What Is Face Britain?
The submission date has now passed - please note we are no longer able to accept self portraits
The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts believe that everyone should have the opportunity to be inspired by the arts from an early age. With this in mind, Children & the Arts created Face Britain, a groundbreaking collaborative national art project to inspire and engage young people across the UK./
From 14 September 2011 until the end of March 2012, Children & the Arts invites every child and young person aged 4-16 years to create a self portrait in any style they wish and upload it to the Face Britain online gallery brought to life by PhotoBox. The project is not a competition and is open to all young people regardless of circumstance or level of artistic skill.
Children & the Arts is keen to give teachers inspiring resources to use across the curriculum. We are working with a range of organisations including OCR, The National Portrait Gallery and The National Archives in providing links to online teaching resources and images for inspiration. We have also teamed up with BBC World Class 2012 in producing a Face Britain Assembly Pack for both primary and secondary schools. Resources will be added to the site throughout the project and will be available for teachers of pupils of all ages for years to come.
Face Britain has been developed in the spirit of celebration during the lead up to HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012. Face Britain has been developed by The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts and has the active support of HRH The Prince of Wales.
Photographs above: Dave at Iniva Gallery
