Written by Iona Laing, Education & Events Officer
Fingask Castle on Sunday 7th December was the setting for a great day of celebration for a select group of youngsters as they were awarded for their artistic talent. GWCT hosted our annual art competition which invites school aged pupils from across Perth and Kinross, Angus and Aberdeenshire to submit a piece of artwork showing their favourite species of Game or Wildlife in its natural habitat.
Encouraged to go and do some research the youngsters then presented their artwork which were judged by our panel of artists. Over 1000 entries were received this year and a lucky 60 of them were invited to our day of celebration at Fingask.
They enjoyed a day of rural activities including an artwork shop with Mel Shand, Fishing lessons from Charlie Brownlow of Borders fly fishing, pheasant plucking with The Angus Moorland Group followed closely by a quick cooking demonstration with Sanjay Bhattacharya, a falconry session which included ferrets, a young ecologists workshop with GWCT and a delicious lunch of Venison stew prepared by Adam Newth.
Everyone had a great day and went home with prizes, certificates and big smiles on their faces. It is with thanks to the Shannel Trust that we have been able to present so many great prizes and many thanks also go to RHET and RNCI for offering prizes of farm visits for the winning primary artists and their whole class.
