UAA Presentation Evening Booklet 2016 (web)

Mouth and Foot Painting
Artists’ Trust Fund
Unique Art Awards
2016

The Mouth Foot Painting Artists Trust Fund
The Mouth Foot Painting Artists Trust Fund for the Training of Handicapped Children in the Arts was established
in 1989 by the British Members of the international self-help co-operative, the Mouth & Foot Painting
Artists. The aim of the Trust is to provide financial assistance for individuals and organisations to further the
development of physically disabled children (up to the age of 21) in all artistic disciplines.
WHAT DO WE DO AS A TRUST?
Since its formation in 1989 the Trustees of the Trust Fund have helped various organisations and individuals.
They provide financial help with art and music workshops, music lessons and award grants to help purchase art,
craft and photography specialised equipment to enable young people to access the arts.Since March 2011 the
Trust Fund has awarded over £250,000 to organisations and individuals working with young disabled children.
UNIQUE ART AWARDS 2016
April 2016 saw the conception of a new project called ‘The Unique Art Awards’. It was conceived to
promote the arts to disabled children and young disabled adults.
The Unique Art Awards was launched at the National Rotary Conference in Bournemouth in April by
the Trusts three Trustees.
The competition is for all disabled children and young people who are interested in the arts. Split into
two age categories seven to fifteen and sixteen to twenty one years of age.
The 2016 Art categories were 2D Artwork, Sculpture, Photography, Music and Poetry.
The Trust Fund sent out in the post 1200 letters and posters to special schools, colleges, clubs and
societies throughout the UK. The Unique Art Awards web site was conceived and launched to gain
interest in the Awards and to keep participants informed with the Awards process.
300 entries were judged on the 9th August and the youngsters were informed on the 10th that their
artwork has been selected as a finalist.
On 17th October the Unique Art Awards 2016 were held at The Copthorne Tara Hotel in Kensington,
London. One hundred and twenty people attended the event. Finalists, their families, art teachers and
sponsors all enjoyed a drinks reception, three course meal and the Award presentations.
All but three of the finalists attended the awards celebrations. The three Finalists that could not attend
were represented by their teachers.
The 2016 Unique Art Awards was a fantastic start to this new and innovative project. The Trustees have
decided that it will run again next year, so keep an eye on our web site and Facebook page!

A message from Tom Yendell
Chairman of Trustees
The Mouth and Foot Painting Artists’ Trust Fund
For The Training of Handicapped Children In The Arts
I have been a professional Mouth and Foot Painter for the last thirty years. I was
born without arms and hands due to my Mother being prescribed the drug
Thalidomide. I have always seen myself as physically able, I just use my feet, mouth
and chin to do the everyday things that able-bodied people do with their hands.
Over the years I have been pigeon holed, being called a Thalidomide victim,
armless and disabled. It is the word “disabled” that I find totally inappropriate and
inaccurate. It is a very negative word, with words beginning with the prefix “dis’”
connoting negativity, dismember, dissatisfy and disaster for instance. I have always
wanted to try to find a new word that would describe my abilities.
Last year the Mouth and Foot Painting Artists were fortunate to have an exhibition of their artwork at the
Bristol Hot Air Balloon Fiesta. A number of our artists were showing their artwork and also demonstrating
their Mouth and Foot Painting Techniques. In such circumstances when there are children present I
always have a pile of postcards that are blank on their backs. When a young child comes over to watch me
drawing with my feet I ask his name, writing it in bubble writing on the postcard, I draw a small picture
alongside his name and then give it to him. A young boy came over to see what I was drawing; I asked
his name, “Adam” he said. He was ten years old. Watched by Adam and his parents I wrote his name and
drew a cartoon of him. I then gave the finished design to him. He took it, turned, walked a few paces and
stopped. He stood for a few seconds looking at his postcard then turned back to me and said ‘Thank you
so much for my picture I love your uniqueness’. I love the idea that I am unique. I am unique both in my
physicality and my art.
So this is where the idea of The Unique Art Awards came from.
Don’t forget to spread the word about the Unique Art Awards 2017
Please look at our web site! www.uniqueartawards.uk

“Louie Llewellyn has made the most
progress in his creativity.”
SANDRA HAMPTON - Teacher
“Thank you so much for organising this event, I had a
wonderful time. It was one of the best experiences I
have had in my life. I would like to thank all the people
who helped me produce my piece of art, this includes
all last year’s, year 6, at Medstead primary school,
Basingstoke Guides and my family.” GEORGIE ELLIS

“Sasha Alexander’s strength and determination
thrive through creativity.”
SANDRA HAMPTON - Teacher
“We had an amazing night on Monday. Jordan
and I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Credit to
you and the organisation. “
VICKY BELL

Abbie Lloyd
“Thank you, for a brilliant night!”
BEN DIXON & HELEN O’KEEFE

“ I wish you could have heard Christopher’s mother
talking to me in the car . . . she was stunned and
exhilarated and soooo proud.”
sArah

Charlie Crick from Treloars School receiving his Bronze
Award from Melanie Gerlis Editor at The Art Newspaper
Connor Couzens gained a Silver Award for his Photography
Cailean Tadden, Gold Award in Photography.

“Thanks for the lovely picture of Dougie receiving his certificate and voucher. We all had a fantastic evening
and it was lovely seeing a diversity of talent from many young people with different disabilities.”
HELEN HAYIBOR - Art Teacher
Chloe Wilks
2D Artwork - Silver
“Thank you so much for an amazing first Unique Art
Awards presentation Ceremony. I have seen Katie Byrne
gain in confidence as a very special young artist.”
SANDRA HAMPTON - Teacher

Elijah Kamara receiving his award from
Cavan Syrad UAA Judge
“You have no idea how happy I was when
he received notification that he was
selected for the finalist place prize. It was
such a surprise for him and for us as a
school (Oaklands School Leicester) when
he received the 3rd place Bronze Award in
the child music competition.”
I. C. Manole
Julia and Jack
Receiving the Silver Award
for Music.
Gold Award winner for Music.
Katrina Wilson

Mathew Goode
Bronze Music Award winner.
“It was brilliant, such a special event for us, I am
so proud of Matthew and all the other young
people. Thank you Tom to you and the team.
You have truly supported how unique the
children and young people are in their talents.”
KATRIONA GOODE - Mathew’s Mum
Izzy Colville
“I had a lovely chat to Izzy, the music award
gold prize winner, who is still a patient at Great
Ormond Street. She explained that she wrote the
lyrics for her winning song whilst in hospital.”
ISOBEL MANNING – Head of Arts at Great Ormond Street
Children’s Hospital
Adel Wilson
Receiving her Silver Award
for Music from Cavan Syrad.

UNIQUE ART AWARDS 2017
Win up to £1,000 for Yourself + £3,000 for your Art Department
An Art Competition for disabled children between the ages of 7 and 21
www.uniqueartawards.uk
Funded by the Mouth and Foot Painting Artists’ Trust Fund. Charity number 328151

The subject for all categories is MY WORLD
There are 2 age groups in each category. CHILD 7-15 & YOUTH 16 - 21
• Child / Youth Painter - to produce an image no larger than A2.
• Child / Youth Photographer - to produce an image no larger than A2.
• Child / Youth 3D Sculptor - please send /email photographs for the first round of judging.
• Child / Youth DIGITAL ART - design a digital piece on a computer or tablet.
• Child / Youth MUSICIAN - to produce a 2 minute original musical piece recorded and sent on CD.
Each category will be judged by a panel of professional artists who have a knowledge of each subject.
These will include representatives of the MFPA Trust Fund and Rotary International.
Rules Of Entry
1. ALL entrants for the competition must have a DISABILITY of some kind.
2. A person may only submit one entry in each category. All entries must be on the theme of MY
WORLD and other themes will be excluded from the competition by the head judge.
3. Each entrant will need to fill out the application form for the category he or she would like to enter,
downloaded from our website.
4. Parents / Guardian or School Teacher MUST sign the Application Form.
5. All entrants must download, complete and email back an entry form with ALL Sections filled in. The
emailed COMPLETED FORM and the IMAGE Jpeg must BOTH have the Entrants NAME for reference.
6. Entry forms and jpg images should be emailed to: entry@uniqueartawards.uk
Any entries emailed without the entrants name will not be included in the competition.
7. Submissions must be received between 20th January and June 20th 2017.
Arts teacher in special education award
We would also like to recognise the work done by teachers in the arts in special education and would like
to offer an award to highlight excellence in this field which includes Art, Drama and Music. We would
ask Schools and Colleges to enter this category by sending a written paper outlining why the nominated
Teacher deserves the Award and how he or she goes ‘above and beyond’ their normal teaching duties.
No more than 1500 words please. It would be great if you can include statements from students.
This must also be emailed to - entry@uniqueartawards.uk
prizes
There will be three finalists from each age group in each of the five categories -
Bronze (3rd) Silver (2nd) and Gold (1st).
Each finalist will receive a certificate and a £50 Great Art Voucher, or category related equivalent.
The prizes for the top three winners overall are:
3rd Place - £250 in vouchers and £1,000 for their school.
2nd Place - £500 in vouchers and £2,000 for their school.
1st Place - £1,000 in vouchers and £3,000 for their school.
Art Teacher Award - £2,000 vouchers, or equivalent for other department winners.
All finalists will be invited to a presentation ceremony in October 2017 where the top three overall
winners will receive their prizes.
The Mouth & Foot
Painting Artists’ Trust Fund
Mr Tom Yendell
88 London Road
Holybourne
Hampshire GU34 4EL
Contact information
Further info: info@uniqueartawards.uk
Website: www.uniqueartawards.uk
Telephone: 01420 887550
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Logan Steel
Receiving the Silver Award for Poetry
from Louise Rose, Marketing Executive
at Great Art.
“I am still glowing with pride at
Flynn’s achievement and I’m so
grateful to you all for such an
amazing event.”
JULIE JOHNSON - Flyn’s Mum
“What a fantastic event!! Sorcha and I
had an amazing time, great food and
lovely company. Thank you so much
for organising such a fabulous night. In
Sorcha’s words it was - like Hollywood! ”
MARIE COLLINS
Music Teacher, Stepping Stones School

Christopher Edeh
Overall Gold Award
“We are still buzzing and the school
is ever so proud of Chris.”
BARRY WEIR - Art Teacher
“And an overall gold, an overall gold,
my son Christopher . . . I’m so proud.”
christopher’s mum
Izzy Colville
Overall Bronze Winner.
“It is thanks to you with your dedication and
commitment that events like the Unique
Arts Award happen. Stepping Stones looks
forward to the next event and wishes you
every success in your future plans.”
MARIE COLLINS
Music Teacher, Stepping Stones School
Katie Byrne
Being presented her Overall Silver
Award by Tom Yendell.
“The event was wonderful, purposeful
and meaningful to all the Students
and Teachers.”
SANDRA HAMPTON - Teacher

Flat Spaces Holiday for Six
Glynis Watts Director and Rob Trent,
Trustee for Flat Spaces Foundation
present Frankie Freeman from Broadfield
Specialist School with the award.
Happy Days Theatre
Ryan Sinclair from Happy Days
Childrens Charity makes an award
to Gemma Ellis, Art Teacher and
Colin Zealey from Treloar College &
School.
Isobel Manning Head of Art at Great
Ormond Street Children’s Hospital is
presented with a cheque for the art
room at GOSH.
Great Ormond Street Hospital has
looked after a number of the Mouth
and Foot Painting Artists over the years,
one of our finalists this year is currently
a patient there.

Special Arts Teacher Award
Kathryn Hitchings from St Joseph’s
Special School Cranleigh receives her
award from Tom Yendell.
“I wish I could bottle the whooping
delight of the students on my table
when they heard their names called.”
Kathryn
Bradley Possamai
Receiving the Silver Award for Sculpture.
Presented by Mr Steve Chambers from the
Mouth and Foot Painting Artists Trust.
“We had a wonderful time and we’re so proud
of our son Bradley achieving a silver award for
his sculpture. It was a night to remember for
us as a family and we are so proud of our son’s
achievements.”
DAWN POSSAMAI – Mother of Bradley

For me the evening has been a celebration of extraordinary
Art produced by extraordinary people who in turn had been
supported by dedicated and inspiring others.
JERRY JANES – Master of Ceremonies
We were very pleased to be a part
of these ground breaking awards.
But to be present for the prize
giving event was wonderful as it
allowed us to see the delighted
faces of these inspirational young
artists as they received recognition
for their hard work.
Louise Rose
Marketing Executive, Great Art

Receiving the teacher’s prize means so much - it’s not only
about the creative strides made possible for the learners with
the money. The recognition the award brings means that I
have an ear and a voice in order to further promote creative
practice-both from Senior Leaders in my school and beyond.
I’ve already met with Denise Topolski, a national leader of
NADFAS Young Arts, who wishes to collaborate for new ideas
within their charity.
Kathryn Hitchings
The Awards evening was a triumph, and the Mouth
and Foot Painters’ Trust Fund must be congratulated
in bringing recognition to these talented youngsters.
We look forward to supporting the UAA again in 2017.
GLYNIS WATTS – Director of Flat Spaces Foundation

It was a very touching moment to see all these
young talented children being presented with
their awards and standing in the middle of the
attention. I really think they felt very important
at that moment, their courage and lust of life
has experienced a upwind.
MARIO FAMLONGA
Director, Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists
It was a great treasure to join the Mouth and Foot Painting Artists
Trust Fund’s Unique Artist Award in London for unique disabled
children! I was touched to see the children’s happiness when they
received the prize and to look at the proud parents!
It was a very special evening and I was honoured to be a part of it.
An Lund Wahlberg - Mouth Painter, Denmark

‘The Unique Art Awards’ provided an innovative platform for uniquely
talented young artists. This novel, national art competition and the
work it generated, drew great adulation from all of the art experts
on the final judging panel and the large audience that attended the
event at a Central London hotel.
Described as the ‘The Oscars for Unique Art’ we believe the success of
this special awards ceremony, the first of its kind, will prove to be the
catalyst for the event to be repeated annually, for many years to come.
The Mouth and Foot Painting Artists Publishing House

The Unique Art Award Winners 2016
Child 2D ARTWORK - BRONZE Dougie Read
2D ARTWORK - SILVER
Chloe Wilks
2D ARTWORK - GOLD Katie Bryne
Youth 2D ARTWORK - BRONZE ezra Mbogo
2D ARTWORK - SILVER
sasha Alexander
2D ARTWORK - GOLD Christopher Edeh
Child 3D SCULPTURE - BRONZE Louie Llewellyn
3D SCULPTURE - SILVER
dylan Cleary
3D SCULPTURE - GOLD
georgie Ellis
Youth 3D SCULPTURE - BRONZE Jordan Bell
3D SCULPTURE - SILVER
Bradley Possamai
3D SCULPTURE - GOLD
Joshua Hodgkison
Child PHOTOGRAPHY - BRONZE William Hodges
PHOTOGRAPHY - SILVER
Abbie Lloyd
PHOTOGRAPHY - GOLD
Ben Dixon
Youth PHOTOGRAPHY - BRONZE Charlie Crick
PHOTOGRAPHY - SILVER
Connor Couzens
PHOTOGRAPHY - GOLD
Cailean Tadden
Child MUSIC - BRONZE elijah Kamara
MUSIC - SILVER
Julia and Jack
MUSIC - GOLD
Karina Wilson
Youth MUSIC - BRONZE Mathew Goode
MUSIC - SILVER
Adel Wilson
MUSIC - GOLD
izzy Colville
Child POETRY - SILVER Logan Steel
POETRY - GOLD
Flynn Johnson
Youth POETRY - SILVER sorcha Galvin
POETRY - GOLD
John Foley
oVERALL GOLD
Christpher Edeh
oVERALL SILVER
Katie Bryne
oVERALL BRONZE izzy Colville .
GREAT ORMOND STREET
FLAT SPACES HOLIDAY
HAPPY DAYS THEATre
SPECIAL ARTS TEACher
Isobel Manning - Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital
Frankie Freeman from Broadfield Specialist School
gemma Ellis, Colin Zealey - Treloar College & School
Kathryn Hitchings - St Joseph’s Special School Cranleigh

The children who entered to the 2016 Unique Art Awards
had a range of disabilities including -
Learning Difficulties, Visual Impairment, Autism. Paralysis, Cerebral Palsy, Delayed
Speech and Language Development, Social, Emotional & Mental Health, Deafness,
Duchenne MD, Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Congenital Heart Disease, Attention
Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, Epilepsy, Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, Brain Tumour,
Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties, Tourettes Syndrome, Global Development
Delay and a significant number suffer from combinations of the these.
Unique Art Awards thank the following people for their contribution to this
landmark award.
Keith Jansz - Unique Art Award Judge
Steve Chambers - Unique Art Award Judge
Tom Yendell - Unique Art Award Judge
Cavan Syrad - Unique Art Award Judge
Jill Goffe - Unique Art Award Judge
Julie Moss - Unique Art Award Judge
Mouth and Foot Painting Artists UK Publishers
Glynis Watts - Secretarial Work
Russell Jakubowski - Graphic Design
Catherine Cook - www.uniqueartawards.uk website
Jerry Janes - Master of Ceremonies
Dave Trigg - Sound
Holly & Jess - Meeters and greeters
Jerry Cullum & Students - Treloar Print
We would like to thank the following for supporting us
and recognising the talents and abilities of these Unique Artists.
TRUSTEES
Mr Tom Yendell
Mr Keith Jansz
Mr Steve Chambers
MOUTH AND FOOT PAINTING ARTISTS TRUST FUND
CHARITY COMMISSION NUMBER 328151
www.uniqueartawards.uk
TRUST ADDRESS
88 London Road
Holybourne
HAMPSHIRE
GU34 4EL

UNIQUE ART AWARDS 2017
Win up to £1,000 for Yourself + £3,000 for your Art Department
An Art Competition for disabled children between the ages of 7 and 21
www.uniqueartawards.uk
Funded by the Mouth and Foot Painting Artists’ Trust Fund. Charity number 328151