Released: 01 July 2008
Final judging in the Rathbones Summer Exhibition will take place on 7 July and the winning entries will be displayed to the public in the landmark Port of Liverpool Building from 8 - 18 July. Over 170 entries were received for the Exhibition and will be judged by a panel of high profile figures in the Liverpool arts and business scene.
The exhibition will be open to the public from 11am – 3pm on weekdays 8 – 18 July; there will be no charge for admission. Visitors will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite exhibit to win the ‘People’s Choice Award’.
Rathbones launched the Summer Exhibition in support of the 2008 Capital of Culture celebrations in Liverpool to showcase the creativity of Liverpool’s schools. Exhibits have been submitted by pupils from a range of local secondary schools representing a range of artistic mediums from the written word and painting, to textiles, sound, film and computer graphics.
The judging panel have been unanimous in their praise for the quality of the entries form. Loyd Grossman commented on the standard of the work as being of “very high quality”, while Mike McCartney enthused that the exhibition was a “fascinating, different assortment of ideas from art to sculpture, to dance to ......kids cake!”. Margi Clark added that “the standard of the students’ work is fantastic and more than tells the 'gem stories' of Liverpool's culture”.
Judging panel: Wirral’s Cultural Ambassador Mike McCartney, Loyd Grossman, Judy Thomas of Liverpool Biennial, actress Margi Clark, international singer Jennifer John, winner of television’s Project Catwalk, Kirsty Doyle, and Andy Pomfret, Chief Executive of Rathbone Brothers Plc (Rathbones) have recently judged the exhibits and the overall winner will receive a cash prize of £500. There will also be two theme winners and prizes for those entries which were highly commended, as well as a people’s choice award. A number of prizes have kindly been donated by Casio, Practika and Mlode.
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For further information contact:
www.summerexhibition.rathbones.com
| Andrew Morris | Rathbones Brothers Plc | 0151 236 6666 |
| Belinda Barnes | Rathbone Brothers Plc | 020 7399 0271 |
| Helen Latham | Project Manager | 0151 625 9994 |
Notes for editors:
Early in 2007 Rathbone Brothers Plc (Rathbones) announced its
intention to contribute £120,000 to local Merseyside schools
via the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust. The four schools to
benefit are Croxteth Community Comprehensive, St Benedict’s
College, King David’s High and The Bluecoat School. As well
as providing financial support a number of individuals within
Rathbones’ Liverpool office have been appointed to the Board
of Governors, or Governing Body Sub-committees of these schools.
Strong relationships are being built and specific initiatives have
been implemented on an individual basis to cater to each
school’s particular needs. Several inter-school activities
and competitions have also taken place in order to foster better
links between each of the schools.
Rathbones offers high quality personalised investment and wealth management services to private investors and trustees. It has historic roots in Liverpool and employs over 300 people in The Port of Liverpool Building which is on The Pier Head – a World Heritage site in Liverpool. Rathbones manages over £13 billion of funds, including nearly £2 billion managed by Rathbone Unit Trust Management. Rathbone Brothers Plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange, is a FTSE 250 company and has a market capitalisation of around £450 million. All figures as at 31 December 2007. www.rathbones.com
Notes for editors – Specialist Schools and
Academies Trust
There are currently over 2,600 specialist schools and 46 open
academies, 85% of all maintained schools in England. They are
specialising in teaching the arts, business & enterprise,
engineering, the humanities, languages, mathematics &
computing, music, science, sports, vocational subjects, and
technology. The Government’s aim is that by 2010 all schools
will be specialist or academies.
The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust is the lead body for the specialist schools and academies programmes and supports networks of schools focussed on raising attainment and education innovation. The Trust seeks to give more young people access to a good secondary education by facilitating the sharing of best practise in schools. It operates on the principle of ‘by schools for schools’ and is at the heart of a growing affiliated network of over 3,000 schools including primary, secondary, specialist schools, academies and international schools.
It works to give practical support to the transformation of secondary education in England by building and enabling a world-class network of innovative, high performing secondary schools in partnership with business and the wider community. The Trust represents possibly the largest network of its kind in the world and is an independent, not-for-profit organisation funded through a combination of fees and charges, business sponsorship and government grant.