BOC ‘Little Picasso’ Art Exhibition on 12-13 October at BMICH

• Showcasing young artistic talent in Sri Lanka

 Bringing forth the talent of budding artists, the Bank of Ceylon organised the ‘Little Picasso’ art competition for the second successful year in line with BOC’s 79th anniversary. This year too, the competition was organised jointly with the Ministry of Education.

The Art Exhibition is to be held at Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH)’s Mihilaka Auditorium today and tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The award ceremony for the winning children too will take place today from 2 p.m. at the Nugasevana Auditorium in same venue with the patronage of the bank’s Chairman President’s Counsel Ronald C. Perera and CEO/General Manager Senarath Bandara. 

Members of the corporate and the executive management of BOC together with other officials will also participate in this event. The exhibition will be open to the public, for anyone interested in admiring the artistic talents of these budding artists from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. on both days.

“This year too, the bank received an overwhelming number of drawings from around the country. The bank received over 200,000 drawings as a response to the invitation, through the branch network. The Art Competition was conducted under six categories based on age. All were given the freedom to draw under any topic they like. From each category 1st, 2nd and 3rd National winners and 10 National merit winners were selected based on their creativity and presentation by professional judges appointed by the Ministry of Education,” stated Deputy General Manager Sales and Channel Management C. Amarasinghe. Apart from the National winners, three main Provincial winners and 10 merit winners were selected from each category by professional judges appointed by relevant Provincial/Zonal Department of Education. 

National 1st will receive Rs. 100,000, a Gold medal and a certificate, 2nd place will receive Rs. 75,000, a Silver medal and a certificate and the National 3rd place will receive Rs. 50,000, a Bronze medal and a certificate. Schools of these National place winners will receive Rs. 25,000, Rs. 15,000 and Rs. 10,000 respectively for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. At the provincial level 1st, 2nd and 3rd winners will receive Rs. 25,000, Rs. 15,000 and Rs. 10,000 respectively and each province merit award winner will receive Rs. 2,500 along with a certificate. The school of the provincial 1st place winner will get Rs. 12,500. If such an award-winning school maintains a ‘BOC School Sansada’ the cash reward for the school will be enhanced by another Rs. 10,000.

In line with the award ceremony of the ‘Little Picasso’ art competition, the Bank of Ceylon will reward National 1st,   2nd and 3rd place winners of the 2018 Grade 5 Scholarships examination with cash prizes worth Rs. 150,000 to the 1st place achiever, Rs. 100,000 to the 2nd place student and Rs. 75,000 to the 3rd place student.