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| Steel Sketch No.2 in steel and wood by Guy Haddon-Grant. |
Established in 1911, UK Youth is one of the best kept secrets in the charity sector taking a low profile while working tirelessly to help over 700,000 young people every year to take control of their lives.
This year’s 29th event on Wednesday 14th September and Thursday 15th September 2016, buzzed with people who had come to view over 1,000 artworks from around 130 artists. The diversity and quality of work ranging from paintings and ceramics through to sculpture and jewellery was astounding and the range of prices, £200 - £5,000 meant that there’s something for everyone.
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| 'Travelling Light' in bronze and steel by Arabella Brooke. |
Matt Lent, Director
of Partnerships & Policy was at the event representing the charity and
said: “’Art for Youth London’ is our biggest fund raiser of the year and
through it we have incredibly raised over
2 million pounds since it began; without it we
couldn’t offer the help and support that we do.”Diana Brooks committee member and founder of the event presented a prize sponsored by The Wates Foundation for the best artist aged under 35 years. This year The Wates Foundation Diana Brooks Prize went to Jake Barker, who's monochrome projects are centred around human welfare or wildlife conservation.
Diana explained why she had chosen Jake: "I can't describe how much it means to help a young artist to get established, When I first set up this event 29 years ago it was all about helping young artists as well as raising money for the charity. This year I've chosen an incredibly talented young artist called Jake Barker who is only 20 years of age, is self-taught with no formal training and this money (£1,000) will help him on his way from here on."
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| Artworks by award winner Jake Barker. |
To donate or find out more about UK Youth visit http://www.ukyouth.org/ and The Wates Foundation at http://www.watesfoundation.org.uk/
