Art Competition to celebrate 60 years of Lord of the Rings

The Return of the King was first published on October 20, 1955 and has become a real treasure of English Literature of the XX century. The Lord of the Rings has been translated into over 50 languages and estimates put sales at over 150 million copies worldwide. And now it’s 60 years of Lord of the Rings.

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the publication of The Return of the King by J.R.R.Tolkien OpenHand OpenSpace and Battle Library are working together to bring you free art workshops.

The free art workshops are for all ages and will be led by Kate Lockhart on:

October 3, from 2pm to 4pm

As part of OpenHand OpenSpace’s The Big Draw event, create and explore the imaginary world of Tolkien books. You can also explore the architecture of a Hobbit’s house by helping to build one.

OpenHand OpenSpace (OHOS) provides artist’s studios and gallery space for current art exhibitions at The Keep in Reading.

October 6, from 5pm to 6:30pm

Join OHOS artist Kate Lockhart at Battle Library to make mixed media artwork of fantasy inspired by The Lord of the Rings.

There are 3 categories:

12 and Under: Fantasy Art Competition – use your imagination to draw, paint and collage – fantastic beasts, mythical creatures or fantastical places! To fit an A4 page.

13 – 18yrs: Art inspired by Lord of the Rings. We would like you to depict characters, places and scenes from Lord of the Rings. Any medium – drawing, painting, textiles, mixed media. Must be no more than A3 size.

Adults (19 and over): As above.

Winning entries will be displayed at Battle Library for 4 weeks.

All entries must be handed in to Battle Library by Saturday 17th October at 4pm. Let’s celebrate 60 years of Lord of the Rings!