CALLING ALL YOUNG MASTERS: Sculptural Imagination: Draw a Sculpture Competition

The New Ashgate Gallery Trust and the sculptor David Maybe are delighted to invite Farnham families, schools and nurseries to take part in the Sculptural Imagination: Draw a Sculpture competition. All drawings will be assessed by David Mayne, the winner of the new Farnham Sculpture public art commission. There will be one winner in each category (up to 8 years and 9-14-year olds). The winning drawings will be cut out of steel. These and ten runner ups will be displayed in the New Ashgate Gallery in October, simultaneously to the installation of the Farnham Sculpture in Waggon Yard.

The competition is open to all children up to 14 years of age, living or attending a school or a nursery in the Farnham postcode area. There are two categories: children up to 8 years and children from 9-14 years.

Drawings must depict a sculpture and to explore one or some of the topics below:

- Farnham heroes

- Oak leaf / tree / acorn

- Craft tools and/or techniques

- Any significant dates that are important to Farnham.

Please note that David may be using your drawing in the design of the Farnham Sculpture.

How to take part:

Please draw your artwork in a A4 paper and email a scan of it or post it in a hard envelope to David Mayne by 1 August: dpmayne@googlemail.com / Sculpture Lounge, Woodhead Road, Holmfirth, HD9 2PX.

Your email / drawing should include the following: Name of the artist, postcode (home/school/nursery), contact details: telephone number and email, age of the artist, a title of the drawing, if any.

If you would like us to return your drawing, visit the New Ashgate Gallery in the first week of November. Any uncollected drawings will be disposed after November. The winners will be announced on 17 August 2020 at: www.newashgate.org.uk/news

The Farnham Sculpture is part of the Craft Town project, supported by the Arts Council England. The Sculptural Imagination is a community crafts project by the New Ashgate Gallery, supported by the Farnham South Street Trust. David Mayne is a sculptor of national repute who produces work for galleries, public spaces and the domestic environment.