Haruna Peace Unumli and Iluyoka Tope have emerged as the overall winners of the 2024 PositiveNaija Art Gallery Creative Exhibition and Competition.
Ms. Haruna Peace Unumli (Peace Art) won the live drawing category while Mrs. Iluyoka Tope (Tonguespet Cakes and Events, Abuja) won the cake design category.
The 2024 PositiveNaija Art Gallery Creative Exhibition aimed at revealing unique display of artistic skills in cake design and art drawing.
The event was held between November 22-23, 2024 in Karu, Abuja at the PositiveNaija Art Gallery and Gift Shop and Leads Preparatory Hall (LPH) – The British School.
Cake Design
The cake design aspect entailed the bakers or participants baking and designing a cake of their desired size or design aligned with the theme of “Truth”.
Mrs. Iluyoka Tope with a ‘Happy Birthday’ cake design and the only participant present out of three registered participants, received the grand cash prize of ₦25,000 sponsored by NanaBytez Cakes and Edibles, Asaba.
Cake description:
- 8 inches cake
- 2 layers
- Vanilla and chocolate cake
- Red and blue coloured cake
The judges involved which were Toju Micheal Ogbe, Lucy Onah and Gift Okanibe gave a total score of 74.6 (over 100) based on the design (48/60), taste (19.3/30) and presentation (7.3/10).
live drawing
The two hours live drawing category themed “Alive” entailed that the artists having no knowledge of what they were to be drawing were finally tasked to draw their faces or portraits being happy without any reference to anything including mirrors, pictures of themselves or their phones. They were allowed to touch their faces, noses, mouths, eyes, etc.
The ten (10) surprised yet lively and joy-filled participants with their art canvas and pencils including four (4) children produced master pieces of themselves in what they considered having not done before.
The event started about 10:30 am with an introductory awareness talk on breast cancer by Mrs. Sweetness Chinasa Ndoma, the CEO of Models Against Cancer Foundation.
The drawings were judged by Mr. Cliff Izuchukwu Agba of Cliff Agba Art Studio.
Ms. Haruna Peace Unumli working on a 12 inches by 15 inches produced a very bright smile of herself in her hoodie, receiving the grand cash prize of ₦25,000 sponsored by Models Against Cancer Foundation.
Mr. Joseph Adirije emerged second place winner, receiving a cash prize of ₦15,000 sponsored by Models Against Cancer Foundation.
Mr. Mohammed Nurudeen Quadri emerged third place winner, receiving a cash prize of ₦15,000 sponsored by Models Against Cancer Foundation.
Mr. Toju Micheal Ogbe announced his interest in the work of Mr. Kuranga Elisha Ayodeji and purchased it for ₦7,000.
Other participants included: Ari Jacobs, Ziva Jacobs, Abdul Quadiri Ogirima, Ani Ugo, Michael Bonseni Abutu, and Osagie Jahswill; and they were given souvenir gifts at the PositiveNaija Art Gallery.
Mrs. Sweetness Chinasa Ndoma appreciated the participating children with cash.
Every participant in this exhibition receives a certificate, and also, an online visibility for the work of participants as we will on our platform, publish individual profiles of every participant (as an artist or baker bio/statement). This publication will be available/searchable on perplexity.ai, Google, Bing, Yahoo, our Facebook page, Twitter page, etc.
For the school (KellaPraise Int’l School, Lugbe) in which we had students participating in the live drawing event, PositiveNaija proposed to the school, a termly PositiveNaija Academic Prize Sponsorship for the best students in JSS 3 in the subjects of History; National Values; Culture and Creative Art. Leads Preparatory Hall (LPH) – The British School, who also had students participating is already part of the PositiveNaija Academic Prize Network.
According to Mr. Toju Micheal Ogbe, the founder of the PositiveNaija Art Gallery:
“We thank God Almighty for grace on the realization and success of this inaugural creative art exhibition by the PositiveNaija Art Gallery.
The participants (10 out of 23 who registered) have been wonderful. I thank everyone of them for their time, courage, effort, brilliance, positive mentality and trust. For the live drawing, I had observed how artists pay a lot of attention to giving beauty to others – sometimes under immense pressure but how much do they give of the same to themselves? So, this was an opportunity for artists to appreciate themselves, pay attention to themselves and celebrate themselves by undertaking the task of drawing their happy faces/portraits. And the results, were just magical. I believe strongly that every participant who participated in this exhibition has achieved a master status and have birthed an experience and skill of a lifetime.
I am very happy that everyone had a wonderful joyful experience.
The exhibition was something I really wanted to do to celebrate creative/talented people around us. Glad with the response we received with the participation as well as the very high quality of works done by everyone especially the children.
Congratulations to Ms. Haruna Peace Unumli (who by the way, came from Kaduna state) and Mrs. Iluyoka Tope.
Many thanks to the incredible sponsors for their kind contributions who believed in this project from the first instance they knew/heard about it – Cliff Agba Art Studio; Leads Preparatory Hall (LPH) Leadership and Mentorship Program; NanaBytez Cakes & Edibles; Models Against Cancer Foundation; Art by UNO. I also express gratitude to my family, advisers and support system which include Elijah Ezaga (Director at PositiveNaija), Ruth Ede Ugbeda, Emmanuel Onah, Lucy Onah, Vivian Ogbu, Gift Okanibe, Pastor John C. Amadi, Maxwell Pewat, and many others.
We look forward to more remarkable editions in the future and further improvement in every aspect. Thank you.”
Media
- Pictures and videos: Google Drive
- Call for participation: 2024 PositiveNaija Art Gallery Creative Exhibition
Sponsors
The 2024 PositiveNaija Art Gallery Creative Exhibition is sponsored by:
- Cliff Agba Art Studio: advisory and judging
- NanaBytez Cakes & Edibles: sponsor of the cash prize (25,000 Naira) for the overall winner of the cake design event
- Leads Preparatory Hall (LPH – The British School) Leadership and Mentorship Program: Event location
- Models Against Cancer Foundation: sponsor of the cash prizes (50,000 Naira) for the top three winners of the live drawing event
- Art By UNO: photography and videography
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