Over 3,000 entries from around the country were received for this year's competition. Of the finalists selevted to represent Ireland in the global competition, three of them reached the top 20 worldwide.
A panel of three judges, Diana Bunici, RTE; Oliver Whelan, lecturer in Fine Art at NCAD, and a representative from Toyota Ireland will select three finalists in each age category (under 10 years, 10-12 years and 13-15 years) as the national winners. These winners will be announced in March 2013 and be invited to a special awards ceremony.
Entrants should draw or paint their vision of a 'Dream Car' using standard art materials (digital submissions won't be accepted). All entries must be in colour and include a car and a back ground or setting on an A3 size paper.
All submissions can be entered by dropping art work into an Authorised Toyota Dealership or sending it to Toyota Ireland, Killeen Road, Dublin 12, clearly marking it 'Toyota Dream Car Art Contest'. The submission must be accompanied by an entry form which can be downloaded from www.toyota.ie. The contest will be open until 28 February 2013.
The nine Irish winners' works will go on to compete against international winners for Gold, Silver and Bronze in a global competition with a grand prize of a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Japan.
Pictured at the launch of the contest was TV presenter and competition judge, Diana Bunici, who was on hand yesterday at the Radisson Blu St Helen's to help Kayla O'Toole (5) and Matthew Lawless (6) kick-start their competition entries.
