In conjunction with the school, your OD Union has initiated the Sophy Gray Art Prize. This will be awarded to the best painting by a Grade 12 at their final matric examination and the top three candidates will each receive a cash prize (much needed, we suspect, as they head into the big world).
 
Primarily, this new prize will highlight the extremely high standard of art being produced at Bishops (and simultaneously celebrate this element of our rich cultural curriculum). Secondly, it will allow the OD Union to accumulate annually the best painting from each year group and display these permanently in The Mitre as part of a curated, rolling exhibition as the works will become the property of the OD Union.
 
A nice spin off will be that young ODs will have immediate, visual evidence of a fellow classmate’s work displayed in The Mitre – just another way we are building that critical bridge between young ODs and the Union.
 
The adjudicating will take place next week in Woodlands and The Mitre. The adjudicators comprise the renowned art expert Marylin Martin, Peter Hyslop – current art teacher since 1984 – and Bruce Jack (1987G) – a previous three time winner of the Pierneef Cup for Art at Bishops.
 
We would like to invite all ODs to view the art on the 27^th October. Please see flyer below and RSVP to Peter Hyslop or Nicole.