More than thirty entries were received for the 2024 calendar year, and 18 finalists were invited to have their works shown at an exclusive exhibition hosted by the esteemed Leicester Gallery at De Montfort University, Leicester.

  1. Evelyn Lopez Fernandez, Fine Art, Loughborough University
  2. Kaye Axon, Fine Art, De Montfort University
  3. Teresa Budworth, Fine Art, Loughborough University
  4. Sophia Chapman, Fine Art, Loughborough University
  5. Jermaine Johnson, Fine Art, De Montfort University
  6. Jaimes Burne, Photography, De Montfort University
  7. Fay Sheppard, Fine Art, Loughborough University
  8. Molly Rossiter, Fine Art, Loughborough University
  9. Helen Robinson, Foundation (Design), Loughborough University
  10. Chloe Hicks, Design Crafts, De Montfort University
  11. Tom Hudson, Fine Art, Loughborough University
  12. Penny Tetlow, Fine Art, Loughborough University
  13. Coral Shaw Jackson, Fine Art, Loughborough University
  14. Alivia Hoy, Fine Art, Loughborough University
  15. Sally Scott, Design Crafts, De Montfort University
  16. Aimee Mitchell, Fine Art, Loughborough University
  17. Ellie Spencer, Fine Art, De Montfort University
  18. Natasha Adams, Fine Art, Loughborough University

LSA Student Award

Awarded to a student studying an Art or Design subject on a foundation, undergraduate or postgraduate degree course at a college or university in Leicestershire and Rutland.  Selection is through an open submission process.  

LSA Members sponsored the cash prizes for the 2024/25 Award.  LSA are indebted to the Leicester Gallery for the staging of the finalist's exhibition and to De Montfort University who sponsored the VIP Preview Event and Awards Ceremony.  

The LSA Council met LSA President Diane E. Hall on Monday, 20th January, in the Atrium Gallery following installation of the exhibition to form a judging panel to select the award winners.

Meet the Finalists

Film-maker Nik Trzcinowicz captures the excitement in this short documentary filmed at the Atrium Gallery on Installation day when LSA Members were in attendance to support the student finalists in exhibiting their entries:

Award Winner (£500 Cash Prize)

Teresa Budworth 
BA Fine Art, Loughborough University (2024)

This student's large-scale charcoal drawings convey a cinematic-like experience of empty urban spaces. Impressing the judges with  "Hopperesque quality and evolving dialogues."

 Teresa Budworth | Junction (charcoal)

Teresa Budworth | 15 minutes to exit, charcoal

 

Runner Up (£100 Cash Prize)

Jaimes Burne
Undergraduate (Year 3), BA Photography, De Montfort University

The judges were impressed by this finalist's "Innovative approach to photography, demonstrating an intersection between art and science and sensitive use of juxtaposed imagery."


 

 

Jaimes Burne | Pas de Deux (Anaglyph), Photograph 
 Jaimes Burne | Arabesque (Anaglyph), Photograph 
 
Runner Up (Cash Prize £100)
Molly Rossiter
BA Fine Art (2024), Loughborough University
 
The judges commended this student's "contemporary use of goldwork embroidery techniques using copper wire in digital imagery of the lake district.  Rossiter has created powerful reminders of how human interventions such as mining help shape or wild landscapes."
 

 Molly Rossiter | 54°42’02.8″N 3°05’04.3″W
Molly Rossiter | 54°42’02.8″N 3°05’04.3″W (Detail)
 
Molly Rossiter | 54°42’02.8″N 3°05’04.3″W (Detail)
 
Chair's Prize (Cash Prize £100)
Chloe Hicks
BA Design Crafts (2024), De Montfort University
 
A supplementary prize awarded by the LSA Chair, Deborah Bird, in recognition of conversations on Climate Change.  "This student has used fascinating experimental processes which mimic the effects of coral bleaching and serve to encourage dialogues about effects of global warming on oceanic ecosystems"  says Deborah Bird
 

 Chloe Hicks | Coral Decay

  Chloe Hicks | Coral Decay (Detail)