Sixth edition of Landmark Group's 'Art Olympiad' competition launched with unprecedented participation from 20 schools

This year the competition will take place simultaneously in all 20 participating schools with Landmark Group representatives present at every school to supervise the event. Themes will be provided to the students of age categories (09-11 years) and (12-14 years). All drawings will be collected by the representatives and a total of the best 30 drawings in each category will be shortlisted by a judge's panel comprising of well renowned Kuwaiti artists Mr. Asad Bunashi and Mrs. Maha Al Mansoor. Students will be judged on the basis of Creativity, Workmanship, Overall impression and Relevance to the theme.

A total 60 drawings will be put up online on the Landmark Group Facebook page for public to vote. The final selection for Winners will be based on 50% votes and 50% judges views. The winners together with all the participating schools will be invited for the prize awarding ceremony which will take place around the third week of Feb. 2013.

Mr. Saibal Basu, Chief Operating Officer of Landmark Group, Kuwait said, "Art Olympiad" encourages young artists to create a positive impact through art. The first five editions of "Art Olympiad" were a huge success receiving an outstanding response year after year. The positive and enthusiastic feedback we have received from schools and students as well as the growing number of participants are a clear indication of the successful engagement the Landmark Group has with the community."

Some of the participating schools for this year's Olympiad are: British School of Kuwait, Canadian Bilingual School, Carmel School, Fahaheel Al Watanieh Indian Private School Ahmadi, Indian Community School Khaitan, Indian Educational School Jleeb, Indian English Academy School- Don Bosco, Indian Learners Own Academy, Kuwait American School Salmiya, Kuwait National English School, Lycee Francais Du Koweit, Salmiya Indian Model School, The English School Salmiya etc.

It is worth mentioning that Landmark Group conducts various CSR initiatives including the most recent 'Beat Diabetes' initiative which was held in November 2012.