The British Channel Art Competition.
A total of 610 votes were registered, with one of our young artists work, clearly ahead with a total of 141 votes -
Exhibit H!!! CONGRATULATIONS Robyn Westwell from Blatchington Mill School - Hove, for her most original 'African Bowl'.
All the finalists should be pleased and proud of having taken part, helping to make a real difference, £1,000 has been raised as a result of YOUR work!
A HUGE thank you to everyone who got involved with this competition.
Exhibition at: Brighton's Jubilee Library.
Date: Wed 7th - Sun 18th July 2010
'The Big Swim across the Channel to bring fresh water to people in Africa'
The competition was devised by local swimmer Angus Macfadyen, attempting to swim the British Channel in 2011. Over one thousand entries were reduced to just eight original and diverse creations - The public chose their ultimate winner!
Channel Art Challenge
Jack Munn - Aged 13. Leighton Park School - Berkshire. "My piece of art work represents Angus swimming the channel for water in Africa. It makes you think how this could really make a change for poor villages." Click the image to enlarge |
 |
Christopher Everett - Aged 11. Leigh Primary School - Kent. "My piece is symbolic, because it shows Angus swimming through the desert to get water, as if he was an African walking through the desert to get his daily water." Click the image to enlarge |
 |
Thomas Allen - Aged 4. Wantage C of E Primary School - Oxfordshire. Click the image to enlarge |
 |
Leah Brown - Aged 14. Blatchington Mill School - East Sussex. Click the image to enlarge |
 |
Daniel Stokell - Age 10. Wantage C of E Primary School - Oxfordshire. "I decided to do a silk painting because i thought it would be nice to do something different, that no-one else was doing. I am most proud of the elephants." Click the image to enlarge |
 |
George Seal - Aged 9. Leigh Primary School - Kent. "My idea was a zebra swimming the Channel." Click the image to enlarge |
  |
Angus Fai - Age 19. Leighton Park School - Berkshire. "Three silhouetted Africans swimming across the Channel with bubbles of English and French flags, flowing on the sea water." Click the image to enlarge |
 |
Robyn Westwell - Aged 14. Blatchington Mill School - East Sussex. Click the image to enlarge |
   |
Runners Up
Leighton Park School, Berkshire
Jessica O'Hara, Aged 14 - African woman, with swimmer inside bowl. |
 |
Wantage C of E Primary School, Oxfordshire
TL - Ellie Grieve, Aged 9. |
 |
Anna Harris, Aged 11 - "Angus is pulling a water tank towards Africa!" |
 |
Isabella Hunter, Aged 9 - Elephant with swimmer. |
 |
TL - Duqugae Cantwell, Aged 10. |
 |
TL - George, Aged 5. |
 |
Iona Mitchell - Aged 8. - "When I look at my art work, it makes me think how lucky I am to have clean water." |
 |
Jasmine Dhesi - Aged 11. |
 |
Leigh Primary School. Kent
TL - Leo Ashmore - Aged 5. |
 |
Stephanie Jeffery, Aged 10 - Islands and flags. |
 |
Leighton Poulter, Aged 6. |
 |
Alistair White, Aged 10. "I decided to make a sink, because sinks allow people to obtain fresh water. At first I was going to make it out of clay, but there wasn't enough of that so I decided to make it out of one of those shoe boxes." |
 |
Blatchington Mill School, East SussexBecky Clarks, Aged 12. |
 |
Lucy Downing and Holly Dyson, both aged 12. |
 |
Jas, Aged 12. |
 |
Alfie Richards, Aged 12. |
 |
Congratulations to all who got involved, whether your work is displayed here or not - a big thank you!