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The Jacksons Prize and Derwent Prizes at the Drawing Crowds exhibition
The Jackson’s Prize has been chosen by the curators of the Drawing Crowds exhibition. The winner is An Oriental Way by Heena Kim Congratulations!
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Drawing Crowds Prizes:
Three awards will be given which will be chosen in three different ways.
The Jackson’s art sponsored curators prize was chosen by the two curators. The winner was awarded a £100 voucher from Jackson’s Art Supplies.
The Derwent Online Prize will be chosen by the online community. The winner will receive a voucher from Derwent worth £50. Vote for your favorite artists on Facebook. Vote here. Voting ends Sunday November 20th.
Derwent Public Prize will be chosen by the visiting public to the gallery. The winner will receive £50 voucher from Derwent worth £50. Come down to the Stone Space to see the show. Voting ends Sunday November 20th.
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Final prizes announced today: Nov 22nd 2011
There were three prizes made available:
-a £100 prize from Jackson’s awarded to the artist selected by Carne Griffiths and Eleanor Bedlow, the curators prize, which has been awarded to Heena Kim.
-a £50 prize from Derwent for the artist with the most votes from those visiting the exhibition. We are pleased to announce that this prize will be awarded to Nic Blair for her installation drawing in elastic.
-and finally a £50 prize from Derwent awarded to the artist who received the most votes in our online gallery. We are pleased to announce that this prize will be awarded to Fuad Ali.
Also – a Drawing Crowds catalogue is available here.
Online Charity Art Sale & Exhibition for Trees for Life
Online Charity Art Sale & Exhibition for Trees for Life
Scots Pines by Alan Watson Featherstone
A unique international art collaboration for Caledonian Forest has been unveiled in Edinburgh on behalf of Trees for Life. It has been organised by Trevor Jones who says in his notes to the exhibition:
“This is a fantastic opportunity to support a great cause and to own an original work of art. Moreover, every artist is very generously donating 100% of the sales to Trees for Life! The United Nations declared 2011 International Year of Forests and early next year Trees for Life aims to plant its one millionth tree! This would be an amazing achievement and we want to help make this a reality by raising £10 000 through this exhibition.”
Each artwork is available for £45, with all the proceeds going to Trees for Life. For more details, see http://treesforlifeexhibition.blogspot.com or call Trees for Life on 0845 458 3505.
Trees for Life is an award winning conservation charity working to restore the Caledonian Forest and all its species to a large contiguous area in the Highlands of Scotland.
Jackson’s Art Supplies has been supporting Trees For Life for two years.
E17 Art House Animalympics
Enter E17 Art House’s Animalympics Art Competition.
With excellent prizes from Jackson’s Art Supplies and none other than Catboy (aka artist Carl Harris the E17 Art Trail Guide cover artist) judging the competition, it’s well worth having a go. Lots of super entries so far!
Animalympics Children’s Art Competition
Open to children aged 6-15 years, resident or attending a school in Waltham Forest. Entry is Free. Closing Date 30th November 2011. (update: extended to Dec 3rd)
Animalympics
Entrants are required to draw, paint, or collage a picture of a fun Olympic sport for animals! You can show your animals competing in a real Olympic sport or create a new sport for them.
Imagine Long-Jump for Kangaroos, frogs and fleas, animals racing, the elephant gymnastics team, weight-lifting ants, or lizards stretching their tongues to catch the furthest fly!
Drop into E17 Art House for an entry form and more details,
or download an Animalympics Entry Form HERE.
Sponsored by Jackson’s Art Supplies.
Spooky cakes in the office
Trees For Life update
Trees for Life is the only organisation specifically dedicated to restoring the Caledonian Forest to a target area of 600 sq miles in the Scottish Highlands.
Jackson’s teamed up with TFL last year to donate a portion of the proceeds from the sales of
Jackson’s Watercolour Sets towards planting trees. We have received an update on the number of trees planted: 301. Fantastic! Thanks to everyone who bought a set. Well done!
Winner of the Jacksons Awards for Best Botanical
Jacksons Award for Best Botanical picture - The Majestic Savoy– Savoy Cabbage:
Brassica oleracea var. sabauda
The Jackson's Award for Runner Up Best Botanical - BLUEBERRY ‘Chandler’ - Vaccinium
Congratulations to Janie Pirie who won both the Jackson’s Award for Best Botanical and the Runner Up Best Botanical at the UKCPS 10th Annual Open International Exhibition 2011 with her drawings: The Majestic Savoy– Savoy Cabbage: Brassica oleracea var. sabauda and BLUEBERRY ‘Chandler’ – Vaccinium.
Sennelier 2011 Watercolour Competition
On behalf of Sennelier, Jackson’s is stocking the Sennelier 2011 Watercolour Competition entry packs.
They are only £14.95, and contain over £50 worth of art materials. Details of how to enter the competition are included with the pack. All subject matter will be considered for the entry paintings.
The pack contains a block of 20 sheets of competition sized watercolour paper, six half pans and a pure sable travel brush. Entrants can use additional colours and brushes of their choice to create their painting. Competition ends December 31st 2011.
Sennelier 2011 Watercolour Competition
The 1st Prize is a trip to Paris on Eurostar for two people, to visit the world famous Louvre art gallery and meet Dominique Sennelier at his historic shop in central Paris. There are also over £1,000 worth of runners up prizes to be won.
Eurostar leaves from London to make its 2.5 hour journey to central Paris. The winner will stay at a hotel overnight before making their visit to see the incredible art collection at the Louvre gallery, including the world famous Mona Lisa. The Sennelier art shop is only a short walk from the Louvre and has been serving many famous artists for over 100 years.The winner will visit the shop and be presented with a special gift by Dominique Sennelier himself, before making the return journey to London.
The winners trip will be arranged at their convenience in the Spring/Summer of 2012.
Our new website is ready!
After a few delays we are very pleased to announce:
Our new website is ready!
www.jacksonsart.com
It should be a big improverment over the old .co.uk site that was getting pretty old and knackered. 
Please give it a go and let us know what you think! (We are still working on bits and bobs.) Even if you have shopped with us before you will need to register as a new customer for the new site, but it is really quick and you just need to do it the once.
