Young artists’ work celebrated at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for the annual Young Archie Competition

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Artists as young as five years old were celebrated today at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for this years' young archie competition. Inspired by the prestigious Archibald prize the competition is giving budding artists the chance to have their work on display for the very first time.

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00:00Parents, siblings and teachers, these are the important life figures featured in the

00:07art of young Australians.

00:09This is my great grandma, she migrated from Lithuania to Australia and she's been around

00:16for a while and I really wanted to capture that.

00:19More than 3,000 artists entered the Young Archie competition this year.

00:24Now 70 finalists have their work hung up at one of the country's biggest galleries.

00:29I think it's really special and we get the most fabulous stories behind the artworks

00:33of what that person means to the artist as well.

00:36Today, four winners stepped on stage, taking home a hamper of new art supplies and $200.

00:43It was a big shock.

00:44Very overwhelmed, I gasped and I looked around and I made sure that it was real before I started walking.

00:48My dad was crying, he never cries.

00:50The youngest recipient, only five years old.

00:53These 70 portraits by young Archie finalists are on display here at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

01:00until the 17th of August, just upstairs from this year's Archibald Prize exhibit.

01:05I just really hope it encourages other young people to get creative and to express themselves through their art.

01:10It's sort of been my only dream for my entire life to just be an artist.

01:14A dream come true for some of Australia's youngest talent.

01:21Let's go.

01:22Let's go and talk.

01:24Let's go and talk.

01:25Let's go and talk.

01:27Let's do this one.

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