City Status Art Competition
City status schools competition - Tower Hamlets youngsters had the chance to get their hands on a pair of tickets to the Olympic Games, thanks to a competition launched as part of the borough’s city status campaign.
Launched by the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, the competition involved Tower Hamlets schoolchildren drawing their favourite place in Tower Hamlets from the 50 landmarks that are included in the borough’s city status bid document.
Amongst the landmarks are some of London and the UK’s most well known places such as Brick Lane, Tower of London and Canary Wharf. There are also landmarks cherished by the local community like Victoria Park, Whitechapel Bell Foundry and Columbia Road Flower Market.
As well as winning themselves a pair of tickets to the Olympic Games, the winner will also have their design framed and put on public display. The winning design will also be put into the archives along with other information and materials from the city status campaign.
Mayor Lutfur Rahman, judged the competition along with Nahimul Islam, Young Mayor of Tower Hamlets.
Congratulations to Najia Nehar in year7 who won the competition. Here she is pictured with her framed artwork, Canary Wharf in the background and with the Mayor of Tower Hamlets.
Launched by the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, the competition involved Tower Hamlets schoolchildren drawing their favourite place in Tower Hamlets from the 50 landmarks that are included in the borough’s city status bid document.
Amongst the landmarks are some of London and the UK’s most well known places such as Brick Lane, Tower of London and Canary Wharf. There are also landmarks cherished by the local community like Victoria Park, Whitechapel Bell Foundry and Columbia Road Flower Market.
As well as winning themselves a pair of tickets to the Olympic Games, the winner will also have their design framed and put on public display. The winning design will also be put into the archives along with other information and materials from the city status campaign.
Mayor Lutfur Rahman, judged the competition along with Nahimul Islam, Young Mayor of Tower Hamlets.
Congratulations to Najia Nehar in year7 who won the competition. Here she is pictured with her framed artwork, Canary Wharf in the background and with the Mayor of Tower Hamlets.