Congratulations to third year Diploma student Kate Crumpler who has won The Art Academy Peer Prize 2018. Kate won the £100 prize for her entry ‘Come to Me for Rest’, which the students voted for as a powerful image conveying strong emotion’.

The Art Academy Peer Prize, is first Prize awarded during the academic year. Any student from our academic courses is able to take part and the winner and runner up are voted for by students.  Awarded to an artwork in any medium, the purpose of the prize is to encourage the breadth of creative language. The prize should be judged by the Artistic Principles below.

1. Stimulus and motivation
2. Concept and intent
3. Creative and contextual awareness
4. Visual Language and Craftsmanship
5. Manifestation of intent
6. Curation and presentation