To celebrate World Oceans Day 2021, we invited students from K–12 to submit artwork with the theme, Ocean life.
We encouraged students to be creative and to share their story about what they love most about where they live within Átl’ḵa7tsem / Howe Sound’s precious watershed.
Here’s a selection of the amazing artwork submitted to the 2021 Átl’ḵa7tsem / Howe Sound Art Challenge.
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Octopus
Jacob Ramsbottom Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary Grade: 3
Winner
Seastars
Sasha Anderson Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary Grade: 6
Runner Up
Grade K
Sea creatures
Crosby Hooper Garibaldi highlands elementary
Winner
Black Seas
Thompson Greenberg Garibaldi Highlands Elementary
The Fishy
Piper Kelly Valleycliffe Elementary
Grade 1
Chloes salmon
Chloe Nordby Brackendale Elementary
Winner
Intertidal Ocean Life
Mateo Pedrosa Bowen Island Community School
Runner Up
The ocean by samantha
Samantha Olmedo ValleyCliff Elementary
Honourable Mention
Dolphin in the ocean
Natalie Rosado Mamquam Elementary School
Honourable Mention
Denizens #2
Meshach Pang Lord Nelson
School of Minnows
Meshach Pang Lord Nelson
Denizens #1
Meshach Pang Lord Nelson
Oceany
Ella Jones Mamquam Elementary
The turtle and the ocean
Ryder King Mamquam Elementary
Coral Reef
Meshach Pang Lord Nelson
Life by the Ocean
Wyatt Webb Macdonald Island Discovery Learning Centre
Ocean worlds day.
Korey Brooks Mamquam elementary
Orca chasing tuna
Xander Miller Signal Hill Elementary
The Rainbow Salmon
Mason Lafreniere Brackendale Elementary School
So many whales!
Delilah Mladenich Roberts Creek
Baby ocean
Elliott Eade Mamquam Elementary
Rainbow Salmon
Grace Skerrett Brackendale Elementary
Spirit of Howe Sound
Bowen Zenyk Mamquam
Sea Life
Cedric Stewart Mamquam Elemantary School
In The Dark Deep Ocean
Ella Coons Mamquam elementary
My salmon
Evangeline Keyes Brackendale elementary
Grade 2
The Annapolis Artificial Reef with Humpbacks Breaching
ARCHIE HARDY LIONS BAY ELEMENTARY
Winner
Night sky dolphin
Lizzie Parker Bowen Island Community school
Runner Up
The Coral Reef
Jackson Shillito Valleycliffe elementary
Honourable Mention
Help the ocean
Sophia Lee Gleneagles Ch’axay
Honourable Mention
Sea snake in the reef
Sóldís Róbertsdóttir Mamquam elementary
the oceans need our help
Hardy Beaton-And Mamquam Elementary
Blue Fish
Wyatt Green Mamquam
Clay Turtle
Avery Pierotti Mamquam Elementary
Wild & Free
Bowen Adams Brackendale elementary
We need to clean up the Ocean
Tuulikki Birch Mamquam
Our underwater water world
Shea Domanski Mamquam elementary
Ocean Monument
Brendan Carsley Mamquam
Turtle Team
Ashley Miller Mamquam Elementary School
KJ's Fish
Katy-Jane Searancke Brackendale Elementary
Camryns Salmon
CAMRYN Kallberg Brackendale
The cod zooming through the kelp forest
Wynn Hutton SIDES
Ocean Life
Avery Pierotti Mamquam Elementary
Pop comes the seal!
Wynn Hutton SIDES
Sixgill Shark
Zac Murray IDLC Bowen Island
Shrimp and Eel
Wynn Hutton SIDES
Zoom in of the Low Tide
Wynn Hutton SIDES
Save Marine Life
Shane Kim Skyridge Montessori
String Starfish
Avery Pierotti Mamquam Elementary
Jellyfishes Under the Sea
Wynn Hutton SIDES
Keep These Fellows Free
Jake Sheppard Whistler Waldorf School
Starfishes on a rock
Wynn Hutton SIDES
Grade 3
Howe Sound Orca
Miller Gustafson Mamquam Elementary
Winner
Jellyfish
Zoe Fairburn Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Runner Up
Jumping Orca
Keira Blaikie Squamish Elementary
Honourable Mention
Social Sea Star
Piper Wild Mamquam Elementary School
Honourable Mention
Octopus
Jacob Ramsbottom Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
The Salty Sea
Storm Beals Bowen Island Community School
Jellyfish at nighttime
Matthew Hodges GHE
Bottom of the Howe Sound
Lily Scheffers Homeschool
Silhouette of an orca
Ashwin Urhahn Mamquam Elementary School
Sunset Glory
Derek Mager West Sechelt Elementary
Ocean Life
Olivia Montgomery Bowen Island Community School
Ocean Wonders
Ethan Lewis Mamquam Elementary
Turtle and the northern lights
Mattea Wilburn Mamquam
The pod at sunset
Iona Vaughan Squamish elementary
Jellies at Night
Hayden Powell-Williams Garibaldi Highlands
Orca
Ella Wengi Mamquam Elementary
Blob Fish
Grace Carter Gibons Elementary school
Village by the ocean
Elsay Hooper Mamquam
Squamish sunset
Piper Wild Mamquam elementary school
Pacific Leatherback Turtle
Anthea Tavuchis Myrtle Philip
Happy day in the sea
Iona Vaughan Squamish elementary
Friendly swim ( whale and sting ray)
Kyle Sims Mamquam Elementary
Swordfish
Lucas Bourget Mamquam elementary
Orca - plasticine
Liam Waterer Mamquam
I love Howe Sound!
Sienna Jakob Lions Bay
Hot glue starfish; photo
Freya Miller Signal Hill Elementary
Ocean Life
Piper Wild Mamquam Elementary
Emergen-sea
Koji Irvine Mamquam Elementary School
Under the Sea
Jaime Potters École Squamish Elementary
Whale and Shark
Liam Waterer Mamquam
Sea Star - Wool
Liam Waterer Mamquam
Grade 4
SeaWorld
Tomas Achiardi Mamquam Elementary School
Winner
Howe sound sea animals
Zoe fox Ghe
Runner Up
Under The Sea in Howe Sound
Ngaire (& Neva) Kelly Garibaldi Highlands Elementary School
Honourable Mention
Stinging Jellyfish
Seren Butterworth Garibaldi Highlands Elementary
Honourable Mention
Ottie the Otter
Nicole Young Spring Creek Community School
Great Pacific Octopus
Walter Kerr Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Under the Sea
Chevy Haxby Island Discovery Learning Community
My Dreams
Juliette Trotter Garibaldi Highlands Elementary
Ocean Blue
Blake Benns Myrtle Phillips
squamish bear
Luca Rogers Garibaldi Highlands Elementary
Jelly Fish Night
Keira Chalmers Garibaldi Highlands Elementary
Little Fish, Big Fish
Isabella Ledoux Rose-Des-Vents
Turtle
Lauren Beattie Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Goldfish Ocean Art
Liamjed Caresosa Spring Creek Community School
Otter Island
Oliwja Wisniowska Garibaldi Highlands
Sunset over Howe Sound
Oliver Hodgetts Mamquam
Orca in Howe Sound
Roan Palmer Garibaldi Highlands
Seal Pups
Mackenzie D Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Turtle
Lucas Scorda Garibaldi Highlands
I love Howe Sound
Annabella Johnson Bowen Island Community School
Shark
Robbie Baker Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
starfish under water
Lauryn Beattie Gleneagles
Fishy School
Colton Macdonald Garibaldi Highlands Elementary
Seahorse
Evan B Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Orca
Josie Cooper Spring creek
Orca Silhouette
Melissa Amar Dorothy Lynas Elementary
Seahorse
Gus Coghlan Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Seahorse
Logan G Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Seahorse
Sydney Weitz Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Sunset
Erin Stanimir Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Fishing
Isla Stevenson Garibaldi Highlands Elemantary
Super Sea Friends
Leon-Alexandre Bernard Rose-Des-Vents
Howe Sound
Jack Westwood Garabaldi Highlands
Octopus's Party
Tess Wreglesworth Glenagles
Blue Animal
Dalvin Hildebrand Spring Creek Community School
Ocean Frienda
Brynn Scott Brackendale Elementary
Howe Sound orcas at sunset
Jackson Hodgetts Mamquam
The Belted Kingfisher in Howe Sound
James Hutton SIDES
The Belted Kingfisher in Howe Sound
James Hutton SIDES
Orca Sunset
Oona Shieh Bowen Island Community School
Sea Creature
Dalvin Hildebrand Spring Creek Community School
Under the Sea
Katherine Kordel GHE
Grade 5
Howe Sound
Logan Hoverd Spring Creek Elementary School
Winner
Return to Átl’ḵa7tsem / Howe Sound
Eden Lumb Skyridge Montessori
Runner Up
Orcas
Juha Park Bowen Island Community School
Honourable Mention
Howe sound triplet
Taya Albertson GHE
Honourable Mention
Octopus
Maya Menten-Schubert Bowen Island Community School
Haida inspired whale
Ella Boa Brackendale Elementary School
A Big Ocean Family
Madigan White Skyridge Montessori School
Ocean life
Kate Davies Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
The Howe Sound
Selena Amelunxen Garibaldi Highlands Elementary
Seahorse
Harry Hardy Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Above & below
Liam Turnbull BICS
Stellar Sea Lion
Graham Jiang Heritage Christian Online School
Our ocean
Tess Winstanley Garibaldi Highlands Elementary
Seal
Callie Faber-Greig Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Octopus
Sammy Szeto Bowen Island Community School
Skate
Daniel Banchuk Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Orca and seabirds
Kaija Flory Bowen Island Community School
Heron
Susan Morton Bowen Island Community School
Great White Shark
Connor N Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Seahorse
Eva H Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Turtles
Poppie Jenke Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Orca
Ryder Radford Garibaldi Highlands Elementary
Seahorse
Vincent Engelen Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Orca
Arjun Sunil Garibaldi Highlands
Ocean
Hayden Robertson Garibaldi Highlands Elementary
Ocean sunset
Emily Hrvatin Ebus academy
Bowen Ocean Life
Cohen Mitchell Bowen Island Community School
Riding into tomorrow
Veronika Pratt Myrtle Phillip
Ocean Wonder
Adelaide Walton Fraser Academy
Grade 6
Lighthouse Point
Freddy Valentine Bowen Island Community School
Winner
Bowen Island at Sunset
Ayla Schwenning Bowen Island Community School
Runner Up
Above and below the waves
Harper Chell Bowen Island Community School
Honourable Mention
Whale
Claire Carchrae Bowen Island Community School
Honourable Mention
Harmony
Abbie Florendo island pacific school (IPS)
Honourable Mention
Whale at Sunset
Kate Parker Island Pacific School
Honourable Mention
Seastars
Sasha Anderson Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Jellyfish
Grace S Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Coral reef
Liv Teitzel Signal hill elementary
Seahorse
Rebecca L Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Ocean Life
Lily Cipolla Collingwood
I've got a devotion let's save our oceans
Avianna Corey Signal Hill Elementary School (sd48 - Sea to Sky)
Jellyfish
Cheyenne Aguacil Gaitens Bowen Island Community School
Seahorse
Tess O Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Salmon
Henry Milroy-West Bowen Island Community School
From Sea to Sea
Brooke Tremblay MQE
Jellyfish
Maria M Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Howe Sound Islands
Shoji Kawai-Wrinch Bowen Island Community School
Orcas in Squamish
Darcy Naish Brackendale Elementry
Bleached
Poppy Clemenson Myrtle Philip community school
We like fishys
Emmett Bradley Bowen Island Community School
Seal sunset
Isaac Yamashita Bowen Island Community School
Arctic
Olive K Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Orca
Natalia P Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Shark
Chris G Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Orcas
Matteo Anand Bowen Island Community School
Orca sunset
Florence Moore Bowen Island Community School
Rocky shore
Pippa Surtees Bowen Island Community School
Star Fish
Theo Lazaridis Breakandale elementary
Mom and baby orca
Niamh Riddell Spring Creek Community School
Underwater
Aaron Pepper Vancouver Waldorf School
Island life
Denis Cormier Bowen Island Community School
Howe Sound
Dominic McCrae Bowen Island Community School
The Aquatic Crew
Elliance Urban Brackendale Elementary School
Seastar
Sam Irelan Bowen Island Community School
MineCraft
Matthew Daling SD.48
Patrick Star
Phoebe Mayo Bowen Island Community School
Wild Blue
Zoe Henderson Mamquam
The Orca Sound
Aidan Pierotti Mamquam Elementary
The Orca Sound
Aidan Pierotti Mamquam Elementary
Grade 7
Heron over Howe Sound
Rowan Brett Don Ross Middle School
Winner
Family
Téa Nelson Gleneagles
Runner Up
Jelly fish with sea swirl
Georgia Wrightson Spring creek community school
Honourable Mention
Ocean breeze
Cadence Murray Donross
Ocean in a bottle
Natasha Allars Coast Mountain Academy
The Octopus
Sorine Hollsworth Self Design
Turtle
Frida E Gleneagles Ch’axáý Elementary
Kelp Forest
Kirra Horn Spring creek community school
Tranquillity
Lucille Friesen Home School
Orca
Chloe Rees Island pacific school
A Deep Swim
Isabella White Roberts Creek Elementary
Grade 8
Ocean Blue
Anika Wild Don Ross Middle School
Winner
The Sunken Mermaid
Ashley Bruce Sunshine Coast Alternative School - Project Spider
Grade 9
Rainbow Jelly's
Daphne Diaz Ng Centennial Secondary School
Winner
Jelly of The Sea
Marisa Bremner Centennial
Runner Up
“ocean Life”
Alethea Kaye Floreza Centennial secondary school
Honourable Mention
Blind Side
Joseph Seo Centennial Secondary
Doing our part
Tiana Kuan Centennial
The Lost Orca
Kiran Chima Centennial Secondary
fisherman's view
Kayla Hong Centennial Secondary School
TURTLe
Francesco Di Tomaso Centennial secondary school
An average day
Marco Di Tomaso Centennial high school
Under the sea
Lindsay Handlen Nanaimo Unique Kids Organization (NUKO)
Dolphin
Shae-Lee Campbell Centennial