The Young Archie Dubbo competition at the Western Plains Cultural Centre had an overwhelming response from the community with 175 amazing entries from children across the Dubbo Region.
After much consideration from the panel of judges the following winners have been announced on Saturday 6 May as part of the official opening of the Young Archie Dubbo competition exhibition for 2023:
• 5 - 8 years winner: Georgia Riley with 'My sister Jean'
• 9 - 12 years winner: Blake Lambourn with 'Evie'
• 13 - 15 years winner: Mia Furney with 'Dad'
• 16 - 18 years winner: Olivia Tisdell with 'Jessica'
Highly Commended:
• 5 - 8 Years Age category: Madeline Clark with 'My Aunty Bo'
• 9 - 12 Years Age category: Elizabeth Schuster with 'Cranky Pants'
• 13 - 15 Years Age category: Montana Teague with 'Richard in a Suit'
• 16 - 18 Years Age category: Xuerui Song with 'My Mum'
"The Young Archie Dubbo competition hasn't been held since 2017, so we have been really pleased with the response to the local competition," Dubbo Regional Council Education Officer, Rebecca Walker said.
"The entries this year are amazing, our region has some really talented up and coming artists across all the age ranges and we would like to thank all the children who submitted an entry."
"It has been wonderful to read about the people in our community who the artists have chosen to represent in their artworks, it really reinforces how important positive role models are to the young people in our community."
The Young Archie Dubbo competition entries will now be on exhibition at the Western Plains Cultural Centre from 6 – 28 May 2023 for the community to view.
Following the Young Archie Dubbo competition exhibition the regional tour of the Archibald Prize will on display at the Western Plains Cultural Centre. This is a ticketed exhibition with the regional tour of the Archibald Prize at the Western Plains Cultural Centre from 3 June to 31 July 2023.
"We really look forward to seeing all the families come to Western Plains Cultural Centre over the next couple of weeks and see the artworks the children have created," said Rebecca.
The Archibald Prize 2022 is an Art Gallery of New South Wales touring exhibition. Presenting partner ANZ.
