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Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
75 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DR

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Exhibition Ended

Art Competition for Schools 2019

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Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art)

From Sat 1 Jun 2019 - Sun 22 Sep 2019

This exhibition has now ended!

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53 amazing winning entries from this year's competition.

Children from nursery, primary, secondary and special education schools from all over Scotland have been inspired by their national collection. Themes this year included: 'Petals, Leaves and Bumblebees', 'Dragons', 'Spark, Flicker and Flame', and 'Drip, Pour, Splash, Freeze' & 'Eat'.

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National Galleries of Scotland Art Competition for Schools and Families

School children across Scotland took part in the National Galleries of Scotland Art Competition for Schools. Find out more about the competition and view all the winning entries.

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1st place (Nursery) Andrew Yu

1st place (Primary 1-3) Jack Purvis

1st place (Primary 4-7) Emily Mann

1st place (Secondary 1-3) Elouisa Cairns

1st place (Special Education Schools) Ben Brown

1st place (Group entries) Shortlees Primary School

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