Caterham’s Bid to Win ARTiculation Prize2024

Caterham School’s bid to win the prestigious, national ARTiculation competition 2024 was hard fought for this week by Leah P (Lower Sixth), who had been previously selected by a panel of school judges to represent the school at the regional semi-final in Folkestone on Thursday 22 February. The Caterham internal heat was a highly engaging event held in November and was initially entered by 25 Lower Sixth Form pupils with six shortlisted to present their talks.
The competition requires each contestant to talk for 10 minutes about an artwork of their choosing and celebrates contextual understanding, personal opinion and oracy skills. Leah spoke eloquently and without hesitation on Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s Sari designed to be worn at the 2023 Met Gala by Natasha Poonwalla. Leah drew on her own cultural heritage to provide context for the impactful design as well as outline present day societal freedoms and expectations for women to dress in a certain way. The competition was stiff and Leah missed out being placed in the top three out of 10 presenters however the ‘prize’ is the same for all students gaining membership to the Articulation Alumni which opens up opportunities and connections in the Art exhibiting and curating world.