Anna Ward has been selected as the winner of the Norfolk Contemporary Arts Society (NCAS), with the judges commending her use of fabrics, threads and weaving.

%image(14535085, type="article-full", alt="2020 Norfolk Contemporary Arts Society Award. Eleanor Marshman was highly commended by the judges. Here is her piece "Affordance". Picture: Eleanor Marshman")

Grace Farman, Dan Randall, Eleanor Marshman and Sammy Tapp were highly commended by the judges.

The Norfolk Contemporary Arts Society, founded in 1956, is a charitable organisation for contemporary arts in Norfolk. Each year they work with Norwich University of the Arts to award a BA (Hons) Fine Art graduate a £500 prize, selected from the Graduate Showcase.

Vice-Chancellor of Norwich University of the Arts (NUA), Professor John Last, said: “The Norfolk Contemporary Arts Society’s support for NUA, our students and graduates — and the support it represents from established local artists — is all the more valuable this year where connection and a sense of creative community feels more important than ever.

“I know our fine art graduates really appreciate the endorsement of their creative output as they embark on their careers.”

%image(14535088, type="article-full", alt="2020 Norfolk Contemporary Arts Society Award. Eleanor Marshman was highly commended by the judges. Here is her piece "Aura". Picture: Eleanor Marshman")

%image(14535093, type="article-full", alt="2020 Norfolk Contemporary Arts Society Award. Grace Farman was highly commended by the judges. Here is her piece "Senescence". Picture: Grace Farman")

%image(14535094, type="article-full", alt="2020 Norfolk Contemporary Arts Society Award. Grace Farman was highly commended by the judges. Picture: Grace Farman")

%image(14535095, type="article-full", alt="Anna Ward was selected at the winner of the 2020 Norfolk Contemporary Arts Society Award. Here is her piece "Woven Ground". Picture: Anna Ward")

%image(14535096, type="article-full", alt="Anna Ward was selected at the winner of the 2020 Norfolk Contemporary Arts Society Award. Here is her piece "Contingent Threads". Picture: Anna Ward")

%image(14535101, type="article-full", alt="2020 Norfolk Contemporary Arts Society Award. Sammy Tapp was highly commended by the judges. Here is her piece "Maybe we care about each other too much". Picture: Sammy Trapp")

%image(14535103, type="article-full", alt="2020 Norfolk Contemporary Arts Society Award. Sammy Tapp was highly commended by the judges. Here is her piece "Spring dreams". Picture: Sammy Trapp")