ART STUDENTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22603, 16 December 1936, Page 18

ART STUDENTS

THE ELAM SCHOOL

PRIZE-GIVING CANCELLED

LIST OF THE AWARDS

Owing (<> (lie derision (o close ill I schools on account of I lie danger from infantile paralysis, the animal prizegiving of the Klam School of Art, which was to have taken place to-mor-row. has hecii cancelled. Following is the list of awards:

Painting Pis;lire anil Head from Life. — Jean Farquhar

Drawing Figure and Head from Life. — Jean Farqtihar and L'ona Woods, equal. Modellintr Torso from f-iife. -Ilona "Woods.

Modelling Figure from Life and Modelling Figure <"omposilion. -Molina MaL'olai. Conimended: lan Aiiisle.v, Servilla Bonrdot. Mention for modelling of statues for the new chapel in SI. Paul's Church: Noel Jreland. Lesley Waller and Molina Malcolm.

La iidscape Paint intr in Oil. Mrs. Villa Sleinert and Mrs. Alice Whyte, equal. Commended: Servilla Bonrdot, Bessie Christie and Joan Lillicrap.

Landscape Painting in Watercnlour. — Bessie Christie and May C>ilherf, equal. Commended: M.vrlle Bowman, Valerie Lewis. Peggy Spiccr, I l 'ranees Wright and VallancoYoung.

Outdoor Drawing.—Kdwin Oldfield and ]liijili ■lohanseii, equal. Commended: Arthur Finnic 11, Leonard Chambers, Agnes Stanton and Margaret Tnnlinson.

Still Life Painting.—Ena Koscoe and Jpan Lillicrap, equal. Commended: M.vrllo Bowman, Mrs. Alice Wli.vte. Vida Rigden.

Ktching and Lithography.—Bessie Christie, Hugh Johansen and Kdwin Oldfield, equal. Theatre Design.—Francis- Cuminiiig and Hilary Clack, equal.

Lettering. Senior: .lean Cameron and Nancy Young, equal. Commended: Ella Cooke, Alston Lippincott. Patricia McNab. Junior- Agues Stanton and Rita McKeown. equal. Commended: Leonard Chambers. Lino.uts and Illustration.- Betty Aldred. Myrtle Bowman and Valerie Lewis, equal. Drawing.- -Class A: Myrtle Bowman, Mervyn King and Kdwin Oldfield, equal. Commended: Hugh Johansen, Vida Higden. Margaret Tomlinson. Class C—Leonard Chambers and Agnes Stanton, equal. Commended: Joan Kocfoed, Kdwin Ncwland, Pamela Singer, liita McKeown. Class D—Cordon Cassrels. I,'diiald Fit/.william and Hetty Moir. equal. Commended: Vera Gianclli, Kathleen Houston, AI ha lie McCnrr. Clive I'eid. English.—Class C: Leonard Chambers. Commended: Agnes Stanton, Joan Kocfoed Class D —June Jenks and Betty Moir. equal. Metalwork. —Class C: Rita McKeown and Agnes Stanton, equal. Commended: Joan Kocfoed. Class 1) —Robert Ilowell. Commended: Kathleen Houston. The following evening students have been commended: — Still Life Painting.—A. L>. Swinton. A. .)• Inglis.

Modelling.-- Jean Baildon. Lettering.—La'irel Leece, 1L Boss. \\ Pearce, A. D. Swinton. B. Richards. Drawing.—Eileen Lloyd, Betty Aislabie Basil Turley.

BUCHANAN AWARDS

THIS YEAR'S WINNERS

At the annual distribution of prizes at the Oiiehunga District School yesterday the Buchanan awards were presented to Nancy I,egg and Bruce W adman. The prizes were given by Mr. and .Mrs. Hubert Buchanan, of Onehimga. "to those pupils who had shown the greatest capacity lor overcoming obstacles and whose school work, apart from its quality, had shown in the greatest degree those characteristics of determination and integrity that have so largelv contributed to the building up of the British Empire." Each award certificate was accompanied by a cheque for £o, representing the interest on a capital sum invested in perpetuity with the Public Trustee. At the. To Papapa School, Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan presented the Buchanan Awards to Nola Wright and George Melville Simpson.