Awards evening at Castle Fine Art honours a dozen artists

adrian.peel@iliffemedia.co.uk

Published: 18:00, 15 November 2019

An awards evening for a new art competition for the city took place last weekend.

Seen with some of the prize-winning entries in the Cambridge Invitational Art Contest and Exhibition now showing at Castle Fine Art in the Grand Arcade are, from left, Stacy Bodkin, gallery manager, with contest organiser Justin Leone. Picture: Keith Heppell

On Sunday, November 10, the Cambridge Invitational Art Contest and Exhibition held the event at Castle Fine Art in the Grand Arcade, in the presence of the mayor of Cambridge, Cllr Gerri Bird, who selected the ‘Mayor’s Choice Award’.

Awards and prizes were given to the 12 finalists.

Contest organiser Justin Leone said: “The ceremony was a wonderful evening.

“Hosted by myself and Stacy Bodkin from Castle Fine Art, the awards for the inaugural contest were presented by the mayor of Cambridge, along with representatives from our sponsors.”

An exhibition of the winning works is now on display to the public at Castle Fine Art until this Sunday (November 17).

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