Congratulations to the members of the Allied Health Class from Ocean Springs High School who participated in this years Coastal America's Ocean Art Contest! Led by a passionate teacher Dr. Judy Dalgo, these students put together 9 shadow boxes, filled with debris and other items collected from local beaches.
Regional Winner:
"One Man's Trash is not the Ocean's Treasure"
by Caitlin Woods, Bailey Winesky, Sean Bartosik and Gerrad McLauren
These pieces spoke volumes, not only did these pieces of art address the marine debris problem, but many focused on anothropogenic factors that affect the health of our oceans, like the Deep Water Horizon oil spill. It astounded me how much these pieces struck me and the other judges, if pictures are worth a thousand words, marine debris is worth a billion words!
Regional Honorable Mention:
"Coastal Ca-tar-strophe"
By: Marissa Gonzalez, Kristen Thomas, Jena Hceckly, Karisma Slusher, Eduardo Martinez, Kristen Davis
Although, we were only allowed to submit one Regional winner, I believe that every, single piece had something unique, impactful and powerful about it that really hit home. All of the collages submitted represented the Ocean Literacy Principle that The Ocean and Humans are Inextricably Linked. These pieces did a great job of showing just how much of an impact people have on their envrionment and that we need to take responsibility for our way of living if we wish to continue living that way, we need to create a balance with nature.
Thank you again for all your hard work and for sharing your artwork with the USM's Gulf Coast Research Lab's Marine Education Center, a Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center. These works will be judged at the National level in Washington, D.C. at the Coastal America office starting March 1st, 2012. Winners will get a free trip out to D.C. and will be recognized on Capitol Hill. Good Luck!
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