Energy for Life Art Contest

The Energy for Life Art Contest co-sponsored by E/The Environmental Magazine and Cape Wind invited students and young adults to submit art that illustrated their vision of the future as a result of wind power.  Students were also asked to write a short essay describing their vision and their art. 

Contest winners include one first place and nine “honorable mentions.”  Please browse through our gallery to see the winning entries and read excerpts from the essays describing the artwork. 

Congratulations to all the winners and students who entered the contest!

First Place

Tracey
Grade 11

         
          The most well known and beautiful aspect of Cape Cod is its beaches.  Tourists come from all over to enjoy the salty waters and summers breeze.  Growing up on the Cape I have appreciated the seagulls, crabs and soft sand as the tourists do and I would hope the Cape could stay this beautiful for the future.  Through my artwork I have tried to display the appeal of the Cape-a healthy prosperous environment- with the help of wind powered energy.  Without power plants assistance depleting the ozone layer and harmful pollution these wind farms would not only help our people, but our land as well.

          I have created an environment where the sea creatures can live and the people can enjoy, as displayed by the footprint of an older generation. The baby represents more than just the prosperous youth, he symbolizes the wind farms as a whole.  They are new and immature, but they are growing, and will have a positive effect on the entire Cape.

          The small wind farms in the back of the painting shows that even though we would be able to see the tiny farms, we should be less concerned with the appearance in the distance and more concerned with the welfare of our people and habitat.  This painting is a good depiction of the positive effects of wind powered energy and shows how little we would be giving up for a cleaner, healthier Cape Cod that tourists and residents alike can enjoy.

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