The Scottish Fisheries Museum invited all children in Fife aged 3 - 14 to take part in its annual Art Competition!

The theme of this year’s competition was Hidden Heritage: On Your Doorstep, which was inspired by our Spring temporary exhibition Buckhaven’s Hidden Harbour curated by P6 Pupils at Mountfleurie Primary School in Leven.

The Museum Curatorial Team supported the pupils to curate the exhibition about the history of Buckhaven Harbour. The exhibition was the pupil’s own words, the stories they found interesting, and their choice of objects. The exhibition title was ‘Buckhaven’s Hidden Harbour’ because this local landmark no longer exists. Anyone who looks around the area today would see little evidence that a fishing fleet of 198 boats used to moor there.

The Arts Society Fife generously sponsored this year’s School Art Competition. For this year’s Art Competition, pupils were invited to explore the hidden heritage of their doorstep and create artwork inspired by the history of their local area. An exhibition of the school artwork, Hidden History: On Your Doorstep, will be on display in the Merchant’s Room of our WAVES Café until 28th June 2024.

This year we were impressed with the artworks created by the pupils and everyone’s creativity interpretations of the theme. After some deliberation by the judging panel, which included Pat Clarke from The Arts Society Fife and Eileen Montador Museum Volunteer, we finally decided on this year’s winners, which you can find below!

Entries were judged based on their artistry and how well their artwork complimented the competition’s theme. An overall 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize were awarded, as well as a Highly Commended prize for each age group. 1st Prize Mieke Strydom (Kinghorn Primary School) 2nd Prize Edie Livingston (Limekilns Primary School) 3rd Prize Carter Glen (Levenmouth Academy)

Highly Commended: Logan Zydonck (Newport Primary School) - Category B, Sorely Marshall (Crail Primary School) - Category C

Highly Commended: Rebecca King (Ceres Primary School) - Category D, Jessica Putka (Levenmouth Academy) - Category E

Highly Commended: Miya Thompson (Levenmouth Academy) - Category F, Flora Mitchell (Crail Primary School) - Judges Choice

The winners were awarded their prizes at the annual Fisherlass and Fisherlad ceremony, which took place on Saturday 31st May. The winners’ artworks along with other selected entries will be on display in the Merchant’s Room of the WAVES Café until the 28th June 2025.

Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who entered this year’s competition!

If you have any questions about the exhibition, want to know more about our school activities or want to join our School Mariling List, please contact the museum’s Learning and Engagement Officer on 01333 310628 or by email at julia@scotfishmuseum.org.