Today: Gulf of Maine King Tides Photo Contest

Today’s the day: go take a photo at high tide!

Join in the second Gulf of Maine King Tides Photo Contest, taking images of the extreme high tide around midday on October 28, 2015. For more details on submitting photos, see their Participate page.

In conjunction with the Contest, communities are encouraged to organize their own King Tides events—helping people envision future changes. These could include photographic excursions, signs marking future sea levels, street theater, and gallery exhibits.

More information at http://gulfofmaine.kingtides.net/

Massachusetts Marine Educators Announces 2012 Marine Art Contest

Attention Art and Marine Science Teachers, Afterschool Program Leaders, and other Formal and Informal Educators!

Massachusetts Marine Educators announces the 2012 Marine Art Contest for grades K-12. The deadline for submission of entries is April 26. The annual contest’s theme is “Amazing Ocean Creatures of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary” with divisions for High School (9-12), Middle School (5-8), Elementary School (K-4), Scientific Illustration (all grades) and Computer Graphics (all grades).

Entries may be submitted by instructors (no limit on numbers of entries) or by individual students. The contest is free and open to all students.

Contest prizes include cash awards, New England Aquarium passes and certificates. Sponsors of the 2012 competition are: Massachusetts Marine Educators, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, New England Aquarium, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society and Stellwagen Alive.

Each year, winning entries are displayed on the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary website (visit http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/pgallery/contest2011.html to see the 2011 winners) and become part of a traveling art show (2011 Art Show Schedule: New Bedford Oceanarium until Jan. 13; JFK Federal Building in Boston from Jan. 17-Feb. 29; Cape Cod National Seashore Visitor Center from Mar. 1-Apr. 2; Salem National Historic Site Visitor Center from Apr. 3-Jun.1.

This year students participating in the computer graphics division can focus on an alternative theme: “2012: 20th Anniversary of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.” Winning entries will be used to publicize sanctuary 20th anniversary events throughout the New England region.

An art contest brochure is attached. The brochure can also be downloaded from the MME website (http://massmarineeducators.org/contests.php). For more information, call 781-545-8026 ext. 204 or e-mail anne.smrcina@noaa.gov. Please help us spread the news about the contest by forwarding this message on other marine educators and art instructors. Your assistance is appreciated.

Click the PDF for more information about the contest. Art Contest 2012 PDF.

Massachusetts Marine Educators Announces 2012 Marine Art Contest

Attention Art and Marine Science Teachers, Afterschool Program Leaders, and other Formal and Informal Educators!

Entries may be submitted by instructors (no limit on numbers of entries) or by individual students. The contest is free and open to all students.

Click the PDF for more information about the contest. Art Contest 2012 PDF.

Marine Art Contest, Grades K-12

Once again, the Massachusetts Marine Educators and Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary are sponsoring a Marine Art Contest for grades K-12. The contest is free and open to all eligible students, including art classes, marine science classes, environmental clubs, afterschool programs, individual public or private school students, and home schoolers. Co-sponsors include the New England Aquarium, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, and Stellwagen Alive.

The theme for the 2011 contest is:
Amazing Ocean Creatures of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

Contest deadline is April 28, 2011 (art must be at the sanctuary offices by 6pm of that day; address is NOAA/SBNMS, 175 Edward Foster Road, Scituate, MA 02066)

The divisions are: Elementary (grades K-4), Middle School (5-8), High School (9-12), scientific illustration (all grades) and computer graphics and photography (all grades).

You can obtain a copy from the sanctuary’s website:
http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/news/pdfs/art_contest_2011.pdf

Contest information is also available on the Massachusetts Marine Educators (MME) website at http://www.massmarineeducators.org

To view winning artwork from past years, please visit the student art gallery on the sanctuary’s website at:
http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/pgallery/kidscorner.html
Winning 2010 artwork is part of a traveling show that is now in the lobby of the JFK Building in Government Center and will move to the Salem National Historic Site Visitor Center for the month of February.

For more information about the contest, contact SBNMS education coordinator Anne Smrcina at 781-545-8026 ext. 204, 781-738-2242 (cell) or anne.smrcina@noaa.gov.

Marine Art Contest Now Underway

The annual Marine Art Contest for students in grades K-12 is now underway, with divisions for K-4, 5-8, 9-12, computer graphics (all
grades) and scientific illustration (all grades) and a theme of “Amazing Ocean Creatures of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and the Gulf of Maine.” Prizes include cash awards, whale watch tickets, aquarium passes, and certificates. The contest is sponsored by the Massachusetts Marine Educators, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, New England Aquarium, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies and several other organizations.To view and print the contest brochure, visit:
http://massmarineeducators.org/contests.shtml
or
http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/news/pdfs/2010_marineartcontest.pdf

National Maritime Art Contest

The North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) and Immersion Learning™ – a division of Sea Research Foundation, Inc. – are calling all artists for their second annual national marine art contest, this year themed “Mariners help save our seas”. Students may submit their creations through May 7. Submissions should focus on the marine environment and the work mariners—those who work on ships—do to protect it. Each entry must be an original, two-dimensional piece done on 22-inch by 28-inch white poster board.

The art contest is open to students ages 5 to 13 in schools and at Immersion sites in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, including Boys & Girls Clubs and other after-school settings. Immersion Learning is a dynamic, hands-on science education program that provides schools and informal learning organizations with the opportunity to host interactive science experiences for students in grades 4 through 8. For complete contest rules and guidelines, go to immersionlearning.org.

Art Contest Featuring Research Vessel

Encourage your students and colleagues’ students to submit entries for the J-aRt Contest, accepting any artwork featuring the intrepid research vessel JOIDES Resolution and her scientists and crew. Prizes include a visit to the winning school by members of the JR team.

Learn more about the ship

Enter the art contest

Questions: art@oceanleadership.org