2019 Art Competition

Continuing to raise awareness of mental health within the Loddon community; the Loddon Healthy Minds Art Competition was on again in 2019!

This year we had two themes

‘Mental health matters to us all’

OR

‘Mental health begins with me’

These art themes are challenging entrants to explore why mental health is important to everyone, and looking at their own mental health.

As usual there will be two sections, an Open section for those over 18 and a Junior section for those between the ages of 14 to 18.

Eligibility:
• The open section of this competition is open to all Loddon Shire residents aged over 18 years
• The junior section is open to all Loddon Shire residents between the ages of 14 to 18 years of age

Artwork entries:
• All work is to be completed within the last 12 months and solely by the artist
• Size of artwork is to be 1 metre square maximum and A4 minimum (needs to be transportable)
• Any medium can be used (painting, drawing, photography, sculpture etc.)

Literary entries:
• 500-1000 words related to the theme
• Mental health focus – with all people de-identified
• preference for typed entries

Prizes

For the Art Competition, prizes will be as follows:-

Best in Show:
To the value of $70

School section best in Show:
To the value of $60 (The Best in Show winning entry (if a school entry) is eliminated from this judging round)

Open first:
To the value of $50

Open runner up:
To the value of $20

Individual school first:
To the value of $50 (one per school)

Individual school runner up:
To the value of $20 (one per school)

For the Literary Competition, prizes will be as follows:-

Open first:
Book voucher to the value of $50

Open runner up:
Book voucher to the value of $20

Junior first:
Book voucher to the value of $50

Junior runner up:
Book voucher to the value of $20