Winning Criteria
Since 1999 the Artworks Judges have looked for excellent teaching and learning in art & design.
In other words, work that:
- was inspiring and inventive
- was carefully planned and well executed
- had a clear sense of focus and was appropriate for the age group involved
- broadened the horizons of the pupils involved and stretched their understanding of art & design
- balanced the teaching of new skills with opportunities for pupils to exercise their imaginations
- enabled teachers to test new ideas and gain fresh experiences
Click here to read an overview of the 2004 entries by Judges and Assessors.
In the past, the Judges have also looked for particular winning hallmarks in each category, as follows:
A) Working with Artists
This included long-term partnerships with artists, residencies, workshops and studio visits.
In this category, the Judges looked for:
- projects where pupils gained insights into an artist's practice as well as exercising their own ideas and imagination
- genuine collaborations between schools and artists
- projects where artists were selected because their own practice was directly relevant to the aims of the project
Working with an artist could also include work with art students or 'virtual' residencies through the Internet.
B) Working with Galleries
This included long-term partnerships with galleries, work inspired by successful gallery visits, and gallery-based projects
and workshops.
In this category, the Judges looked for projects where:
- appropriate preparation enabled a gallery visit to be set in a meaningful learning context
- gallery visits enabled pupils to engage critically with art works and to link this to their own work
Working with a gallery could also include visits to other venues where art was displayed, such as a
museum, an archive, a heritage site, or a hospital.
C) Working from Other Sources
This included teaching ideas inspired by the approach of artists, projects that made use of art in books or on the Internet,
projects in which pupils looked at public art works or the local environment, or creative responses to an unexpected event.
In this category, the Judges looked for evidence of:
- teachers being particularly imaginative or resourceful in identifying sources of inspiration for projects
- the choice of resources being appropriate and meaningful to pupils
Click here to visit the Gallery of Winners to see the kinds of projects that have won
Artworks Awards
