Songpa-gu Elementary School Drawing Contest Grand Prize Winners: Kim Minjae, Lee Hyejeon, Park Seoyeon

Songpa-gu Hosts First Elementary Student Drawing Contest This Year... Award Ceremony and Exhibition on November 10
Grand Prize Winners: 1-2 Grade Division Kim Minjae, 2nd Grade, Oryun Elementary; 3-4 Grade Division Lee Hyejeon, 3rd Grade, Jamil Elementary; 5-6 Grade Division Park Seoyeon, 5th Grade, Jamsin Elementary

Songpa-gu (Mayor Seo Gang-seok) announced that it successfully held the ‘1st Songpa-gu Elementary School Students Drawing Contest Award Ceremony’ at the Songpa-gu Office auditorium on the 9th.

The ‘Songpa-gu Elementary School Students Drawing Contest,’ held for the first time this year, saw participation from about 2,300 students from 41 elementary schools in the district, showcasing creative drawings using various art materials such as clay and crayons.

In particular, the contest was held with a free theme, and a total of 2,284 works were submitted for the preliminary round, with no overlapping themes, reflecting a wide variety of artworks. Children freely expressed their creativity and imagination through art with themes such as the universe, jumping dolphins, ballerinas performing, the neighborhood where they live, and scenes of shopping at the market.

This outcome well reflects the district’s planning intention of the drawing contest, which is ‘to provide children with opportunities to freely express their artistic sensibility through cultural and artistic activities.’

The district selected a total of 153 award-winning works through fair judging by the judging panel from the Songpa Artists Association. The winners were chosen based on creativity, expressiveness, and completeness, divided into three categories: grades 1-2, grades 3-4, and grades 5-6.

The panel of expert judges explained, “Since the children draw pictures based on their imagination rather than concrete concepts, we selected works that featured free-spirited touches and forms, honest and sincere expression, and bold imagination and creativity.”

The grand prizes in this contest were awarded to ‘Kim Min-jae, 2nd grade at Oryun Elementary School’ in the 1-2 grade category, ‘Lee Hye-jeon, 3rd grade at Jamil Elementary School’ in the 3-4 grade category, and ‘Park Seo-yeon, 5th grade at Jamsin Elementary School’ in the 5-6 grade category.

Kim Min-jae, who won the grand prize, said about his work, “It shows our school traveling to space. I think it would be fun if the elementary school building, teachers, and friends all traveled together on a spaceship.” He added, “This is my first time participating in an art contest, and I’m so happy to have won a grand prize.”

Following this, awards for ▲Gold Prize (15 recipients) and ▲Silver Prize (30 recipients) were presented. Additionally, ▲Bronze Prize (45 recipients) and ▲Encouragement Prize (60 recipients) certificates were delivered to each school.

At the award ceremony, an exhibition of works was also held, focusing on 48 outstanding pieces including the grand prize (3 recipients), gold prize (15 recipients), and silver prize (30 recipients).

Seo Gang-seok, Mayor of Songpa-gu, said, “Although this was the first drawing contest held this year, there were many wonderful works drawn with children’s fresh perspectives and unique styles,” and added, “We will continue to implement Songpa-gu’s own educational policies so that children can develop various talents and demonstrate creativity through art.”

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