Judging and prizes

Judging Process

Finalists

100 finalists will be chosen, 25 for each age group.

Prize:

Doodle 4 Google certificate

Winners

20 winners will be chosen across the age groups.

Prizes:

Printed copy of the doodle for their school
Doodles to be displayed on the Doodle 4 Google website for public vote

Age group winners

The public will be asked to vote online for their favourite doodle from each age group, to help select the four age group winners.

Prizes:

Interactive white board for the school
A laptop for the winner

1 National winner

Dennis Hwang, Google’s Webmaster, will pick the overall national winner out of the four age group winners.

Prizes:

The winning doodle will be hosted on Google New Zealand’s homepage at www.google.co.nz for 24 hours
$10,000 worth of technology equipment for their school in addition to the interactive white board that they receive as a national age group winner

Judging criteria

A judging panel will evaluate the entries based on the following criteria:

Artistic merit - based on age, drawing skills and use of colour.
Creativity - based on the representation of the My Wish for New Zealand theme and use of the Google logo.
Communication - how well the designer's concept of the theme is expressed.
Supporting statement - how well they explained their perception of their wish for New Zealand.

Judges

Christa Napier Robertson - Schools Programme Coordinator, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Christa Napier Robertson has been the Schools Programme Coordinator at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki for three years. Previous to that she was a primary school teacher. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Elam, University of Auckland; a Bachelor of Arts in Art History, University of Auckland ; and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Teaching. "Art connects us," says Christa. "It helps us understand and question ourselves and the world around us."

Michael McCormack - Artist

Michael McCormack has been prominent in the Wellington Art World for the past nine years his work having captured the attention of the wider public through a series of highly successful calendars, published since 2003. He has an honours degree in Fine Arts from the Crawford College of Art in Cork and has exhibited widely in Ireland, England, Scotland, New York and Hawaii before arriving in New Zealand in January 2000. His work is currently being compiled in a self published book entitled ‘Ten Years in Wellington’ for release 2010. He works from his Studio and Gallery in Island Bay.

Ingrid Berzins - Artist

Ingrid Berzins is a full- time artist working from her studio/gallery on Waiheke island, in Auckland. She has been painting for 18 years, exhibiting widely throughout New Zealand, having sell-out shows at Fishers Fine Arts. Her work has been purchased in the USA, UK, Germany, Sweden and Australia, with collectors in the US. She won 'People's choice' award in 2005 for the Goldwater Art Award.

She has just published her first illustrated children's book 'The Silliest Dream', and her second book 'The Grumblebee' will be published in November of this year, a quirky story by Kyle Mewburn.

Prior to painting as a career, Ingrid has been a full time freelance illustrator working for large and small design companies and designers, such as Saatchi and Saatchi, Colenso, Periscope Design, Dow Design, Dashwood Design and others. Her work was seen in advertising, packaging and design, with a broad knowledge of typography, illustration and calligraphy. She worked in London and Cambridge for Oxford University Press designing book covers.

She won a gold award at Cannes through Saatchi and Saatchi for her street art advertising anti- pollution.

Her style is very distinctive and easily recognisable with its vibrant colour palette, and in the narratives it depicts. She draws inspiration from daily life and the challenges we all face, with the intention of helping us to look at ourselves and laugh at times. Her work is hopeful and inspiring. She hopes!