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Little Darlings Youth Portrait Prize 2024

Launched at the National Portrait Gallery in 2022, the Little Darlings Youth Portrait Prize is a competition for primary and secondary students, with four separate age categories across Kindergarten to Year 12.

More information on Little Darlings Youth Portrait Prize 2024

Selected images

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My Lovely Sister, 2023 Claire Yu
My Lovely Sister, 2023 Claire Yu
A Trip to Mayfield Garden, 2022 Angie Xu
A Trip to Mayfield Garden, 2022 Angie Xu
My Mummy, 2023 Finn Schwarz
My Mummy, 2023 Finn Schwarz
The Pasta Girl, 2023 Sophie Tsai
The Pasta Girl, 2023 Sophie Tsai
Bacon Sizzle, 2023 Marlowe E. Haskas
Bacon Sizzle, 2023 Marlowe E. Haskas
My Emotions, 2023 Ayden Wahab
My Emotions, 2023 Ayden Wahab
Teen Blooming, 2023 Emme Gleeson
Teen Blooming, 2023 Emme Gleeson
My daddy has dementia, he rests a lot, 2023 Anna Macak
My daddy has dementia, he rests a lot, 2023 Anna Macak
My Sister's Braids for School, 2023 Ida Welch
My Sister's Braids for School, 2023 Ida Welch
Theodora and Daphne, 2023 Calypso Efkarpidis
Theodora and Daphne, 2023 Calypso Efkarpidis
A Painting for my 13 Year Old Self, 2023 Ting Jiang
A Painting for my 13 Year Old Self, 2023 Ting Jiang
Morphed, 2023 Charlotte Kohinga
Morphed, 2023 Charlotte Kohinga
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Twelve portraits of finalists for the Little Darlings Youth Portrait Prize 2023
Twelve portraits of finalists for the Little Darlings Youth Portrait Prize 2023
Twelve portraits of finalists for the Little Darlings Youth Portrait Prize 2023
Twelve portraits of finalists for the Little Darlings Youth Portrait Prize 2023

Little Darlings Youth Portrait Prize 2023

Previous exhibition, 2023

Little Darlings is for primary and secondary students, with four separate categories across Kindergarten to Year 12. Responding to the theme ‘Me and my place’, students painted, drew, photographed, printed or combined all of these to make their portrait.
A Painting for my 13 Year Old Self, 2023 Ting Jiang
A Painting for my 13 Year Old Self, 2023 Ting Jiang
A Painting for my 13 Year Old Self, 2023 Ting Jiang
A Painting for my 13 Year Old Self, 2023 Ting Jiang

My Awesome Australian

Visual Arts & Civics and Citizenship (upper primary)

2:00pm, Thu 8 May

To celebrate 50 years of the Order of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery invites school students nationwide to create portraits of outstanding community members.
Bacon Sizzle, 2023 Marlowe E. Haskas
Bacon Sizzle, 2023 Marlowe E. Haskas
Bacon Sizzle, 2023 Marlowe E. Haskas
Bacon Sizzle, 2023 Marlowe E. Haskas

My Awesome Australian

Visual Arts & Civics and Citizenship (lower primary)

9:15am, Thu 8 May

To celebrate 50 years of the Order of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery invites school students nationwide to create portraits of outstanding community members.
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