Kick-Ass Painting, Sculpture, Poetry & Film Competition

Jeez, it’s a pretty sweet time to be a kid, what with school being out and your parents being in.

And then, there’s all that free TV YouTube silly and online games and courses to enjoy.

Well, just to make sure these little tykes keep on feeling the love during these strange, self-isolating days, alongside our Splash of Colour art competition, there’s also the Good Eggs Of History challenge, and now, a wide-ranging and top-of-the-range competition put together by the good people Newtown.

Organised by workspace Hub13 along with Newtown2050 and the local Tidy Towns gang, this art competition is open to kids from 7 to 18 years of age who live within a six-mile radius of our Wicklow neighbours.

So, take that, Bray!

Over to Huw O’Toole at Hub13…

We in HuB 13 co-working spaces have teamed up with Newtown2050 and Newtownmountkennedy Tidy Towns to launch an Arts Competition aimed at 7 to 18 years of age. This competition is aimed at all children who will be home and mostly being home schooled for the next two months.

It will help relieve the stress on parents and perhaps channel activities into a creative avenue.

We are launching 3 different categories;

Painting and sculpture
7-11 years. Painting colouring sculpture. Judged by artists Annick Bishop and Orla Madden. Prize fund €75.

Poetry
12-16 years. Poetry competition. Free-form rap, etc. Format is by email in PDF text format only.
Judged by Breda Wall Ryan, Eithne Hand and Carol Boland. Prize fund €150.

Film
11-18 years. Video. 3-mins max. Format: smart phone only. Submitted by WeTransfer only. Judged by Pat Kiernan (Director Corca Dorca), Andrew Lane Architect, Dominique Moora (actor). Prize fund €200

We will use Hub13 website to support it and take submissions, whilst the competition will run from April 1st to June 29th.
All entries within a 6-mile radius of Newtownmountkennedy. This will include Ashford, Roundwood, Kilcoole, Newcastle, Greystones, Kilpeddar and Delgany.

You can send your entries to competitions@hub13.ie. And once you’ve done that, get some inspiration from our Splash Of Colour art competition. And the Good Eggs Of History competition too. Then, take a nap.