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The Angelico Art Award (Schools Edition) offers to students a platform to reflect on and articulate their faith journeys in Catholic schools, through dialogue and co-creation.

This Year's Theme:

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‘Love means walking the talk’

Award Overview

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  1. Participants, whether as individuals or teams of up to 3 members, represent their schools.
     

  2. Each participating school must do an initial assessment of their own student participants’ artworks, and send in a maximum of five paintings to Catholic Foundation, the organiser of the main Angelico Art Award 2026 (the Organiser).
     

  3. Schools will endorse the artworks and must submit the paintings via the Online Entry Form.
     

  4. As a final assessment, an independent selection panel appointed by the Organiser shall review the entries submitted in the Online Entry Form and further shortlist the artworks according to the criteria below. The Organiser will notify the schools of the panel’s decision by 1 August 2026.
     

  5. Schools will arrange for the final shortlisted artworks to be brought to Catholic Centre on 17 August 2026 for judging.
     

  6. A simple award presentation will be held in the afternoon of 20 August 2026 at Catholic Centre.
     

  7. Shortlisted artworks will be featured at the main Angelico Art Award Exhibition 2026 from 21 to 30 August 2026.

Award Criteria

 

 Time Frame:
 

  • Online submissions must be submitted by 13 July 2026, 11:59 pm Singapore Time.

  • Entries received after the closing date and time will NOT be accepted. Changes are NOT allowed to entries once they are submitted.


 Artist Eligibility:
 

  • Participants must be a student of a Catholic school in Singapore.

  • Participants must be aged 6-18 years inclusive.

  • Participants in Angelico Art Award (Schools Edition) must not be participants in the Youth or Open Category of the Angelico Art Award.

  • Parents must give their consent for the participants to take part in this AAA Schools Edition through an online consent form, by 8 May 2026.

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 Artwork:
 

  • Each participant can submit only 1 artwork. Participants may choose to send in an artwork as a team.

  • Artworks must be created specifically for the Angelico Art Award 2026 (Schools Edition) (that is, created from 17 April 2026 onwards), and not have been previously exhibited. 

  • Artworks should be in the form of paintings only. Accepted media include colour pencils, crayons, acrylic, oil, watercolour, charcoal, ink or mixed media. Digital media will NOT be accepted.

  • The artworks should be done on A3-sized drawing block.

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 Online Form:
 

  • Uploaded images should be at least 300dpi, no greater than 5MB each and in JPG, PNG or TIFF format only.

  • Entry forms must include a description in not more than 300 words. This will be used in the judging process and for publication purposes, and may be edited.

Shortlisting Criteria

Criterion
Description
Exploration of Theme
The artist’s ability to convey their personal thoughts and ideas in response to the theme.
Aesthetic Merit
The artist’s ability to effectively create a particular mood or communicate ideas in an inspiring visual form.
Technical Skill
The use of materials to effectively and skillfully express ideas in the execution of the artworks.

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