{"id":2470,"date":"2017-04-03T13:50:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T13:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/?p=2470"},"modified":"2017-04-03T14:41:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T14:41:24","slug":"smfa-fine-art-student-wins-medway-watersports-trust-mural-design-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/2017\/04\/03\/smfa-fine-art-student-wins-medway-watersports-trust-mural-design-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"SMFA Fine Art student wins Medway Watersports Trust Mural Design Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2471\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/04\/Sharmaine-Tracey-Crouch-MP-1-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2471 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/04\/Sharmaine-Tracey-Crouch-MP-1-002-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/04\/Sharmaine-Tracey-Crouch-MP-1-002-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/04\/Sharmaine-Tracey-Crouch-MP-1-002-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/04\/Sharmaine-Tracey-Crouch-MP-1-002-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sharmaine Kwan (left) with Sport and Cultural Minister Tracey Crouch MP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After submitting two entries to the <em>Mural Design Competitio<\/em>n organised by the Medway Watersports Trust (The Strand) 3<sup>rd<\/sup> year Fine Art student <strong><em>Sharmaine Kwan<\/em><\/strong> was delighted that both of her designs were selected to be painted on the car park wall. To see the two time-lapse videos of the work, go to:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sharmainekwan.wixsite.com\/kwan\/design\">http:\/\/sharmainekwan.wixsite.com\/kwan\/design<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/04\/Mural1a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2472\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/04\/Mural1a-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/04\/Mural1a-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/04\/Mural1a-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/04\/Mural1a-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Geoff Waters, Trustee Operations, Medway Watersports Trust commented: <em>\u201cSharmaine Kwan has designed and painted two high quality murals for the development of Medway Watersports Centre at the Strand Leisure Park in Gillingham, establishing from the outset a high standard for future artists to aspire. It is with much pride that I write to emphasize the impact Sharmaine\u2019s contribution has had on the improved environment for the centre and its adjacent carpark, which will be officially celebrated and formally \u2018opened\u2019 by the Sport and Cultural Minister Tracey Crouch MP on Saturday 1 April.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/04\/Mural2a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2473\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/04\/Mural2a-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/04\/Mural2a-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/04\/Mural2a-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/04\/Mural2a-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The unveiling event, to which the press and VIPs were invited, took place at Medway Cruising Club, Approach Road, The Strand, Gillingham, Kent ME7 1ET and will also include watersports, climbing, orienteering, archery, and a family BBQ.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/04\/mural3a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2476\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/04\/mural3a-1024x511.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/04\/mural3a-1024x511.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/04\/mural3a-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/04\/mural3a-768x383.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more info: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medwaywatersports.co.uk\">www.medwaywatersports.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; After submitting two entries to the Mural Design Competition organised by the Medway Watersports Trust (The Strand) 3rd year Fine Art student Sharmaine Kwan was delighted that both of her designs were selected to be painted on the car park wall. To see the two time-lapse videos of the work, go to:\u00a0http:\/\/sharmainekwan.wixsite.com\/kwan\/design &nbsp; &nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/2017\/04\/03\/smfa-fine-art-student-wins-medway-watersports-trust-mural-design-competition\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SMFA Fine Art student wins Medway Watersports Trust Mural Design Competition<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22922,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24626,124],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22922"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2470"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2484,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470\/revisions\/2484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}