[SEMCO] Marine Art Contest for K-12 Now Underway

[Anne Smrcina]

      Attention Educators and Students in 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).

A copy of the rules/registration form is attached.  If the attachment 
does not come through, 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 at noaa.gov.

Good luck.  I look forward to seeing your students' artistic creations.

Anne Smrcina
SBNMS Education and Outreach Coordinator
MME Board of Directors, Marine Art Contest Coordinator
781-545-8026 ext. 204
781-738-2242 (cell)
anne.smrcina at noaa.gov
http://stellwagen.noaa.gov

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