My family has been farming for 180 years. 180 of great farming stories waiting to be told. But how, but where and to whom. My family aren’t alone farmers across Australia have great stories to tell. So I decided to fill this gap and what better audience than our future, our school students, the next generation of consumers, decision makers and our workforce.
So Art4Agriculture was born. Our signature program is the Archibull Prize and now we have paired the Archibull Prize with the Young Farming Champions program which I hope will be my ongoing legacy.
The Archibull Prize Awards and Exhibition Day is the highlight of the Art4Agriculture year
It was yesterday and it was huge. Woolworths rolled out the red carpet and hosted the event. The Hon Katrina Hodgkinson not only presented the winners she spent considerable time viewing the artworks and talking to the students
I love the Archibull Prize. Every entry gives me one of those ‘feel good’ moments.
It reminds me that young Australians are interested and positive about the future and they are filled with hope.
Don’t believe what you read in the papers – our school students are engaged, they are talented and they are truly inspiring!
And this competition proves it!
This year was second time we have rolled out the program in Western Sydney with 5 primary schools and 15 secondary schools participating.
20 bulls have made their way to the judging ring and today we found out which schools have triumphed in each of the categories and who is the Grand Champion Bull
Once again it has been an outstanding success
I thought the entries last year were impressive – but the schools who participated this year have taken things to a whole new level.
- We have some amazing examples of fine art
- We have discovered digital technology we didn’t no existed
- We have entries that have astounded the heads of the food and fibre industries our schools have showcased
World class is the only way to describe the efforts of the teachers and the student participants in the 2011 Archibull Prize
and the winners are ?
Announced by the Hon Katrina Hodgkinson Minister for Primary Industries and Small Business
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Primary Winner |
Secondary Winner |
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Artwork |
Macarthur Anglican School ($250.00) |
Caroline Chisholm College ($250.00) |
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Blog |
Macarthur Anglican School ($250.00) |
Model Farms High School ($250.00) |
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PowerPoint |
St Michaels Catholic Primary School ($250.00) |
Colo High School ($250.00) Model Farms High School ($250.00) |
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Video |
Schofield Primary School ($250.00) |
Caroline Chisholm College ($250.00) |
Overall 2012 Archibull Prize Winner
Caroline Chisholm College ($1,000.00)
“Moobiks Cube”
Artwork Award of Excellence
Hurlstone Agricultural High School
Quakers Hill High School
Richmond High School
Innovation in Technology Award of Excellence
Windsor Public School
See all the picture from the Awards and Exhibition Day on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/art4agriculture/
