…his design will be face of GGB gold medallion
THREE young people won for themselves a combined cash prize of $600,000 for emerging winners of the Guyana Gold Board’s Medallion Art Competition which was launched in September 2018 and which attracted entries from 30 young people between the ages of 16 and 35.
The prize-giving took place on Saturday evening during the Guyana Gold Board’s Christmas staff social and dinner held at the Georgetown Club on Camp Street, Georgetown.
First place went to 21 year-old Dillon Craig, who received a trophy and a cheque for $300,000. Second place went to Ms Elodie Cage-Smith, 34, who received a trophy and a cheque for $200,000. Twenty- year-old Tkeisha Waaldijk, the third-place winner, received a trophy in addition to a cheque for $100,000.
The 30 entries were judged by a panel of judges which comprised Ms Dawn Isaacs-McKenzie, lecturer at the ER Burrowes School of Art; Mr Ohene Koama, Acting Curator of the National Art Gallery; and Mr Dwayne Hackett, final year communications student at the University of Guyana and professional photographer.
Artists were asked to interpret the theme ‘Continuous development –Committing to a Green Guyana through Sustainable Mining’, with a view to depicting it on a gold medallion which the Guyana Gold Board will be producing for 2020. The gold medallion will be one ounce of solid gold, with a 99.9 percent purity. It is envisaged that this medallion will be a keepsake to be purchased as gifts or for persons wanting to own a piece of pure Guyanese gold. Each judge assessed every entry on four criteria: Clarity of Theme; Creativity & Originality; Quality of Composition & Design; and Overall Impression. The three judges’ score-sheets were then aggregated on a final score sheet and the best of the entries based on the judges’ combined scores was determined.
