The SAF Students Prize, Chester

07/10/2024

💥DRUMROLL PLEASE! 💥

We are so excited to officially announce the launch of The 2025 Sovereign Art Foundation Students Prize, Chester!

This annual award celebrates the talent and quality of artworks of secondary school art students (aged 11-18) and highlights the importance of art in the education system and rewards secondary school art programmes for nurturing this talent.

As the 11th jurisdiction to join SAF’s Students Prizes portfolio, students from Chester and Cheshire West are invited to enter their artworks for the first time and stand the chance to win over £4,000 in cash prizes. Entry is free and each student can enter 3 pieces.

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Entries are open now until 3 March: https://www.sovereignartfoundation.com/sp-chester/

The SAF Students Prize, Chester 2025 is supported by Chester Cathedral.

22/01/2024

Thank you Chester Standard for the coverage of the recently launched The Sovereign Art Foundation Limited GLOBAL Students Prize, which will see 18 artworks by students from Gibraltar, Guernsey, Chester, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, London, Malta and Gozo, Portugal and Mauritius, united in an online international exhibition. These finalists were previously named winners in their respective regions during 2023.

👆 We now need YOU to vote for your favourite piece
before 1 Feb, by visiting: https://www.sovereignartfoundation.com/sp-global/

🗞 Read more here: https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/24062029.chester-student-artists-shortlisted-international-prize/

TWO young artists from Chester have been shortlisted for a prestigious international prize.

19/01/2024

The SAF GLOBAL Students Prize has just launched, which will see 18 artworks by students from Gibraltar, Guernsey, Chester, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, London, Malta and Gozo, Portugal and Mauritius, united in an online exhibition. These finalists were previously named winners in their respective regions during 2023. Among the talented young artists vying for the title of ‘Global’ winner are the winners from The Chester Students Prize – Emily Peacock of Sir John Deane's Sixth Form College and Emma Powell of Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College.

👆 We now need you to vote for your favourite piece before 1 Feb, by visiting: https://www.sovereignartfoundation.com/sp-global/


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We are thrilled to officially announce the Grand Prize Winner for The 2023 Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize – Cássio Markowski, with his work ‘Conselhos para meu eu quando jovem’.

22/12/2023

🎄All of us at Sovereign Art Foundation would like to extend warm wishes for the festive season and for a happy and successful 2024 to you and your families.

Please note our office hours during the holidays are as follows:

Friday 22nd December 2023 – 09.00 to 13.00
Monday 25th December 2023 & Tuesday 26th December 2023 – Closed.
Wednesday 27th December 2023 & Thursday 28th December 2023 – 11.00 to 16.00.
Friday 29th December 2023 – 09.00 to 13.00.

We will be closed on Monday 1st January, resuming normal working hours on Tuesday 2nd January 2024.

05/12/2023

Read our full write up of the first Awards evening here:
https://www.sovereigngroup.com/news/news-and-views/winners-announced-of-the-inaugural-sovereign-art-foundation-students-prize-chester-2023/

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The Sovereign Art Foundation were thrilled to host the inaugural SAF Students Prize Chester 2023 Awards Ceremony on 22 November in Chester Cathedral, which was well attended by the shortlisted artists, their teachers and community and business representatives from the local community. Congratulation...

29/11/2023

Chester: The Sovereign Art Foundation were thrilled to host the inaugural SAF Students Prize Chester 2023 Awards Ceremony on 22 November in Chester

29/11/2023

Our thanks to the Chester Standard for the excellent write up of our inaugural exhibition and awards ceremony last week: https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/23950065.chester-sovereign-art-foundation-host-inaugural-awards-city/

If you represent a local school and would like to be involved in the 2024 prize, we would love to hear from you. Please contact [email protected] to register your interest.

A PRESTIGIOUS art foundation presented its first Chester Prize at an awards ceremony on Wednesday, November 22.

23/11/2023

22/11/2023

We were thrilled to host the inaugural SAF Students Prize Chester 2023 Awards Ceremony tonight.

Our congratulations to Emily Peacock, Judge’s Prize Winner of the SAF Students Prize, Chester 2023 with her painting, 'The Blue Bridge'. Emily wins £800 and £2,000 for her school art department at Sir John Deane's Sixth Form College. Emily’s teacher Simon Davies collected their cheque on behalf of the school.

Emily said: “I completed this piece as part of my first year Art A-level and it features Hartley Bridge, which I cross regularly. I was drawn to all the clean lines and angles it has. Lots of people have asked if it is a photograph and are surprised it is a painting. Simon said “Emily is one of those students who has that magic spark” and he described the painstaking work she put into this piece, painting each rivet and its shadow.

We also congratulate The Public Vote Prize winner Emma Powell, who won with ‘Watching Autumn'. Emma received £400 and £1,000 for her school art department at Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College. Emma's Art Teacher, James Bowland was delighted to attend and collect their prize money on behalf of his school.

The Ceremony was presented by Stuart Stobie, MD of Sovereign Corporate & Trustee Services (SCATS). Judge Jim Wheat Dollarsandart presented the Judge’s Prize Winner, advising that “creativity takes courage…everyone is an artist whatever your age”. SCATS Director, Josephine Rocca presented the Public Vote Prize Winner.

SCATS also awarded a special commendation of £250 to Samuele Giavedoni, for his painting Lisa which also scored very highly.

Congratulations to all of the finalists on making the shortlist. The exhibition at Chester Cathedral closes tomorrow, .

Some of the pieces are available to buy via silent auction, with 50% of the proceeds going to the artist and 50% to the local charitable causes SAF support locally: https://www.sovereignartfoundation.com/sp-chester/

Congratulations to all of the finalists on making the shortlist.

The SAF Students Prize, Chester is supported by Tax Natives and Chester Cathedral.

20/11/2023

📣It is with great pleasure that we announce that the inaugural Finalists' Exhibition for The SAF Students Prize, Chester 2023 is now open!

Please go and see it and support this brilliant display of the 20 student artists aged 11-18, who were shortlisted. Congratulations to all for being in the shortlist.

The student’s work is on display from today until 27 November at Chester Cathedral, opening hours: Monday to Friday 9am – 6pm.

Between now and then we need YOU🫵to vote for your favourite artwork, either via paper slip in the exhibition, or online here: https://www.sovereignartfoundation.com/sp-chester/ (voting is free and there is strictly one vote per person, in order to make this a fair contest).

Some of the artworks are also for sale, via silent auction, the proceeds of which are split equally between the artist and the local charitable art initiatives working with children and the arts that we support locally.

Stay tuned for the winner’s announcements on 22 November.

The SAF Students Prize, Chester is supported by Tax Natives and Chester Cathedral.