BOORT District School Year 6 student Connor McNally has been awarded the top prize in this year’s Loddon Healthy Minds Network art show.
Connor’s sculpture crafted with cogs was titled Balancing Life, one of two themes for students entering the section for middle school years.
His interpretation was called Life in balance – Keep your life balanced like my person in my art
Hannah Coughlin, a Year 10 art student at Wedderburn College, won the her schools upper secondary section while the Boort school prize was awarded to Year 9 student Grace Karuvelil Binu with Chaise Hird runner-up.
Year 10’s Alina Gould was awarded the prize for Pyramid Hill College with second prize given to Rian Pantig
School winners in the middle school section - Inglewood: Skyla Noonan, runner-up Ruby Lawson. St Mary’s: Olivia Morrison Tarnagulla: Samuel Buckingham runner-up Vivian Read Boort: Henry Thomas Hawken runner-up Cleo Velleley. Wedderburn: William Canham runner-up Chelsie Tansley Pyramid Hill: Xanthe Farrar runner-up Alice Roberts.
The open section was won by Anne Maree Hansen.
Network chairman and Loddon Mayor Dan Straub said: “This competition gives participants a positive and creative way to share messages about mental health and wellbeing.
“It’s inspiring to see the thought and passion behind the artworks.” he said.