RUNNING at artSPACE durban until August 8 is the IEB Matric Art Exhibition and Competition.Over the last couple of years the gallery at 3 Millar Road, Durban, has been approached to highlight artworks produced by pupils at private schools in KwaZulu-Natal and how they do not receive the recognition they deserve.

artSPACE durban held its first IEB Matric Art Exhibition and Competition in September 2014. This year the exhibition is reapted.

Each school is asked to select a maximum of three to five works (depending on space available) of this year’s matric art student body to compete for three prizes, determined by a panel of independent judges selected from Durban galleries and Durban University of Technology’s fine art department.

First prize is R1,000, second prize is R750, third prize is R500 and there are three merit prizes of R250 each. These will be awarded on Sunday, August 8.

The participating schools are: Clifton College, Durban Girls’ College, Epworth, Hilton College, Marist Stella, Michaelhouse, Our Lady of Fatima, St. Anne’s Diocesan College, St. Henry’s Marist College, St. Marys’ DSG, Thomas More College, Treverton College.

The gallery is open from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm, and on Saturdays from 9 am to 2 pm. Inquiries: 031 312 0793.