Caught Between Water by Ha Hai Trieu Le, Creativity Award winner 2025
ART INSPIRED is an annual series of virtual reality online exhibitions of exemplary creations created by our Inspired School’s arts students aged 14–16 for their certificates and qualifications. This is a celebration of student achievement and a way to connect communities through the visual arts.
Complete your details via the Entry Form by 12 noon (GMT) on Friday 15th May 2026. Please submit quality images that are of good resolution and shows the entire image without cropping or distortion. If you are submitting work on behalf of a student, please ensure you have their full permission. By submitting work via this form, each student agrees to our terms and conditions:
Entries are being assessed by our panel of judges and selected entries, alongside prize winners, will be shown and announced in our online virtual reality exhibition.
Joanna Middleburgh
Head of Art
King's InterHigh
Fiona Henderson
Head of Admin
King's InterHigh
Catriona Olsen
Executive Headteacher
King's InterHigh
Hugh Hurley
CEO
Inspired Online Schools
Diane Quinn
Programme and Partnerships Manager
NSEAD
Guest Judge
Michael Rushton
Co-Director
NUBU
Guest Judge
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Inspired Award | Awarded to a student who has shown outstanding arts leadership across media. |
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STE(A)M Award | Awarded to a student who shows ingenuity, inventiveness and elements of STEM in their creative work. |
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Creativity Award | Awarded for showing exceptional creativity. |
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Design and Digital Art Award | Awarded to the student who shows strong abilities in design and digital mediums. |
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3D Works Award | Awarded to the student who shows unusual use of three-dimensional traditional mediums. |
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Lens-based Media Award | Awarded to the student who shows ability in digital and analogue photographic mediums. |
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Painting Award | Awarded to the student who displays extraordinary skill using painting mediums. |
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Mixed Media Award | Awarded to the student who explores mixed media in a unique way. |
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Custodians of the Earth Award | Awarded to a student whose artistic practice demonstrates a deep commitment to environmental awareness and sustainability. The winner will receive the unique opportunity to undertake work experience at Bangor University in Wales, UK—either in-person or virtually—gaining invaluable insight into how art and environmental stewardship can combine to shape a better future. |
Student creations can be any material—for example painting, sculpture, lens-based media, installation, performance, film, animation, drawing, among others—or a combination of these. Students need to photograph physical creations for submission. There is no theme. All submissions must have been completed when you were 14–16 years old at your Inspired School in academic years 2024–2026. Artwork submitted that is currently or that is due to be under assessment for exams cannot be accepted.
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Student full name, age and which Inspired school you attend. |
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Each creation's title(s), medium, and size in cm. |
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Students can submit one to three digital images/media of up to three separate creations. |
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Students submit a short video of themselves talking about their body of work, what influenced them, and how they created their work – no longer than 3 minutes. |
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All images and media should be a good resolution and below 4 MB. |
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Accepted formats — JPG, PNG, PDF, MP4, MP3, PSD, AI, EPS and SVG. |
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Artist Statement or a short description on submitted work as a body of work or individually. |