MLC School Portrait Prize 2023

We invite all Junior School artists to submit a portrait for this year’s Portrait Prize. The theme for this year is:

‘My Story’

The following questions are prompts to assist with gathering ideas for your portrait:

What is your subject’s story about being Australian?
How can you tell a person’s story through a portrait?
Is your subject’s story rooted in family, community, culture or nation, or something else altogether?

Entry Guidelines:

Open to all JS students – Pre-Kindergarten to Year 5;
Only one entry per student;
The artwork must be the student’s own work;
Entries can be portraits in most artistic medium (eg painting, drawing, collage, textiles etc) but must be two dimensional (2D). No photographic or digital art please;
Entries should be created on quality A3 or A4 paper. You are welcome to collect paper from the Art Studio;
The entry form must be completed and submitted with your portrait. Hard and soft copies of the form will be made available later in the term;
Entries close on Friday 1 September 2023 (Week 7);
Winning entries will be announced at assembly on Thursday 14 September 2023 (Week 9);
Winning entries will also be entered into selected external art competitions;
All works entered will be on display in the Junior School and selected works will be celebrated in the School Newsletter;
Each entry will be awarded a point for your House.

We look forward to seeing your entries.