Gracie Quinney’s idea of a peaceful town is a place where people show kindness, hope and love to others and her artwork to portray her view has earned her a prize in an international competition.
The theme for the annual Mayors for Peace Children’s Art Competition in 2023 was Peaceful Towns.
This round the competition received 4,766 applications from children living in the 115 participating towns and cities in 19 countries.
It’s the third year Gracie has entered artwork in the competition, each time reaching the finals, but this time she was placed third with two other young artists in the 11 to 15-year-old category.
The 11-year-old Wakefield artist spent a month on her artwork which is a self-portrait of herself, sitting in her garden, thinking about everyone being part of one big world.
But Gracie’s talents don’t end in her artistic endeavours.
At the Scitec Student Science Expo prizegiving late last year, she received the prize for the Sustainability Award sponsored by us here at Tasman District Council, for her project, “Solar: Blazing a path to a brighter future.”