RSA Schools Art Award: Registration now open

  • About
    Kyle Bambridge, Bannerman High
    Junior 1st Prize, 2023

    About

    The Art Award has been running since 1986 and is considered by teachers to be one of the most prestigious awards made to pupils in Scotland. There is no particular theme with the emphasis on skills of technique, observation and interpretation. In particular, the judges will award prizes for work which displays creativity and originality. This year's Art Award has been generously supported by Brodies LLP and associate sponsor XPPen.

     

    2024 format

    • Entries will be submitted digitally.
    • The Awards Ceremony will be hosted in person at Brodies LLP offices in Edinburgh
    • A virtual exhibition of winning work will be hosted in an online viewing room.

     

    Categories

    • Junior (S1 & S2)
    • Intermediate (S3 & S4)
    • Senior (S5 & S6)
  • Prizes

    Amaya Ashcroft, The Mary Erskine School

    Intermediate 1st Prize

    Prizes

    A panel of judges will award first, second and third prize in each category, with prize values ranging from £50 to £270. Additionally, Highly Commended Certificates will also be awarded in each category.

     

    Awards

    The Chair's Challenge: The World Needs More of This!

    • From this prompt you can focus on anything small or large. It could be an activity, an idea, or an object. Whatever it is you believe the world needs more of. Open to S5-S6

    • Prizes valued between £100-£270

    New Entrant Awards

    • An award in each category for the best entry from schools that have not participated before, or within the last five years. Prizes valued between £100-£270

    Brodies Special Schools Award

    • An award to recognise the exceptional creativity from special schools. First, second, and third prize awarded in one category: S1-S6
      Prizes valued between £100-£270

    Brodies Regional Awards

    • Prizes of between £50 to £150 awarded to the best entry in each category from these regions in Scotland: north, west, and south/east.

    Brodies Inspirational Art & Design Department Award

    • £1,000 awarded to support the most deserving and inspirational project. 

    • Many Art & Design Departments have huge potential but limited resources.
      Imagine what might be possible with an additional £1000 in the budget.
      Tell us how your art department is seeking to inspire and motivate creativity in
      your young artists. £1,000 will be provided to support the most inspirational art department. The Judges will be looking for details of how the prize would enhance the curriculum and Art Department; for example, will the prize be used to introduce new art disciplines such as photography or printmaking, fund trips to art exhibitions or bring a local artist in to develop pupils1 creativity? You tell us! To enter, schools should submit 500 words explaining how the £1000 prize will be used to undertake work that might not otherwise be funded by the local authority or the school. The Award is open to mainstream secondary and special schools in Scotland offering Art and Design courses to S1 - S6 pupils.
  • How to enter

    Maddison, Wester Hailes

    New School Intermediate Winner

    How to enter

    1. To receive updates, please register your schools intent to enter the awards by completing this form and email it to friends@royalscottishacademy.org with the subject line "2024 Registration". There is no regisitration deadline, if you do not register in advance, please include the form with your submissions.
    2. Before the deadline of 26 April 2024 select the 15 works from each category to be submitted and take a photo of each work. Photos must be at least 1MB and saved as a Jpeg.
    3. Label each photo with the pupil's name, school and category. Example: First_Last_Royal_Scottish_Academy_S1
    4. Submit the entries in separate zip folders for each of the categories - Junior, Intermediate, Senior, Special School, Chairmen' Challenge
    5. Send files via WeTransfer to friends@royalscottishacademy.org listing the schools name and category in the message area.
    6. If your school is entering for the first time (has not entered in the last 5 years) include NEW SCHOOL in the message.
    7. Entries to the Chair's Challenge should be in a seperate folder.
    8. For consideration for the Brodies Regional Award, please include which region your school is located within (North, East, South/West). 
    9. All entries must be received by midnight on Friday 26 April 2024.

     

     Register

     

     
  • Terms and conditions

    Charlotte Sinton, George Heriot's School

    2023 Senior 1st Prize

    Terms and conditions

      1. The work is to be carried out by students studying Art and Design in S1-S2, S3-S4 and S5-S6 in the previous calendar year.  From April 2023 – April 2024.
      2. Only schools located in Scotland are eligible to enter.
      3. Students from S1-S4 may only submit 1 entry into the Main Awards.
      4. Students in S5 and S6 may submit an entry for the Main Award, and the Chairmen’s Challenge (ie two entries are possible). These should be separate works.
      5. Submitted works must have been completed by a single student.
      6. Artwork in any medium is acceptable.
      7. Schools may submit up to 15 entries in each award category.
      8. Each work should be clearly labelled (First_Last_School_Category)

  • Contact

    For enquiries contact Samuel Watterworth, RSA Friends Administrator.
    E: friends@royalscottishacademy.org
    T: 0131 624 6119

     

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