Last week, we proudly announced the finalists in the ages 11-14 category of our 2022 Science Without Borders® Challenge. Today, we are excited to announce the 15-19 year-old finalists of our art contest.
Contest finalists are from China, Indonesia, Korea, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The theme, “Ridge to Reef” was portrayed in the students’ artwork through a variety of different actions such as planting corals, cleaning up pollution, preventing overfishing, and planting trees. We were amazed by these students’ creativity, execution of the theme, and artistic abilities.
Without further ado, please meet our 15-19 year old finalists:
"The turtle
ARTIST’S STATEMENT: Coral reefs are important to sea as they provide oxygen and habitats to sea animals, but they are being damaged and are declining by things from land. Figuratively, the chunk of trash represents everything from humans and land that are threatening seas and reefs. Where the coral should be there are tires and a bunch of trash. It shows how the land and sea are interconnected, and how the coral reefs are declining because of the trash. Turtles are one of the animals that have been helped by the reef, so now the turtle is cleaning the trash for the reefs.The turtle is trying to protect the reefs from the things of land, but they are much bigger than what the turtle's body can handle.
Stay tuned! We will announce the winners in the next couple of weeks.
