Archive & Library Closed - April 7th

The Archive & Library will be closed on Thursday April 7th for staff training. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Oexmann Prizewinners

Congratulations to the prizewinners in the Oexmann Art Award Competition:

GENERAL CATEGORY
FIRST PRIZE - Tim Carroll – Birds Nest
SECOND PRIZE - Beryl Bradley - Porthleven
PURCHASE PRIZE - David Miell – Bear Hotel

YOUNG PERSON’S
12-18
FIRST PRIZE - Isabella Hay (St Mary’s School, Calne) – Fletcher
SECOND PRIZE - Amy Keily – Pumpkin
3D PRIZE - Caitlin Etherton (St Johns School, Marlborough) – Giant Cupcake

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Andrea Bieda (Art Club, John of Gaunt) - Untitled
Daniel Collins - Platform at Salisbury Railway Station
Gloria Fong (Stonar School, Atworth) - Portrait of my Sister
Toby Hillcoat-Searle - Joey the Cat Asleep

6-11
FIRST PRIZE - Jorin Beaumont (Holy Trinity School, Calne) – Sparrow Hawk
SECOND PRIZE - Emily Burns (Holy Trinity School, Calne) – Ladybird
THIRD PRIZE - Rowan Whitehead (Holy Trinity, Calne) – Seaside Feast
PRINT/DRAWING PRIZE - Ashton Hibbert (Nursteed Primary School, Devizes) – Wishing Owl
CLASS PRIZE - Nursteed School, Devizes. Class – Year 5 (Jupiter)
3D PRIZE - Martha Stringer (Corsham Primary School) – Chameleon
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Amy Benfield (Nursteed CP School, Devizes) - Winter Trees
Luke Bessell (Corsham Primary School) - Scarlet Macaw
Daisy Borley-Evans (Holy Trinity School, Calne) - Jellyfish
Isabella Bradley-Leach - Pheasant
Anna Coulson (Nursteed CP School, Devizes) - Self-Portrait
Joe Denmar (Mere School) - Early Morning
Ella Firmstone (Heywood Prep School, Corsham) - Me
Eleanor Higham - Dinosaur World
Elena Hugo (St Paul’s Primary, Chippenham) - Countryside
Jessica Litherland (The Mill School, Potterne) - Joy to the World
Oscar Mercer (Woodford Valley Primary School) - Impression of a
London Landscape
Freya Paget (Nursteed CP School, Devizes) - Wishing Owl 2
Jay Parker-Miles (Nursteed School, Devizes) - The Street
Liam Shepherd (Rowdeford School, Rowde) – Pink Fish
Joseph Shrimpton (Sutton Veny Primary School) - Westbury White Horse
Haydn Williams (Fynamore Primary School, Calne) - Stonehenge

Many other entries have been selected for the exhibition. Each entrant will be contacted individually with details.

Archive & Library: Saturday opening in 2011

The Archive & Library is to re-open on the 1st Saturday of every month from April 2011. The first day will be: Saturday April 2nd. Please make an appointment with the Archivist & Librarian (ellie.pridgeon@wiltshireheritage.org.uk) if you wish to use the collection that day.