[PHOTOS] Check Out These Gorgeous Artwork By Local Secondary School Students
These students won over RM830,000 worth of scholarships and cash prizes for their artwork.
By Timothy Tuan — 01 Aug 2023, 02:22 PM
After three years of virtual competitions, The One Academy (TOA)'s annual Malaysia Top 10 Outstanding Young Artists Awards (MT10) returned as a physical event this year
MT10 is the largest art competition in Malaysia, and this year marks its 26th edition. It kickstarted in May this year, with secondary school students aged 14 to 18 from 11 cities across Selangor, Penang, Perak, Johor, Sabah, and Sarawak as participants.
The final leg of the competition took place over three days (22, 23, and 29 July) at TOA's main campus in Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya.
Continuing its tradition of collaborating with Disney Pixar, the theme for this year's MT10 was based on the movie Elemental
This year's competition highlighted the importance of embracing and celebrating diversity, encouraging participants to express their creativity on the beauty of differences using traditional art mediums, such as watercolour, colour pencils, gouache, oil pastel, acrylic paints, pencil sketch, and ink.
Over RM830,000 worth of scholarships and cash prizes were given away this year
In fact, this year's competition gave away 40% more in scholarship prizes and saw more participants and winners.
Here's a look at the awards and prizes:
Top 10 Outstanding Young Artists Awards
1 x Gold Award winner: RM90,000 worth of TOA scholarship and RM3,000 cash prize
1 x Silver Award winner: RM70,000 worth of TOA scholarship and RM2,000 cash prize
1 x Bronze Award winner: RM50,000 worth of TOA scholarship and RM1,000 cash prize
7 x Young Artists Award winners: RM30,000 worth of TOA scholarship and RM500 cash prize each
74 Best Participants
30 x Encouragement Prize winners: RM8,000 worth of TOA scholarship each
44 x Jury's Special Selection winners: RM5,000 worth of TOA scholarship each
1. Gold Award winner — Choong Jia Xuan from Chung Hua High School Seremban
2. Silver Award winner — Kok Qin Wah from SMJK Ave Maria Convent, Perak
3. Bronze Award winner — Chan Xhin Yuan from St Joseph's International School Kuching, Sarawak
4. Young Artist Award winner — Gun Wei Hui from Sekolah Seni Malaysia Johor
5. Young Artist Award winner — Ooi Yun Xuan from SMK Tinggi Bukit Mertajam
6. Young Artist Award Winner — Vivian Looi Min Yi from Prince of Wales Island International School Penang
7. Young Artist Award winner — Pang Khe Qin from Tzu Chi International School Kuala Lumpur
8. Young Artist Award winner — Chua Ven Nie from Sri KDU International School, Selangor
9. Young Artist Award winner — Rachel Chew Tong En from Foon Yew High School, Johor
10. Young Artist Award winner — Phileas Goh Koon Leon from MITstem International School, Selangor
Since its inception, MT10 has awarded more than RM19.2 million in scholarships and cash prizes to deserving young artists
MT10 aims to motivate students and inspire them to unleash their artistic side. It also hopes to further develop the country's creative scene by encouraging younger talents to realise the increasing demand for creative ideas and application of arts.
The One Academy is committed to providing the best art education programmes and continues to nurture its students passionately through its "Masters Train Masters" coaching philosophy
This philosophy has been practised for over 30 years in diploma and degree courses, such as:
- Advertising & Graphic Design
- Digital Animation
- Digital Media Design
- Film Visual Effects
- Interior Architecture & Design
- Illustration
- Fine Arts
- Paris Fashion Design & Pattern Making
- Computer Science & Game Design
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