Cheltenham Young Artist 2025
RULES
1. This Competition is open to pupils attending Cheltenham Area Schools including from Churchdown
and Bishops Cleeve.
2. Two Sections: Primary & Secondary
3. The Theme: WINTER MOMENTS – any aspects of Winter from scenes to sports and festivities.
4. Medium 2D: Paint, pencil, crayon, pastels, inks (no oil, collage or photography)
5. Each pupil may submit ONE A4 ART WORK. (Please note only A4 work will be judged)
6. Each entry must have PRINTED on the back:
Title of art work, Pupil’s Name, Age, School Name, Teacher Contact Name, School email.
7. Work entered must be all the pupil’s own art.
8. Entries close FRIDAY DECEMBER 13TH 2024.
9. The art work will be judged by a panel of three judges chosen by the Gardens Gallery, their decision is
final.
10. 50 entries will be framed for a celebration exhibition at the Gardens Gallery, Montpellier, Gardens,
Cheltenham on the weekend of January 11th & 12th between 10am – 4pm. Other selected works
will be scanned and projected in the exhibition.
11. All work will be displayed with the name of the young artist, age and title of their work.
12. Artists with exhibited work will be notified through the schools on Monday January 6th, 2025 and
winners invited to an awards ceremony at the Gardens Gallery on Sunday January 12th at 3pm
13. Prizes, including cash prizes of £60/£40/£20 will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd & 3rd in both the Primary
and Secondary categories. All framed works will be given to the young artists at exhibition end.
14. Any Art work submitted may be used for publicity purposes by The Gardens Gallery.
15. At the end of the exhibition all school packed entries will be returned to the schools. Where possible
any individual art will be put in these envelopes, we regret we cannot return work individually.
SENDING ENTRIES
All entries must be put in large envelope addressed CYA 25 with school name on back, either for whole
school entry or individual. These envelopes will be used to return work to schools.
All work must be received by the closing date, Friday December 13th, 2024.
Entries can be delivered to collection boxes at:
LIBRARIES: Bishop’s Cleeve, Prestbury, Charlton Kings, Hester’s Way, Up Hatherley & Churchdown.
COFFEE#1 or GARDENS GALLERY: Montpellier Gardens, Cheltenham
OR POSTED to: CYA 25 co/ Churchdown Village Junior School, Station road, Churchdown, GL3 2JX