Art contest for youth

Friday, 15 January 2010

• Howick and Pakuranga TimesENTRIES are now open for Manukau Libraries’ Express Yourself youth art and photographic competition.Young people are encouraged to produce artwork or take photos about what it’s like to be a teenager in Manukau.Jolene West, libraries’ learning and literacy co-ordinator, hopes the work submitted will reflect a “positive, dynamic side of life in Manukau”. The competition judge is Ema Tavola, the city council’s Pacific arts co-ordinator.She says: “I encourage aspiring artists to show us what they love, what they are proud of and what they would like the world to know about our city.”The top prize is an iPod Nano and there will be a people’s choice award, with a digital camera as first prize.Chosen semi-finalist artwork and photos will be displayed at Manukau libraries, as well as on the libraries’ websites, while the public will be called on to vote for their favourites.

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