Mushrif Central Parks Art Contest Announces Young Winners

Mushrif Central Park, which is currently being redeveloped by Al Ain Properties, announces the winners of its “Dream Park” art contest, which attracted entries from close to 400 participants from five local schools in Abu Dhabi. The grand prize winner is Mir Rayyan Sultan of Al Mushrif Primary School and the second and third prize winners are Ammaar Sheheen and Bailey Sam respectively, both from the Abu Dhabi Indian School.

The objective of the competition was to encourage younger members of the local community to creatively consider what their dream park might look like and what activities or facilities they enjoy and would like to see. Students were asked to imagine and draw their “dream park” with submissions judged on creativity and artistic skills. Primary school students ages 9 to 10 from the Abu Dhabi Indian School, Al Mushrif Primary School, British School Al Khubairat, International School of Choueifat and Sheikh Zayed Private Academy participated in the contest.

The three esteemed judges included active members of Abu Dhabi’s thriving arts community, Salwa Zeidan, Artist and Founder of the Salwa Zeidan Gallery; Fatma Al Mazrouie, Artist and Ayyub Russell Hamilton, Artist and Professor Associate Professor at the College of Arts and Creative Enterprises, Zayed University. They had the difficult task of reviewing the submissions and choosing the final winners.

The grand prize winner received AED 2,000 in shopping vouchers to Sun & Sand Sports, a mini iPad and a ticket for him and his entire class to Yas Waterworld. The second place winner and third place winner each respectively received AED 1,000 and AED 500 shopping vouchers to Sun & Sand Sports. All of the winners were presented with their prizes along with a certificate of achievement by Sheikh Hazza Bin Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan during a prize ceremony.

Mr. Abdul Aziz Husain Ahmed, CEO of Al Ain Properties, comments: “We would like to thank all of the participating young artists for their exceptional work and creativity. All of the submissions were most impressive and our team was delighted to see the amount of effort and detail each student demonstrated. We look forward to continuing to work with community members of all ages as Mushrif Central Park progresses and opens in early 2015.”

Emirate:  Abu Dhabi

Date: Jun 26, 2014

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