Fortrose Academy pupil Georgia Gatt wins Cromarty Arts Trust annual prize
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THE artistic talents of a Fortrose Academy pupil put her in the frame for a prestigious local prize which is awarded annually.
Cromarty Arts Trust awarded its annual prize for art to Georgia Gatt from Fortrose Academy.
Georgia’s art teachers offered a glowing testimonial: “Georgia during her Higher showed great analytic skills with highly accurate portraits. She went on to pursue more conceptual ways to express herself artistically during her Advanced Higher course.
“The body of work she produces showed confidence and a sound understanding of contemporary practices within Fine Art. Her final piece incorporated both video and photography art as a media to explore identity.”
Georgia intends to attend UHI for a year before, hopefully, going to Leith School of Art where she plans to study illustration, specialising in children’s books.
She said: “I am delighted to win the Cromarty Arts Trust Award, as it is recognition for my art. The £250 voucher is just amazing and will go towards new materials for my course. Thank you, thank you”.
This is the sixth year that CAT has awarded the Cromarty Arts Trust Caroline Hewat prize to a school leaver and the certificate and gift were presented to Georgia at the school’s End of Term Awards Ceremony.
Cromarty Arts Trust was established in 1987 to support the conservation of buildings of historical or architectural importance and to promote the advancement of education.
It also aims to encourage the conservation of natural features, landscape, ecology and character of the area.
The Black Isle group also works to stimulate public interest in the history, character, beauty and wildlife of the area and to nurture artistic activity, locally nationally and internationally.
