Saatchi Gallery Now Accepting Entries for Saatchi Gallery/Deutsche Bank Art Prize for Schools

October 2015 The Saatchi Gallery is delighted to announce that this year's Saatchi Gallery/Deutsche Bank Art Prize for Schools is now open and accepting entries. The deadline for submissions is 21 December 2015, via the Saatchi Gallery's website http://www.saatchigallery.com/portfolio/

The Saatchi Gallery/Deutsche Bank Art Prize for Schools is unique in its scope and accessibility, and is one of the largest international competitions open to primary, secondary and sixth form schools from around the world. Schools are invited to submit artwork by students between the ages of 4-18 years.

The Saatchi Gallery has a 30-year-long history of supporting emerging artists and bringing contemporary art to as wide an audience as possible. The Saatchi Gallery/ Deutsche Bank Art Prize for Schools aims to support and encourage budding young artists by providing them with a platform to showcase their work, and giving them the confidence to continue studying art and to consider a creative career.

Deutsche Bank's support of the Prize is part of its Born to Be youth engagement programme. Born to Be aims to break the cycle of youth unemployment through early intervention and is dedicated to helping the next generation fulfil their potential by raising aspirations, developing skills and providing access to opportunities.

The support of Deutsche Bank has enabled the Saatchi Gallery to offer tailored artist-led workshops to pupils from schools where the need is greatest. The workshops increase pupils' understanding of fine art processes and provide the opportunity to work with specialist art materials, helping pupils to explore and realise their creative potential. This year we are pleased to announce the introduction of artist-led Continued Professional Development (CPD) workshops for art teachers from these schools. The workshops aim to support art teachers who are working with limited resources by providing space, time, solutions and ideas to approaching art making, and ultimately serve to open up the Schools Prize to students from all educational backgrounds.

'The Saatchi Gallery/ Deutsche Bank Art Prize for Schools brings together the Bank's passion for art with our commitment to enabling young people to fulfil their potential through our Born to Be programme. We are delighted to be supporting the prize and artist-led student workshops again in 2016 alongside the addition of CPD workshops for art teachers to encourage further creative learning across schools.' Lareena Hilton, Global Head of Brand Communications & CSR.

Prizes:

A high profile exhibition of the top 20 shortlisted art works at the Saatchi Gallery in February

Overall winner: £10,000 to winning school, £2,000 to winning pupil

Secondary school winner (ages 11-18): £5,000 to school, £1,000 to pupil

Primary school winner (ages 4-11): £5,000 to school, £1,000 to pupil

An overall winner will be chosen from the two age category winners, meaning that one school has the opportunity to collect £15,000 towards their art department. One successful student will receive £3,000 to be spent on art and computer equipment.

The prize money provides art departments with the ability to install state of the art computer and printing equipment and provide high quality art materials which allow pupils to explore, develop and realise their creative potential.

Schools can enter their pupils' work online via the Saatchi Gallery's website http://www.saatchigallery.com/portfolio/

Saatchi Gallery

The Saatchi Gallery was founded in 1985 by Charles Saatchi to provide a platform to bringcontemporary art to as wide an audience as possible and make it accessible. Over the lastfive years the Saatchi Gallery has hosted 17 out of the top 20 most visited exhibitions in
London, according to The Art Newspaper's survey of international museum attendance, andis also ranked amongst the world's top five most liked museums on Facebook and Twitter byMuseum Analytics. Entry to all exhibitions at the Saatchi Gallery is free

The Prize is part of the Saatchi Gallery's education programme which is committed to introducing contemporary art to younger audiences. More than 10,000 school groups have visited the Saatchi Gallery since it opened in Chelsea in October 2008.

The Saatchi Gallery / Deutsche Bank Art Prize for Schools is open to primary, secondaryand sixth form schools from around the world who are invited to submit art work by studentsup to the age of 18. Over 20,000 entries from 33 countries were submitted in 2015. Among the 20 shortlisted works were entries from Indonesia and Canada, as well as the UK.

The judging panel is made up of world renowned artists, gallery directors and critics. Notable previous judges include Sir Peter Blake, Antony Gormley, Marc Quinn,YinkaShonibare and Bob and Roberta Smith.

Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank provides commercial and investment banking, retail banking, transaction banking and asset and wealth management products and services to corporations, governments, institutional investors, small and medium-sized businesses, and private individuals. Deutsche Bank is Germany's leading bank, with a strong position in Europe and a significant presence in the Americas and Asia Pacific.

The Bank's global youth engagement programme, Born to Be, reached over 1.2m young people through 130 projects worldwide in 2014. In the UK, where youth unemployment affects nearly 1 million, Born to Be focuses on addressing this issue; enabling the next generation to develop the aspirations and skills they need to succeed. Born to Be supported 55,000 young people in the UK in 2014 alone.

The Saatchi Gallery/ Deutsche Bank Art Prize for Schools is an excellent example of how the arts can support education and vital life skills, providing young people with the creativity and confidence they need to become who they were born to be.

To find out more about Born to Be please visit: www.db.com/uk/borntobe