Winning artwork by school pupils taking part in a citywide Tall Ships-inspired drawing competition will go on public display when the spectacular maritime festival sails into Aberdeen in two just weeks’ time.
The winning works, portraying sailing ships, were selected by judge from the Counci, Aberdeen Inspired and Port of Aberdeen and will go on show in digital display boards along the quayside throughout the Tall Ship Races Aberdeen 2025 celebrations along with a selection from the mammoth 2,500 competition entries in city libraries in the run up to and during the big event.
Councillor Martin Greig with the competition winners
Councillor Martin Greig, Chair of the Aberdeen Tall Ships organising committee and Aberdeen City Council’s lead in education and culture, said: “It was wonderful to see the amazing art and design work which the young people produced. We were delighted with every single picture.
There was a great deal of talent and imagination on display. The drawings and paintings add so much to the Tall Ships celebration. It was a joy to take part in this activity.
Some of the winning drawings
The winning entries were:
P1-P3 category
1st Aymen Jawad (Cults School P1), Runner-up Amalia Grandal Schumann (Ashley Road School P2), 3rdMillán Notivol Garrido (Cults School P3)
P4-P7 category
1st Arianna Browne (Scotstown School P6), Runner-up Lola Stephen (Kittybrewster School P7) 3rd Antony Babiarz (St.Joseph’s Roman Catholic School P5)
Secondary School category
1st Marie Schwarz (Cults Academy’s S4), Runner-up Eni Adedeji (Harlaw Academy S2), 3rd Emelly Biesiada (Harlaw Academy S3)
Cllr Greig with Secondary School category winner Maria Schwarz who attends Cults Academy
The Hazlehead School team of Daniel Gholizadeh, Jamie Ferris, Emilie Findlay and Lewis Hamil were awarded first prize for their model ship ‘Drum Destroyer’ in a separate citywide schools’ competition; a Miniature Tall Ships Races challenge based on pupil’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning.
The runner-up in the competition was Broomhill School’s Magizhan Sathiyamoorthy with ‘The Sea Keeper’ while in third place was Orchard Brae School’s Jack Johnstone, Lexi Browers and Angel Michie with ‘The Captain’s Sail’
In addition to seeing their work highlighted throughout the Tall Ships festival, expected to attract some 400,000 visits, the winners will be given a private tour of the TS Royalist which is one of the largest UK vessels taking part in the races.