaper/ magazine clippings, sandpaper, postcards, photographs, playing cards, puzzle pieces, fabric, plastic, coloured cellophane, confetti, craft foam, crayon/pencil shavings, fancy napkins, fancy paper (like those used in scrapbooking), feathers, artificial flower petals and leaves, greeting cards, sequins, spices, stickers, tinsel, tissue paper, toothpicks, wire and wrapping paper.

Learners may use any suitable technique such as:

Washes

Glazes

Underpainting

Layering

Pouring

Impasto

Sgraffito

Dry brush

Wet brush

Sponging

Scumbling

Stippling

Splattering

Dabbing

Palette knife

Collage (drawing, colouring, assembling, tearing, cutting, pasting, appliquéing)

Mixed Media (drawing, colouring, assembling, appliquéing)

Printing (drawing, cutting, stamping)

Papier Mâché (pasting/gluing, shaping)

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CATEGORIES AND PRIZES

6 - 8 & 9 - 11 AGE GROUPS (DRAWING & PAINTING)

1st Place A Gold Medal + A Gift Voucher valued $20,000.

2nd Place A Silver Medal + A Gift Voucher valued $15,000.

3rd Place A Bronze Medal + A Gift Voucher valued $10,000.

12 - 14 & 15 -17 AGE GROUPS (DRAWING / PAINTING)

1st Place A Gold Medal + A Gift Voucher valued $30,000.

2nd Place A Silver Medal + A Gift Voucher valued $20,000.

3rd Place A Bronze Medal + A Gift Voucher valued $15,000.

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CHILD ART COMPETITION, 2020 Artwork Label

Please complete in BLOCK CAPITALS

NAME: ……………………………………..…………………………………………………………………………………..

AGE: …………..……… AGE GROUP: 6 – 8 9 – 11 12 – 14 15 – 17

CATEGORY:

PRIMARY: Drawing & Painting

SECONDARY: Drawing Painting

TITLE OF ART WORK: …………………………………………………………………………………………………..

EDU DIST: ………… CONTACT #: ……………..….. EMAIL ADDRESS: ……………………….…………..

SCHOOL: ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………

DESCRIPTION OF ART WORK: (Please Complete in Sentence Case)

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Attach this label to the back of the work.