2023 WINNERS
The Australian National Maritime Museum will exhibit the works of the overall primary, secondary and people's choice winners following the festival!
PRIMARY WINNER
Our Lady Goddess of the Sea
Ashfield Public School
K-6 Art Club
“Water is a building block of all living creatures and for our sentient, breathing planet. We are the ocean, and the ocean is us, intrinsically tied together and connected like family. Without a voice and language like our own we need to listen and care for our world and our oceans as it cries for help and love.”
PRIMARY RUNNER UP
Harbour
Sacred Heart Primary Mosman
Years K-6
“Treasure the sea, keep it totally waste free. Tiles destined for trash were collected from a variety of stores and builders. Students and teachers washed, smashed sorted and glued the tile pieces onto 1.5m by 3m of board to create a mosaic of our harbour. Every student from kindy to 6 had an opportunity to add tiles over 2 days."
SECONDARY WINNER
Could Mermaids Exist?
Santa Sabina College
Ella Hodge
“My work 'Could Mermaids Exist?' highlights the imaginative and magical nature of the ocean ecosystem but also reveals that life beyond the surface is not only a theory but a harsh reality of the effects of negative human action”
SECONDARY RUNNER UP &
PEOPLES CHOICE WINNER
Plastic or Prey?
Reddam House
Jasper Hartmann
“I was keen to create a sculpture that embodies the viciousness of ocean pollution. Micro plastics seem so small and insignificantly but in reality, they are the ultimate predator. We love our power but take for granted the oceans fragility."
2023 FINALISTS
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