The First Cut Competition and the winners are...
The First Cut Competition
Manchester Art Gallery launched a competition for pupils and students from key stage 2 to undergraduate level to offer them an opportunity to create their own artwork inspired by The First Cut from readily available paper materials. There were over three hundred entries and the successful winning entries and runners up are on display in the gallery from Thursday 29 November 2012 -27 January 2013. These artworks will then join the collection of competition sponsor, DAC Beachcroft LLP and will be displayed in their offices at Spinningfields, Manchester.
Director of Manchester City Galleries Dr. Maria Balshaw, DAC Beachcroft Associate Harold Loeffler, Co-founder and Creative Director of Roger la Borde Jenni Barnett and artist Nicola Dale were on the judging panel. The successful entries from each age category, 7-11, 12-17 and 18 and over, have their work displayed at the gallery, including a winning undergraduate student who will have their work realised as a greetings card by stationer Roger La Borde.
Click here for more information about each object
7-11 years:
Winner: 
Georgia Armour
11 years old
Terra Nova School, Cheshire
Runner up: 
Benny Froggett
8 years old
Beaver Road Primary School, Manchester
12 – 17 Years:
We had so many works entries in this category that we have two winners
Winner:
Chloe Esegbona
13 years old
Sandbach High School
Winner: 
Alina Ignatjeva
17 years old
The Manchester College
Runner up 12-17 
Olivia Hamblyn
13 years old
The Kings School, Macclesfield
18 and over
Winner: 
Mary Ashcroft
18 years old
Manchester Metropolitan University
Runner up:
Anâm Sharif
18 years old
The Manchester College
Winner Roger la Borde card category:
Qianqian Li
23 years old
The University of Salford
