Mullingar students compete for Texaco Children’s Art Competition

Young artists who submitted entries to this year’s Texaco Children’s Art Competition are currently having their works evaluated during the judging process.

Adjudicator, Eoin Butler, is examining the works, including two entries received from Mullingar this year – ‘Hidden in plain sight’ by a pupil from St Finian’s College (left) and ‘The late night sunset’ by a pupil from St Mary’s National School.

Winners in the seven age categories, including one exclusively for artworks by young artists with special needs, will be announced in mid-April.

Now celebrating its 70th year, the Texaco Children’s Art Competition is the longest-running art sponsorship in Ireland. First held in 1955, it is hosted by Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited – the company that markets fuel in Ireland under the Texaco brand.