Update!! Tess Costill of AUT University, New Zealand, has been announced as this year’s winner of the Winston Churchill Design Competition 2019.
Runners up included Anne Morgan, Edinburgh College of Art and Victoria Derby, University of Leeds.
ARTS THREAD has partnered with Pentland Group plc and The Churchill Centre as the platform for this competition. Our special Competition partner for the second time is Champagne Pol Roger.
Prize: First prize £1000, Second Prize £750, Third Prize £500. The First Prize winner will receive their design made up on a gift box of Pol Roger Brut Reserve in Magnum & will enjoy an exclusive tour of the Pol Roger vineyard in Epernay, France.
All three winners will be considered for work experience at Pentland headquarters in London. Pentland are Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury of New Zealand, Endura, Mitre, Ellesse, Boxfresh, SeaVees, KangaROOS and Red or Dead +++
Sir Winston Churchill was Pol Roger’s most illustrious devotee and customer. Churchill’s relationship with Pol Roger dates back to 1944, although he had been a loyal customer as far back as 1908. At a luncheon given by the British ambassador to France after the liberation of Paris, Churchill met the charming and captivating Odette Pol-Roger and so began a friendship which lasted until Sir Winston’s death in 1965. Pol Roger was not just any champagne to Churchill, it was a drink that embodied the style and spirit with which he lived by: robust, mature and long-lived.
We would like you to create the print design for a gift box (template supplied) for a limited-edition Magnum of Pol Roger Brut Reserve champagne that celebrates the paintings of Sir Winston Churchill. The design should reflect Churchill’s passion for art and his enthusiasm for his “joyride in a paintbox,” the colours, subjects, influences and techniques of his paintings.
Meet some previous winners -
Winston Churchill competition winner on using art to create positive change
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Who can Enter
Location: International - from any country.
Experience/age: Open to anyone over 18 who is studying or graduated from an Arts & Design course within the last three years - any course from fine art and illustration, to fashion and textiles, graphic design etc.
How to Enter
STEP A
Already got an ARTS THREAD portfolio? To enter, simply log into your account, upload your design as a new project, return to this page and select your project into the Competition box above.
New to ARTS THREAD? To enter, register to create an ARTS THREAD account and go to your email and click on the activation link sent to your email Inbox. Then log into your account, upload your project, then return to this page and select your project into the Competition box above.
STEP B
Complete our online Pentland Churchill Pol Roger Gift Box Competition Entry Form
Please ensure you have read the Terms & Conditions for the Pentland Churchill Pol Roger Gift Box Competition
ENTRY: free to apply
DEADLINE TO APPLY: April 16 2019 MIDNIGHT GMT
THE PRIZES
First prize £1000, Second Prize £750, Third Prize £500. The First Prize winner will receive their design made up on a gift box of Pol Roger Brut Reserve in Magnum & enjoy an exclusive tour of the Pol Roger vineyard in Epernay, France. All three winners will be considered for work experience at Pentland headquarters in London.
THE BRIEF
We would like you to create the print design for a gift box (template supplied) for a limited-edition Magnum of Pol Roger Brut Reserve champagne that celebrates the paintings of Sir Winston Churchill. The design should reflect Churchill’s passion for art and his enthusiasm for his “joyride in a paintbox,” the colours, subjects, influences and techniques of his paintings.
Download the Pol Roger gift box template*
*All product information and logos are already included on the templates - you only have to add your design!
You can create the work in any media as long as it can be submitted to and viewed on the ARTS THREAD site - from fine art and photography to illustration and graphic design.
BACKGROUND - A JOY RIDE IN A PAINT BOX
Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) is regarded as the greatest statesman of the Twentieth Century. As Prime Minister he led Britain to victory in the Second World War. He was a Nobel Prize winning writer and orator and, most recently, the subject of an Oscar winning film.
Yet few are aware that he was an avid painter, and a good one at that. Winston Churchill was 40 years old when he began to paint. His interest in art grew during one of the lowest moments of his life. In his 1921 essay Painting as a Pastime Churchill recalled, “And then it was that the Muse of Painting came to my rescue.” Churchill saw painting as a testing ground for leadership strengths such as audacity, humility, foresight, and strength of memory. He was inspired by the Impressionists, and enjoyed painting in the open air. Wherever he went, on vacation or for work, Churchill was accompanied by his paints, brushes, canvases, and an easel.
His preferred medium was oil paint, and his favourite subjects were landscapes, seascapes and still lifes. His 500 or so canvases record the story of his travels across Europe, North America, and North Africa. Churchill took instruction from many notable artists of his time, including Walter Sickert, William Nicholson and Sir John Lavery. Pissarro, Matisse and Monet.
Throughout his life Churchill remained modest about his paintings. In 1921 he sent five paintings under an assumed name, Charles Morin, to an exhibition at the Galerie Druet in Paris.
In 1947 he again employed a pseudonym, David Winter, when submitting two works to London’s Royal Academy of Arts for their Summer Exhibition He received further recognition as an artist when the Royal Academy elected him an Honorary Academician Extraordinary in 1948, and held an exhibition of his paintings that toured internationally in 1958-59.
JUDGING CRITERIA - WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
INSIGHT: Churchill’s brilliance was in his ability to energetically approach a multitude of tasks with interest and enthusiasm. From politics to bricklaying, and from writing to orating. Does your design embody the range of interests and excitement that surrounded Churchill’s life and endeavours?
COMMERCIAL APPEAL: As well as paying tribute to one of the lesser known aspects of Churchill’s life, your design must also hold commercial value. Pol Roger’s strong brand heritage can be utilised to increase interest. Does it appeal to a wider audience? How can your design cater to the current Pol Roger customer as well as generate new interest?
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER SUBMISSION?
- The judges will announce a shortlist of finalists in the week of the 1st of May, 2019.
- The Finalists shall be invited to attend an interview in London, between the dates of 6th-17th May 2019. Short-listed entrants will have their work judged by Pol Roger and a panel of designated patrons and members of Pentland and the International Churchill Society.
- The first, second and third prize winners shall be selected and notified by 20th May 2019.
