16-year old Kaia Lucas from, Bluecoat Beechdale Academy, was crowned as Nottingham’s 2018 Young Creative of the Year.
Kaia won in the 16-18 year-old Visual Arts category by creating a series of paintings of her younger siblings. She stated in her entry that:
“My Mum is disabled so I play a massive part in their day to day life. I love them dearly.”
Kaia recieving her award from Nottingham's very own wordsmith Georgina Wilding
The judges praised Kaia’s:
““Bold use of colour and a mature approach to painting. Kaia has managed to effectively communicate the fondness she has for her siblings in the choice of pose and the treatment of paint.””
Kaia was presented with the award by Nottingham’s Young Poet Laureate Georgina Wilding.
The night also included performances from local musicians Nina Smith (who is also a YCA Patron), Louis Croft, Ben Haynes and Previous YCA award winners dancers Isobel Benson and Alexandra Graham’s group. It also featured a reading by 2016 Young Creative of the Year Award Winner Rebecca Constable, who has since gone on to publish her first book. 2018 has been a bumper year for the Young Creative awards as it saw a record number of entries (over 600 across the eleven categories) as well as a record number of attendees at the ceremony itself.
#YCA2018 winners on the red carpet
The final list of 2018 category winners is below:
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN (Sponsored by Maber Architects)
16-18 category - Daniel Bunka
19-24 category - Thomas Cran and Joseph Copley.
THEATRE (Sponsored by University of Nottingham)
13-15 category - Unlimited Theatre
DANCE
(Sponsored by Dance4 and Nottingham CityCare Partnership)
13-15 category - Lucy Hardwick
16-18 category - Alexandra Graham
ANIMATION & DIGITAL MEDIA
(Sponsored by Confetti Media Group)
16-18 category - Georgia Monsheimer
19-24 category - Elle Griffiths
CREATIVE WRITING
(Sponsored by Tuntum Housing Association)
13-15 category - Ronia Iheama
16-18 category - Lewis Richardson
19-24 category - Ruby Speed
GRAPHIC DESIGN
(Sponsored by Nottingham College)
13-15 category - Roy Carmona
16-18 category - Troy Childerley
19-24 category - Jessica Forgie
VISUAL ARTS
(Sponsored by Nottingham Trent University)
13-15 category - Roy Carmona
16-18 category - Kaia Lucas
19-24 category - Chris Galloway
FASHION & TEXTILES
(Sponsored by the Pentland Group)
13-15 category - Mara Juric
16-18 category - Ebony Thomas
19-24 category - Melissa Cooke.
MUSIC
(Sponsored by Nottingham Music Hub)
13-15 category - Laura Shaw
16-18 category - Mango
19-24 category - Kelsey Shaw
PHOTOGRAPHY
(Sponsored by Nottingham College)
13-15 category - Sam Collishaw
16-18 category - Albert Nieciecki
19-24 category - Emma Price
FILM
(Sponsored by Skeleton Productions)
13-15 category - Conrad Simpson
16-18 category - Bobby Singh and Scottie Adjevi
19-24 category - Leticia Wright, Tony Akpovi and Ben Butler
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