Pearl club creativity contest 2022
PEAL CLUB CREATIVITY CONTEST 2022
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Theme: Building and Sustaining human relationships: Strengthening familial bonds
“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” Mother Theresa
BACKGROUND
Family time is an essential factor that helps to create strong bonds, love, connections, and relationship among the family members. Spending quality time with family does help in coping with challenges, instilling a feeling of security, inculcating family values and filling kids with confidence.
Unfortunately, we have subconsciously given to habits that diminish connection and loosen strong bonds in the family. We could attribute this to technology and how fast the world is evolving. However, a better approach will be to keep up, while using these tools and other means to strengthen these bonds for “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” –Michael J. Fox
Every family member has a role to play in the way of being of a family, including the children. Children can contribute as much to the dynamics of the family as all other members, especially when properly inspired to do so or if helped to see the need. This will in turn help to create a healthy society since as Pope John XXIII puts it… “The family is the first essential cell of human society” and therefore a significant determinant of the outcome of the society. The home is the first school of a child, where virtues needed in later life are learned and practiced.
In the words of Confucius- “The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.”
AIM
In organizing this competition, our aim is to foster in participants a strong sense of family, the desire to be better members of their own nucleus and to imbibe values which nourish this bond through the literature made available to them in the course of the competition and other activities organized by the centre in the course of the year. These tasks will also charge them to apply critical thinking and problem solving skills while honing their creative writing abilities.
In view of this, participants will be expected to reflect on the theme and how they contribute to the dynamics of their immediate families. The following questions could aid their reflection and provide insights:
Can they be counted on by their parents to support their families to the best of their abilities
Beyond the performance of tasks and chores, what are my roles in my family
Everyone has inherent gifts which they contribute to their environment. What are theirs and how do they help them take care of their family
How do children carrying out their responsibilities in the home judiciously including the seemingly minor tasks help to improve familial bonding
Are they able to identify certain family traditions or practices which may be absent or neglected in their families and proffer solutions which they can carry out themselves to improve them
Topic
A. Writing
Participants entering the writing category are expected to come prepared to write an essay or a short story that reflects the theme. Topic to be given on that day
B. Visual Art
Participants entering the art category are expected to produce a work of art that depicts the theme.
Levels
1. Junior: between the ages of 11 – 13
2. Senior: between the ages of 14 - 16
Mode of submission
Writing category
- All write ups will be hand written and submitted on the same day; Saturday, April 23, 2022, at Uzommiri Study Centre, 11A Igboeze street, Enugu.
Art category:
- Participants are expected to produce their art work before April 23, 2022
- Submissions could be painting, sculpture, drawing or crafts. Ensure that it reflects the theme. Paintings and drawing should be framed.
- They will present their art work to a panel of judges on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at Uzommiri Study Centre, 11A Igboeze street, Enugu.
Entry Requirement
- Participants should be girls in secondary schools.
- They should have read and reflected on the theme and suggested literature.
- Registration Fee: N2,000
- Writing will be done at a physical location: Uzommiri Study Centre, 11A Igboeze street, Independence layout, Enugu from 10:00am on Saturday, April 23, 2021
- Art works to be done at home and submitted.
Winners to be announced on May 7, 2022
Follow this link to register: https://bit.ly/creativitycontest2022
MEET OUR JUDGES
WRITING:
JENNIFER DUNKWU
Jennifer is a Doctor of Applied communication. She studied English & Literature in University of Benin and Communication & Language Arts in University of Ibadan. She currently works as a research consultant at NBEC.
MARY JOY OROLA
Joy has a BA in English language and a PGD from Nigerian institute of journalism. She is the Editor of Thin Walls Media, has a radio programme and has edited a number of books.
NICODEMUS ONAH
ART:
ANN ONYAOLA OGIDI
Ann is a graduate of Architecture at the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus. She is a contemporary artist whose forte is customized cards and pencil portraits as well as pastel (coloured chalk) designs.
She also has a flair for turning waste in to art.
NNEDINSO CYNTHIA OGENYI
Nnedinso is a sculptor. She studied Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
She has participated at the Life in my City Arts Festival held annually in Enugu. She is presently a freelance artist in Enugu
Chiamaka Dikenta
Chiamaka is an artist and an art enthusiast. She as participated in several Life in my City Art Festival and has been teaching Creative and Cultural and Arts for some years now.
AWARDS AND PRICES
Lots of amazing prizes to be won
Suggested literature: Follow this link get books
Potter’s wheel by Chukwuemeka Ike
Little women by Louisa May Alcott
Contact information and enquiries
Pearl club- 09085418026 Amarachi- 08141722408 Yienor- 09033325756
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