Galway students win top prizes in Texaco Children’s Art Competition

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8-year-old Galway student, Emily Acheson from Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha, Tuam, was a winner in the 69th Texaco Children's Art Competition. She is pictured with her prize-winning self-portrait with her mother Jennifer and father Tim.

Five talented Galway students have won top prizes in this year’s 69th Texaco Children’s Art Competition.

In the 7-8 years age category, the first prize was won by 8-year-old Emily Acheson from Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha, Tuam for her self-portrait.

Her work is described by Final Adjudicator, Professor Gary Granville, as “a work that captures a sense of the person behind the paint.”

Emily Acheson’s self-portrait

Four other Galway students won Special Merit Awards for artworks that Professor Granville said “were imaginative and displayed high levels of skill and creativity.”

They were Lauren Duffy (17) from Presentation College, Tuam; Sadhbh Mitchell (7) from Scoil Mhuire, Moycullen; and Riham Hammar (6) and Blanka Matysiak (6), both pupils at Knocknacarra Educate Together National School. 

Lauren Duffy
Sadhbh Mitchell
Riham Hammar
Blanka Matysiak

The Texaco Children’s Art Competition is popularly regarded as the longest-running sponsorship in the history of arts sponsoring in Ireland, with an unbroken history that dates back to the very first Competition held in 1955.

This year, as has been the case throughout its life, it has been a platform on which young artists from Galway and counties throughout Ireland have had their talents recognised and their creativity commended.