David Hockney Pop Art Award

Although the artistic genre of Pop Art may have started over 50 years ago, new artists to the scene are merging every day. The emergence of such new talent is bolstered by competitions such as the one recently held in Northern Ireland.

This month saw the 7th annual ‘Ulster in Bloom Schools Art contest’ where the competition centred around one of the founders of pop art, David Hockney.

Andre Douglas, a New Bridge Integrated college student, won a highly commended aware in the competition. Andrew, from Loughbrickland, was delighted to receive his award in the pop art inspired art competition.

The competition rules asked for entries from students that produced their own interpretations of what they saw from their window. The competition was launched in September 2007 and received hundreds of works of art from across Northern Ireland.

Famed local artist Rita Duffy was one of the judges for the competition. The panel reduced the finalists down to just twenty-one before choosing an overall winner for each age group, from years eight – ten.