The Wates Foundation Diana Brooks Prize
All artists aged 35 or under exhibiting at Art for Youth London are eligible for the Wates Foundation Diana Brooks prize. The prize-winning work is the personal choice of Diana Brooks who helped to found the exhibition 22 years ago. Entry for the prize is free and it is hoped that it will serve as an artistic encouragement for the prize-winner.
In 2009, and for the next five years, the Diana Brooks prize,will be funded by the Wates Foundation. The prize-winner will receive £1,000.
The 2009 winner of the Wates Foundation Diana Brooks Prize: Sam Wadsworth
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"Sun in Eastlands"
Sam Wadsworth was born in Cheltenham in 1980.He studied Fine Art at the University of Northampton and graduated in 2004, when he began teaching art at Northampton School for Boys as well as working as an artist. Since early 2007 he has been working as a full time artist and portrait painter.
Of winning the prize Sam said: "I was very proud to win the Diana Brooks Prize. It was a great source of encouragement for me and brilliant to see my paintings acknowledged in such a way".
What previous winners have to say about the Diana Brooks Prize:
"Winning this prize was a turning point in my artistic career. I feel I owe my continuing professional success to Art for Youth” James Naughton–winner 2001
“Winning the Diana Brooks Prize gave me the courage to quit my day job and apply myself to painting full-time. So far, I have been able to support myself on my painting alone” Georgina Potter – winner 2007
Exhibiting artists are chosen by a selection panel that meets regularly between May and September. If you would like to be considered for Art for Youth London 2009 please email 3 images of your work to Caitlin Mavroleon at: caitlindavmav@hotmail.com and include a brief CV.
For more information please contact: artforyouth@ukyouth.org
Why the Wates Foundation has chosen to fund the Diana Brooks Prize:
The Wates Foundation has been active in the creative arts sector for almost fifty years. Beneficiaries have included orchestras, theatres, galleries, museums and community organisations. For the most part its approach to the arts has been to fund arts projects as a platform for the delivery of positive social change, addressing the disadvantage and exclusion of individuals and communities. Its work extends to award schemes, learning projects and involvement programmes in prisons, hospitals and hospices as an aid to rehabilitation and resettlement into society.Support to youth projects through the arts, engaging with the multiple needs that face young people in society has always been a high priority. The Foundation is proud to support Art for Youth London and to fund the Diana Brooks Prize for the next five years.
