Get your paintbrushes and pencils ready! Art competition celebrates love of books

PRIMARY school students are encouraged to create an original artwork inspired by this year’s Children’s Book Week theme: Read, Grow, Inspire.

There are 13 prizes on offer and first-place winners in each category will receive an exciting Children’s Book Week prize pack valued up to $100.

The competition will be judged by Wollongong Art Gallery and Wollongong City Libraries staff.

To participate, pick up a free entry template by visiting Helensburgh, Thirroul or Corrimal libraries. Once your artwork is ready, drop it back in to your local library before Friday August 4 2023 for a chance to win.

Wollongong City Council’s manager library and community services, Jenny Thompson said Children’s Book Week is a chance to highlight the stories which are in the libraries’ collection.

“We want to help encourage young people in our community to fall in love with reading,” Ms Thompson said.

“This competition is a great way to celebrate everything that’s great about books. I can’t wait to see the artworks!”

Wollongong City Council Gallery Program Director John Monteleone said that he was hoping to see creative entries that spoke to this year’s Book Week theme.

“This year the Children’s Book Week theme is Read, Grow, Inspire. I think the theme offers a lot of options for students to use their imagination to design an interesting artwork,” Mr Monteleone said.

“Wollongong Art Gallery is pleased to be able to partner with Wollongong City Libraries on this program. We’re bringing our art expertise to the judging table.  We’ll be looking out for truly creative and original works to award first prize.”

The Children’s Book Week Art Competition is open for submissions until Friday August 4, 2023.

Visit the Wollongong Art Gallery website and the Wollongong City Libraries website for more school holiday events and activities.

Children’s Book Week is an annual event run by the Children’s Book Council of Australia.

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