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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060">2013 Marine Art Contest
for K-12 Students<o:p></o:p></span></b><br>
The 2013 Marine Art Contest for students in grades K-12 is
underway.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The contest
theme is “<span style="color: #C00000">Amazing Ocean Creatures of
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary</span>”.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The contest, sponsored by
Massachusetts Marine Educators (and co-sponsored by Stellwagen
Bank National Marine Sanctuary, New England Aquarium, Provincetown
Center for Coastal Studies, Whale and Dolphin Conservation and
Stellwagen Alive), is free and open to all students from public,
private and home schools.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span
style="color:#C00000">Deadline is Thursday, April 25, 2013</span>.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A copy of the contest rules
can be found at the websites of the Stellwagen Bank sanctuary at <a
href="http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/news/pdfs/contest2013.html">http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/news/pdfs/contest2013.html</a>
or at the MME website at <a
href="http://www.massmarineeducators.org">http://www.massmarineeducators.org</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060">Traveling Exhibit of
Student Art Now Touring Region<o:p></o:p></span></b><br>
Winning entries (and many of the honorable mentions) from the 2012
MME Marine Art Contest are part of an exhibition that is touring
in the sanctuary region.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The
show is now located at the J.F. K. Federal Building in Boston’s
Government Center.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The
show will move to the Salem National Historic Site Visitor Center
in March, the New Bedford Oceanarium in April and NOAA Fisheries
Northeast Regional Office in Gloucester in May.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>All prize winners and
honorable mention awardees are also posted on the Stellwagen Bank
sanctuary website at <a
href="http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/pgallery/kidscorner.html">http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/pgallery/kidscorner.html</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060">2013 Marine Art
Calendar Available<o:p></o:p></span></b><br>
A 2013 calendar featuring art from the 2012 MME Marine Art Contest
is now available from Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The calendar can be
downloaded from the sanctuary website at <a
href="http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/news/pdfs/art_calendar2013.pdf">http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/news/pdfs/art_calendar2013.pdf</a>.
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For more information, contact Anne Smrcina (<a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:anne.smrcina@noaa.gov">anne.smrcina@noaa.gov</a>) or
call 781-545-8026 ext. 204.<br>
Apologies for any duplicate postings.<br>
Please forward this message on to other educators and students
interested in art and the marine world.<br>
Thank you.
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