Check out the incredible winning artwork from our 2019 Ocean Awareness Contest at
bowseat.org/winners—link in bio! Featured here: “Self-Destruction” by Mackenzie Martin kenzierane (18, Maine), Distinguished Honorable Mention Award Winner in Senior Art
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These new pieces of visual art, poetry, music, prose, and film weave students’ personal experiences and memories, observations and speculations, and knowledge of climate science into a powerful collection exploring our intimate connection with oceans and marine life.
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By creating and sharing these personal, emotional responses to their climate reality, our students are imagining beyond themselves, understanding the need for collective exchange and action—not just in the short-term, but for future generations of life on Earth. Each piece is a brave, active, and hopeful contribution to a global climate movement driven by narratives of care, innovation, and justice.
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It is our responsibility to uplift these prescient voices who dare to t...