2018 Contest Winners

Photography Contest

Kalalau Valley in Kauai, Hawaii.
ESW 2018 Contest Photography Winner (Matt Meisenheimer)

Matt Meisenheimer of Janesville, Wisconsin, won first place in the photo contest with a captivating image of Kalalau Valley in Kauai, Hawaii.

Submissions illustrated the theme “Inspired by Earth.” The following finalists captured evidence of how Earth serves as inspiration for art.

Finalists

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ESW 2018 Contest Photography Finalist (Aaliyah Craven)

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ESW 2018 Contest Photography Finalist (Hannah Kawar)

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ESW 2018 Contest Photography Finalist (Kate Ragusa)

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ESW 2018 Contest Photography Finalist (Mary Francis Garcia)

Visual Art Contest

two sides (real and imaginary) of Earth.
ESW 2018 Contest Visual Art Winner (Namit Vernekar)

Namit Vernekar of Charlotte, North Carolina, won first place in the visual arts contest with a creative and colorful drawing of two sides (real and imaginary) of Earth.

Students in grades K-5 made two-dimensional artworks illustrating the theme “Earth and Art.”

Finalists

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ESW 2018 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Abhiraj Das)

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ESW 2018 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Esther Gammill)

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ESW 2018 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Janiru Sumanasiri)

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ESW 2018 Contest Visual Art Finalist (Saachi Tamboli)

Essay Contest

Earth as Inspiration

“Fire belched from its riven summit. The skies burst into thunder seared with lightning….” what would “Lord of the Rings” be without the description of …

Udbhav Akolkar

Udbhav Akolkar of Scottsdale, Arizona, won first place in the essay contest with a paper on “Earth as Inspiration” found in various forms of writing.

Students in grades 6-9 wrote essays of up to 300 words addressing this year’s theme, “Finding ‘Art’ in Earth”

The views and assertions presented in essays are neither endorsed by nor reflect the positions the American Geosciences Institute.

Finalists

Since the creation of yoga in India, nature has been a primary inspiration for it’s different poses and forms. Breathing patterns coming from seasons and high/low pressure fluctuations, as well …

Picking Up Where Nature Ends

The great artist Marc Chagall once stated with profound meaning that “Great art picks up where nature ends.” He meant that all art is merely a branch that owes …

The Submerged Geology Captured with Underwater Photography

The art form underwater photography reveals the beautiful unseen world below bodies of water. Though images of exotic creatures, colorful …

The Relationship Between the Systems of Earth Science and Music

While numerous people believe that art and the Earth are not related, they are interconnected through classical and modern music. By …

Video Contest

Public Service Announcement.
ESW 2018 Contest Photography Finalist (Noah Resnick)

Noah Resnick won first place in the video contest with a public service announcement about ways science (and the Earth) can be artful.

Individuals and teams created brief, original videos that tell viewers how artistic expression stems from the natural world, through “Earth Expressions” in their part of the world.

Finalists

Heather Clements Art.
ESW 2018 Contest Photography Finalist (Carrie Hunter and Austin Hermann)

The Art of Rainbows.
ESW 2018 Contest Photography Finalist (Rossalyn Buck and Emily Straetz)

Giving Back To The Earth.
ESW 2018 Contest Photography Finalist (Vinuth and Janiru Sumanasiri and Malika Gunasekara)

Art and Nature.
ESW 2018 Contest Photography Finalist (Zihao Jiang, Chen Hong Xue, Yu Hongyi, Lu Yichang, Ding Keyi, Liu Zhengyi, Wang Yihan, Zhang Xin Yao, Ding Zi Jun, Chen Yan Yan, Hu Rui, Yin Hao Ran, Cao Yi Jia, Wu Di, and Sun Dasheng)

Contest winners from other years