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press release 25/4/2012
Beech Hill Innovation Wins Out at Mental Health Art Awards 2012 Stunning and Diverse Art Work from Schools in Prestigious New Art Project Beech Hill College students were top of the town last Wednesday night when they were crowned winners of the newly revamped Monaghan Mental Health Art Project with their video offering. Schools from across the county were invited to participate in the awards and the spoils were divided between schools from Monaghan Town and Clones. The project, which was aimed at groups or classes up to and including transition year encouraged the creation of a piece of art or sculpture using materials of the artists’ choice. Substantial prizes were on offer including a perpetual trophy and €500 first prize which was scooped on the night by Beech Hill. Largy College and St Macartans College were runners up with Colaiste Oiriall and St Louis Girls Secondary School sharing fourth place. The purpose of the project was to boost awareness of positive mental health and the role of art or sculpture in interpreting and promoting positive mental health messages. MMHA secretary Emer Brennan explained that the committee had decided to revamp the project by focussing more on groups or classes working together. “The beautiful perpetual trophy was sponsored by the Knights of Columbanus and was presented by their representatives Enda Galligan and Colm Donnelly. We appreciate their support of the project,” she explained. “The idea was that the students will focus on positive mental health messages and promote them through their collaborative art work. We were also conscious of the input of the teachers and art departments of the schools and the importance of art in mental health so we decided that the rewards should go to the schools. Our objective is to build on this project annually. We are delighted with the high standard of art submitted from the participating schools. The amount of thought and hard work that went into each piece was clear and impressive. We did not envy our judge, artist Joan Mallon, in her task of selecting the award winners,” she said. The Beech Hill project was praised for its innovation and for being very thought provoking. Runners up Largy College was considered an excellent group effort with considerable thought, skill and work evident, while St Macartan’s entry was praised for its direct impact and bright positive colours. St Louis Girls School project was a selection of stunning and colourful drawings and Colaiste Oiriall submitted a number of innovative group projects. All entrants supplied a word document or PowerPoint presentation explaining their ideas and how they had worked on their projects. Support from the schools, teachers and students for the project is greatly appreciated and MMHA hope to display the impressive art work to the public shortly. |
Slideshow of entries below |
Monaghan Mental Health Launches Prestigious New Schools Art Project
Press Release: 22 1 12 (details of competition posted below)
Monaghan Mental Health Association has launched a new format for their Post Primary Schools Art Project for 2012. MMHA secretary, Emer Brennan said that the committee had decided to revamp the project by focusing more on groups or classes working together to produce a work of art or sculpture. “The idea is that the students will focus on positive mental health messages and promote them through their collaborative art work. We are also conscious of the input of the art departments and teachers in each of the schools so we decided that rewards should go there,” she said.
The project, which is aimed at groups or classes up to and including Transition Year in Post Primary Schools in County Monaghan will involve a a piece of art or sculpture, maximum size, 4 x 4 feet, using materials of the participant’s choice. Substantial prizes are on offer for the Art Departments of the winning schools including €500 and a perpetual trophy for the winner and €300 and €200 for second and third respectively. With eleven schools in the county, there is a good chance for cash strapped school art departments to boost their budgets. The purpose of the project is to boost awareness of positive mental health and the role of art or sculpture in interpreting and promoting positive mental health messages.
The Association has provided the schools with a number of themes from which to choose with an emphasis on promoting Positive Mental Health. The suggested themes are:
Light at the end of the tunnel
Live life to the full
We cant direct the wind but we can adjust the sails
Windows of the mind
A simple presentation in Word text or or PowerPoint presentation (max 300 words) is also requested explaining choice of theme, interpretation, the process of creating the piece and feelings about the completed work. Photographs may be included in the presentation, perhaps as a way of explaining the process the group has gone through to arrive at the finished work.
The Closing Date is Friday 30th March 2012. Entries should be delivered to Monaghan Education Centre, Knockaconny, Monaghan. Professional artists will judge the entries.
A prize giving ceremony will take place on Wednesday night April 25th 2012 at 7.30 pm in the Westenra Arms Hotel, Monaghan to which students, parents and teachers are invited. Support from the schools, teachers and students for this project is greatly appreciated. It is hoped that the creativity of students from across the county through their projects will later be displayed to the public.
Monaghan Mental Health Association has launched a new format for their Post Primary Schools Art Project for 2012. MMHA secretary, Emer Brennan said that the committee had decided to revamp the project by focusing more on groups or classes working together to produce a work of art or sculpture. “The idea is that the students will focus on positive mental health messages and promote them through their collaborative art work. We are also conscious of the input of the art departments and teachers in each of the schools so we decided that rewards should go there,” she said.
The project, which is aimed at groups or classes up to and including Transition Year in Post Primary Schools in County Monaghan will involve a a piece of art or sculpture, maximum size, 4 x 4 feet, using materials of the participant’s choice. Substantial prizes are on offer for the Art Departments of the winning schools including €500 and a perpetual trophy for the winner and €300 and €200 for second and third respectively. With eleven schools in the county, there is a good chance for cash strapped school art departments to boost their budgets. The purpose of the project is to boost awareness of positive mental health and the role of art or sculpture in interpreting and promoting positive mental health messages.
The Association has provided the schools with a number of themes from which to choose with an emphasis on promoting Positive Mental Health. The suggested themes are:
Light at the end of the tunnel
Live life to the full
We cant direct the wind but we can adjust the sails
Windows of the mind
A simple presentation in Word text or or PowerPoint presentation (max 300 words) is also requested explaining choice of theme, interpretation, the process of creating the piece and feelings about the completed work. Photographs may be included in the presentation, perhaps as a way of explaining the process the group has gone through to arrive at the finished work.
The Closing Date is Friday 30th March 2012. Entries should be delivered to Monaghan Education Centre, Knockaconny, Monaghan. Professional artists will judge the entries.
A prize giving ceremony will take place on Wednesday night April 25th 2012 at 7.30 pm in the Westenra Arms Hotel, Monaghan to which students, parents and teachers are invited. Support from the schools, teachers and students for this project is greatly appreciated. It is hoped that the creativity of students from across the county through their projects will later be displayed to the public.
Post Primary School Art Project 2012 Details:
POST PRIMARY ART PROJECT
(for classes up to and including Transition Year)
Group or class project in the form of a piece of art or sculpture, maximum size 4 x 4 feet, using materials of your choice.
1st - €500 and a perpetual trophy
2nd €300
3rd - €200
We are suggesting a number of themes from which you can choose with an emphasis on promoting
Positive Mental Health. The themes are:
· Light at the end of the tunnel
· Live life to the full
· We cant direct the wind but we can adjust the sails
· Windows of the mind
Each entry should be accompanied by a Word or PowerPoint presentation (max 300 words) explaining choice of theme, interpretation, the process of creating the piece and feelings about the completed work. Photographs may be included.
Professional artists will judge the entries.
All entries to be delivered to Monaghan Education Centre by closing date – Friday 30th March 2012
Presentation Night: Wednesday 25th April 2012 in the Westenra Hotel, Monaghan.
All students, teachers, parents invited.
(for classes up to and including Transition Year)
Group or class project in the form of a piece of art or sculpture, maximum size 4 x 4 feet, using materials of your choice.
1st - €500 and a perpetual trophy
2nd €300
3rd - €200
We are suggesting a number of themes from which you can choose with an emphasis on promoting
Positive Mental Health. The themes are:
· Light at the end of the tunnel
· Live life to the full
· We cant direct the wind but we can adjust the sails
· Windows of the mind
Each entry should be accompanied by a Word or PowerPoint presentation (max 300 words) explaining choice of theme, interpretation, the process of creating the piece and feelings about the completed work. Photographs may be included.
Professional artists will judge the entries.
All entries to be delivered to Monaghan Education Centre by closing date – Friday 30th March 2012
Presentation Night: Wednesday 25th April 2012 in the Westenra Hotel, Monaghan.
All students, teachers, parents invited.