Renowned architect and one of the owners of Covecastles Resort in Anguilla, Myron Goldfinger, and his wife, June, an interior and fashion wear designer as well as a graphics artist, have awarded eight students at the Alwyn Allison Primary School in West End who participated in an art competition.

One of the winning paintings as described in the story

On Monday this week, Mr. and Mrs. Goldfinger inspected the paintings, by the students, which were posted in a section of the new addition to the school. He told the students that they were the first recipients of cash awards for their participation in the competition which he and Mrs. Goldfinger wanted to organise for many years and which will now be held annually.

He said that as an architect he was a lover of art and wanted to promote this and other type of work on the island, particularly among schoolchildren. Following his remarks each of the students explained his/her ideas behind the paintings. After consulting briefly, the Goldfingers selected the winning paintings in two categories.

One of the winning paintings as described in the story

Four of the students received honourable mention for their work and were each awarded US$50. They were Bernice Brooks of Grade 5 and Calindon Fleming, Lavasco Connor and Khaiel Hughes, all of Grade 6.
The other four students received larger cash awards for submitting the best paintings. They were Iandra Rogers of Grade 5 who received the first prize of US$300 for her painting “Little Angel”.

The second prize of US$250 was awarded to Avalene Fleming of Grade 5 for “Parrots in Paradise”. In third place was Roeshandra MacDonna of Grade 5, who won US$150 for “Mermaid Ocean” and placing fourth was Leroy Connor of Grade 6 whose prize was US$100 for “Paradise Island.”

One of the winning paintings as described in the story

Mr. Goldfinger congratulated all eight students for their work.
Deputy Principal, Paula Edwards, was responsible for overseeing the arrangements for the art competition in the absence of the Principal, Teacher Art Egel. She thanked Mr. Goldfinger for his idea of the competition noting that as an educator there were different ways in which children learn.

One of the winning paintings as described in the story

Mrs. Edwards noted that art was a stimulating way for the students to express themselves. “It is an inward education and what they put out is something that has come from within,” she said.

She thanked Mr. and Mrs. Goldfinger on behalf of the students and the staff for their involvement in the school and for making the art competition an annual affair.

Art competition winners flanked by Mr & Mrs Goldfinger

Teacher Art Egel took the opportunity to commend Teacher Paula for ensuring the success of the competition under challenging difficulties. He observed that she was serving as Acting Principal when the competition was suggested. “She had five new teachers out of a staff of seven to deal with during the term because I was not in Anguilla, and in the middle of that she had the competition to handle and for the record I want to say that Teacher Paula was outstanding,” he commented.

One of the regular classes with Educators Sandra Fahie and Sandra Williams

Mrs. Edwards acknowledged the assistance of art teacher, Addoni Philip, who travels to the various schools teaching the subject to students and who was instrumental in the success of the competition.

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