BT and Tate Modern announce new 'FOCUS ON ART' Award

Which Art award is worth more money than the prestigious Turner Prize and will help a number of young artists develop their ICT skills?

BT, in partnership with Tate Modern, is offering a fantastic £25,000 Schools Award this term to a project which takes an innovative approach to using ICT to teach Art. As well as monetary support, BT will offer an artist or educator to work with the winners of the Art award to help define the outline of the project and to guide pupils in their work.

This award brings together two of BT's key sponsorship areas, Education and the Arts for the first time. BT sponsors the Tate Modern Collection displays and Tate Online ( www.tate.org.uk ).

The closing date for applications for this and other Schools Awards is February 8, 2002. All schools throughout the UK are eligible and there are two £25,000 awards and 10 awards of £5,000 available each term. Schools interested in entering the awards should log on to the website at www.bt.com/education for more information and to apply.

Richard Hamer, programme co-ordinator, said: "BT is proud to be associated with the Tate and delighted to be able to offer this exceptional award for schools. Promoting the use of ICT in Art is a step towards the future and will no doubt help to encourage both creative and technology skill development"

The BT Schools Awards are part of the BT Education Programme, which invests more than £8 million a year into education in the UK.

January 20th, 2002