The Benefits of Artworks
Having gone from strength to strength over the last five years, by 2004 the Artworks
Awards were firmly established as the UK's top art education awards. The scheme has helped to inspire and
support teachers of art & design; encourage and enable the creativity of children and young people;
and promote a wider and deeper engagement with art in schools throughout the UK.
All schools entering the Awards between 1999 and 2004 - whether winning or not - benefited from their
participation in the scheme in a variety of ways.
It is now hoped that Artworks: Young Artists of the Year Awards will be re-launched in a fresh new format -
this time organised and run by Tate. We will continue to post relevant information on this site, including the
launch date (when it is known), entry criteria and key contacts, so do please check back to this and the
Awards page
for updates. Updates will be posted on this site as soon as they are available
In the meantime, do continue to browse this section of the website, where you will find details of Award
winners from the past five years, with examples of their work; previous application procedures and guidelines;
and the criteria set by the Judges since 2000, to find the best of art education taking place in schools
across the UK.
In the past:
All schools entering the Awards have received:
A free copy of the Artworks book, published in the Autumn term directly following that year's Awards.
In addition, winning schools have received:
1
A specially commissioned, signed, limited-edition print by a leading
contemporary artist. The 2004 print was by artist and sculptor, Marc Quinn.
Click here to read a brief biography of Marc Quinn
Click here to see prints from the last five years of the
Artworks Awards
‘With the Award money we are making a mobile
classroom into an art room and studio and the [Julian Opie] print will hang in there. We are so excited
about it.’
Holly Wood, After School Art Club Organiser, St. George¹s School,
Lincolnshire
2
The sum of £2000 in cash for the school.
Every year, 30 schools have each won an Award of £2000 to extend art opportunities in school through artist
residencies, gallery visits, professional development or the purchase of specialist art materials. Awards
totalling £60,000 have made Artworks worth more than the Turner Prize.
3
An action-packed day at Tate Modern.
Winning schools have been invited to attend an all-expenses-paid Awards day at Tate Modern on
Children's Art Day. As well as the Awards ceremony, the day has
featured a winners' lunch, a selection of special Tate tours, a winners' tea and ‘goodie bags’
for all pupils.
‘In my entire teaching career, it [the Awards day] was
the best day I have ever experienced. It has done more for the morale of the School than
anything else.’
Stephen Arrandale, Head of Art, Dartmouth High School, Birmingham
4
Their work on display at Tate Modern.
In 2004, a specially curated exhibition of Award-winning work was displayed at Tate Modern.
5
Their work on virtual display and in print.
Award-winning work from the last five years is exhibited in a permanent virtual gallery on the Artworks
website, in the Gallery of Winners. This remains a unique showcase of some of the
best art education taking place in schools across the UK, and a unique resource of practical inspiration for
any teacher planning art & design-based projects. Winning work has also been published in the Artworks book,
sent to all schools entering the scheme in the Autumn following that year's Awards.
6
Art Fund membership.
Teachers and Motivated Pupils whose schools have won Awards have each received membership of the Art Fund
for one year, giving them free entry to many UK galleries and museums.
www.artfund.org
7
National media coverage.
In previous years, publicity for winning schools has included a series of films by Channel 4, articles in
The Guardian and many other national and regional newspapers, and extensive radio and website coverage.
8
Professional recognition.
The Artworks Awards have acknowledged teachers' and pupils' inspirational work in art & design, and raised
the status of art & design in schools.
‘It's terribly important to unlock that sense of wonder and curiosity that
is in each of us at an early age before it is washed away.’
Antony Gormley OBE, Artist and
Artworks Patron
Highly Commended schools have each received:
An Artworks Certificate of Merit; a Tate Modern Teachers' Kit; and the limited-edition print.
