Young Kennel Club Artist of the Year

YKC Artist Of The Year
We are inviting all members to showcase their talents, imagination, and creativity to create artwork in this year’s Young Kennel Club Artist of the Year competition. With the theme of ‘recycled art’, this year’s competition will focus on waste and the environment. The closing date for entries will be Friday 22 April 2022, and you could be in with a chance to win some great prizes!

Thank you to last year’s winner Lilias Hoare Nairne who chose the theme for 2022.
The theme

The theme for your artwork should be based on "recycled art".

  • The benefits to recycled art include extending the life of materials which are otherwise difficult, expensive or impossible to recycle
  • Creating worthwhile and interesting pieces of art from material that is just thrown away
  • Recycled art has the power to inspire action - artwork, sculptures and installations made from waste materials which are damaging to the environment, such as plastic, can also help to highlight the problem and open conversations to bring about change
  • Materials used can be varied from plastic, cans, magazines, cardboard and newspaper
The brief
With this theme, the dog/s should be the main subject of your artwork. Remember that your artwork needs to be made out of recycled, materials. You can either create something out of recycled materials to do with dogs, or showing how dogs can benefit from a clean and tidy environment.
Extra information

A member may submit one piece of artwork only that best reflects the theme. The artwork submitted must be by the person entering.

Please include in your email:

  • Your full name
  • Age
  • Title of image
  • What inspired you
  • You will need to take a clear picture of your recycled artwork and email the image to this email

Remember: the closing date for your entry is 22  April 2022

Judging criteria

Entries will be judged on how well the theme has been incorporated, as well as how creative you have been in using your recycled material.

The judges will look at three key areas: impact of the theme, incorporating dog/s and creativity of the artwork.

What you could win

Age categories: open to all members aged 6-24 years.

The winners of 1st, 2nd and 3rd will receive the following prizes:  

The theme for this art contest is ‘recycled art’ and artwork is to be submitted using recycled materials of your choice to create a piece of artwork to do with dogs. Artwork needs to be either made out of recycled material or incorporate recycled material in some way.

1st place

  • £80 prize money

  • A year’s free Young Kennel Club membership

  • Arts and crafts bundle

2nd place

  • £50 prize money

  • Arts and crafts bundle 

3rd place

  • £30 prize money

  • Arts and crafts bundle

Frequently asked questions

When does the competition open?

The competition is open now

Who can enter the competition?

All Young Kennel Club members aged 6-24 years

Does it cost money to enter or a fee to register?

No, it’s free to all Young Kennel Club members

I entered last year, can I enter again?

Yes, if you took part last year you can enter the competition again

When does the competition close?

Friday 22 April 2022