This year the Project Piopio Trust conducted a children's art competition in conjunction with the Aria Toy Library. The original idea behind this was to come up with artwork illustrating our rural life, and to foster creativity and talent within the younger members of the community. Winning entries would be displayed on the Toy Library's exterior wall in Piopio.
Three local artists worked with children from pre-school up to Year 6 in a number of sessions. A total of 85 entries were received. The quality of submissions was deemed to be so high that an additional number of paintings were reproduced and are now hung on two other buildings. The remainder have been printed onto banners for display at the schools, with prizes and certificates awarded to all entrants.
The artwork has just been hung on the buildings in the past week, and looks fantastic, below is a sample. So take a break in Piopio and see all this firsthand!
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