17 March 2024
By Elaine Murphy
elaine@TheCork.ie
Young artists who submitted entries to this year’s Texaco Children’s Art Competition are currently having their works evaluated as the judging process gets underway.
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Pictured is adjudicator, Marie Connole admiring two of the entries received from Co. Cork this year – a work entitled ‘Dad loves his coffee’ by a pupil from Ballincollig Community College (left) and another entitled ‘Don’t want to go home’ by a pupil from Colaiste Choilm, Ballincollig.
Winners in the seven age categories, including one exclusively for artworks by young artists with special needs, will be announced in mid-April.
Now celebrating its 70th year, the Texaco Children’s Art Competition is the longest-running art sponsorship in Ireland. First held in 1955, it is hosted by Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited – the company that markets fuel in Ireland under the Texaco brand.