Antonella Massini, from Cambridge College Lima, Peru, 'our Little girl with Big dreams' has also earned
the Gold Award in Art category and Silver Award in Film category in 2016 Ocean Awareness Student Contest. Congratulations Antonella!
Launched in 2011, the Ocean Awareness Student Contest is an interdisciplinary competition that encourages students to think creatively about how humans’ actions impact the health of our oceans and coastal environments. Each year the Ocean Awareness Student Contest is open to eligible middle and high school students from around the world who may submit works in four categories: Art, Poetry, Prose, and Film.
The Ocean Awareness Student Contest has awarded more than $100,000 in scholarships to talented students since it began five years ago. The Contest—which received over 2,100 entries from 44 U.S. states and 67 countries in 2016—continues to grow each year, a result of the positive-feedback cycles inherent in a program focused on outreach, awareness, and creative education.
Black Tears' - Gold Award in Art category
2016 Ocean Awareness Student Contest by Antonella Masini.
Black Tears' - Gold Award in Art category
2016 Ocean Awareness Student Contest by Antonella Masini.
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Antonella Masini
“Black Tears”
Reflection
Sometimes
I wonder: Are we the real monsters of this world?
I made
this painting in March, some weeks after a major oil spill occurred in the
Marañon river –located in the Peruvian Amazon jungle. I was outraged and
decided that I had to do something about it… After all, this time the oil
spill had happened in my country and I felt responsible for it. This is why I
entered to this contest organized by “The Bow Seat”. I wanted to raise
awareness in people to prevent this event from happening again and this was
the perfect opportunity to do so.
The
pelican in my artwork, made with black ink and black markers, represents the
devastating consequences that oil spills have in the marine wildlife. The map
of the world in the background represents the fact that this is a worldwide
problem so we must all do our part to stop these industrial catastrophes from
happening. Finally, the hand and strings, made using a page from a Peruvian
newspaper that included an article about the oil spill, represents the impact
that humans have in the world -which could either be positive or negative.
We still
have time to save the oceans! Let’s do it together!
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'Black Shadow' - Silver Award in Film category
2016 Ocean Awareness Student Contest by Antonella Masini.
Antonella Masini
“Black Shadow”
Reflection
I made this video in order to raise awareness in people
all over the world. I just hope that some day I will be able to look outside
my window and appreciate the beauty of nature without wondering how much it
will last. Hopefully, this film will make everyone who watches it reflect so
that they start to make some changes in their lives. I'm not
perfect, and still have many things to do in order to
live without harming at all our oceans... but step-by-step I know that I will
get there, and I would like everyone to share this journey with me.
There is still hope, but it is on us to do something
about it. Now, take my hand, and let’s start to make some noise.
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Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs works to inspire the
next generation of ocean caretakers through education and engagement with the
arts, science, and advocacy.
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The Bow Seat seed was
born from a feeling of responsibility for our planet. It grew out of a deep
concern for the health and future of our oceans and a desire to protect our
seas.
In 2011, founder
Linda Cabot and her daughters embarked on a journey in Maine to film a
documentary—From The Bow Seat—about environmental issues impacting the Gulf of
Maine. The act of making a film and creating artwork made Linda and her
daughters feel engaged and empowered in a way that went above and beyond
reading about these issues in a book or hearing about them in a lecture.
Realizing the power
of artwork and media to educate, inspire, and activate younger generations,
Linda began to shape Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs into the organization it
is today. She wanted young people to feel empowered through creation and
imagination, and to become active stewards of the ocean that so inspires her
and her family.
Bow Seat Ocean
Awareness Programs believes that students who learn by creating and making
experience deeper learning and longer-lasting behavior change. The arts provide
diverse and powerful opportunities for expression and communication of ideas.
When students are asked to explore a topic, interpret its meaning, and create
something—rather than just memorize facts and spit them back out—not only does
learning become fun, it also becomes permanent.
Linda Cabot
Founder and President
Linda is a visual
artist who credits a lifetime of sailing for her love affair with the ocean.
She founded From the Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs to inspire and support
the next generation of ocean caretakers. She believes in the power of art,
prose and film to raise awareness about ocean conservation and enjoys seeing
all the tremendous works of creativity and ingenuity that are submitted to the
program. She serves on the Board of Women Working for Oceans (W2O) and is a
trustee of the New England Aquarium.
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