Secondary school students have another month to enter art competition

YOULOU ARTS FOUNDATION launched the 2025 art competition for all secondary school students in February, and has set a May 31,2025 deadline for all students entering the competition to submit their work.

The theme this year is “ Home”, a vast topic which can be explored in terms of memory, identity, and belonging, the Foundation said in a release.

Students are asked to reflect on what home means to them. It can be a physical place or a place where one feels at home. The Foundation said the theme offers opportunities to be creative.

The competition is open to students between the ages of 12 through 16, and attention will be paid to the following criteria: creativity; interpretation of the theme; originality; and proper use of medium. Paintings should be no more than 11” x 15”.

Secondary school students interested in entering the competition are asked to inform their teacher, and must register with their art teacher in order to participate.

Cash prizes will be given to winners from main sponsors the St.Vincent Co-operative Bank Ltd, and the Theo Saunders Shop. In addition to first, second and third place winners, there will be two honourable mention prizes.

Youlou Arts Foundation said it is very appreciative of the sponsorship offered by the St.Vincent Co-Operative Bank Ltd. and the Theo Saunders Shop whose efforts in supporting and encouraging the visual arts among the youths in SVG is greatly appreciated.

The aim of the art competition is to empower children to create, and to feel free to pursue artistic freedom.

“We know that fostering artistic possibilities at an early age is very important. It is the mission of Youlou Arts Foundation to bring attention to the visual arts in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Youlou Arts seeks to get the public to realize the value the visual arts add to society,” the Foundation’s release concluded.