A Poster Competition was organised by the Rotary Club of Mumbai SOBO to celebrate World Oceans Day. 52 entries were received from young artists in Mumbai, Goa and Chennai. 42 of these were for the Junior category (11-14 years) and 10 for the Senior category (15-18 years). Our jury was chaired by Mumbai-based artist and photographer Shanthi Kasi, who left a successful corporate career to pursue her passion for the visual arts, and complete her BFA and MFA from the Sir JJ School of Fine Arts. Commenting on the quality of the artworks Shanthi said “The world, when seen through the eyes of children is a beautiful place. Many of the submissions were skilfully executed. The entries in the junior category were especially delightful and I am amazed at the abundance of talent in these young people.” While we had originally planned to give 8 awards (3 top prizes and a special mention in each of the two categories), we had to increase these to 22 with a new Honourable Mention category, just to recognise the exceptional artistic talent of the participants. • We also decided to give participant certificates to ALL 52 participants. • This bodes well for when we can have these in person and we look forward to support the young artists of Mumbai in their creative enterprises in the coming years. • The top prizes went to: Juniors: 1st Prize: Sakina Mandsaurwalla, 13 years. 2nd Prize: Prachi Virendra Chaurasiya, 13 years. 3rd Prize: Ssahana Shah, 13 years. Seniors (15-18 years) Seniors: 1st Prize: Twisha Mehta, 17 years. 2nd Prize: Pearl A. Shah, 15 years. 3rd Prize: V. Mythili, 15 years.
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