THE KOESTLER AWARDS the art awards scheme for arts by offenders, secure patients and detainees - Koestler Arts
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THE KOESTLER AWARDS the art awards scheme for arts by offenders, secure patients and detainees
The Koestler Awards is an annual awards scheme run by the Koestler Trust – the UK’s best-known prison arts charity. Fruits of My Labour HM Prison Grendon Transformation Commended Award for Sculpture 2016
They’ve been awarding,
exhibiting and selling artworks
by offenders, detainees and
secure patients for 55 years.
Connect the Dots
HM Young Offender Institution Werrington
Under 18s Special Award for Painting
2016
They aim to help people lead more positive lives by motivating them to participate and achieve in the arts. MT-09 Makes The News HM Prison Rye Hill Highly Commended Award for Craft 2016
Each year the Koestler Awards
receive around 7,000 entries.
Over 2,000 awards are given by the
judges.
Every entrant gets a certificate and
many receive feedback on their
work.
There is £30,000 prize money
ranging from £20 for a Bronze Award
to £100 for a Platinum Award.
PLUS there are 100 additional £25
prizes for first-time entrants this Swans
Stockton Hall Hospital
year! Keith Bromley Platinum Award for Photography
2016
51 different categories to enter…
Peacock
FINE ART CATEGORIES The Priory Hospital Middleton St George
Mixed Media
2016
Painting Photography
Watercolour and Gouache Ceramics
Drawing Textile Art
Pastel Arts Project
Portrait
Mixed Media
Sculpture
Digital Art
Graphic Novel
Mural and Wall Hanging
Watching
Printmaking HM Prison Rye Hill
My Favourites, HM Young Offender Institution Aylesbury, Painting
Gold Award for Drawing, 2016 2016
CRAFT & DESIGN CATEGORIES
Handmade Book
Calligraphy
Greetings Card
Graphic Design
Matchstick Model
Craft
Perihelion, HM Prison Glenochil, Silver Award for Handmade Book,
2016
Woodcraft
Furniture
Needlecraft
Fashion
Hairstyling Magic Mixture
HM Prison & Young Offender
Beauty Institution Cornton Vale
Sweet Sendsation, HM Prison Send (women’s establishment),
Commended Award for Beauty
2015 David Wentworth Gold Award for Needlecraft, 2016
WRITING CATEGORIES
Flash Fiction and Short Story
Longer Fiction and Novel
Non-Fiction
Life Story
Braille
Poem
Poetry Collection
Anthology
Stage Play
Radio Play
Screen Play
Song Writing We Will Find Solace
HM Prison & Young Offender Institution Littlehey
Silver Award for Poem
2016
PERFORMANCE, AUDIO
& FILM CATEGORIES
Spoken Word
Performance
Radio Production
Music Composition
Choral Music
Singer-Songwriter – Original
Cover Version
Instrumental
Rap, Hip Hop and Grime
Computer Generated Music
Film
Animation
…there is something for everyone!
What happens at The Koestler Arts Centre The Koestler Arts Centre is based outside of HMP Wormwood Scrubs, West London.
From January - 14 April thousands of entries arrive at The Koestler Arts Centre.
The entries are unwrapped and in May the house is prepared for judging.
In June judges come in to look at all of the work and give out the awards. Entries will be judged by experts such as Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller, ceramic designer Emma Bridgewater, and documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux.
JUDGES’ TOP 5 TIPS!
• Show originality in your ideas and concepts
• Make work that you know and care about
• Be experimental in use of colour and/or composition
• Be inspired by other peoples’ work
• Do not be put off by criticism
Perception
HM Prison Peterborough
Gold Award for Printmaking
2015Koestler Awards National Exhibition After the awards are given out, the national exhibition is held in autumn at Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London. The exhibition attracts 20,000 visitors; it shows the public the talent and potential of people in secure settings.
We Are All Human The 2016 Koestler Awards National Exhibition curated by writer, dub poet and musician Benjamin Zephaniah
2017 Koestler Awards National Exhibition ‘INSIDE’
to be curated by artist Antony Gormley
Antony Gormley is a famous British artist. He
makes sculptures, installations and public
artworks that investigate the relationship of the
body to space.
This year, the theme ‘INSIDE’ applies to all
artform categories. Antony will select work for
the exhibition from all 2017 Koestler Awards
entries with the theme in mind.
You can, of course, still submit entries on other
themes into the Awards. All submissions will be
judged by the individual category judges in the
usual way.
Angel of the North in Gateshead, Antony Gormley, 1998“The works can be about your
situation now, a cherished dream or
a terrible nightmare. Dark or bright,
hopeful or despairing, strong or
fragile, large or small and in any
medium – from a small piece of
paper to a sound work, from
drawing to model making, film to
calligraphic poetry – please help
make this exhibition a bold
testament to what is happening
inside of you.” - Antony Gormley
Discombobulated
Heatherwood Court Hospital
Caro Millington Highly Commended Award for Mixed Media
2016How to enter…
Request entry forms from your education department
or contact the Koestler Trust on 020 8740 0333 or
FREEPOST Koestler Trust
CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES 14 APRIL 2017
The Funky Letter Box
Gateshead Youth Offending Team
Drawing
2016We look forward to seeing your creative work!
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