{"id":21292,"date":"2020-04-28T13:59:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T17:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/endangered.org\/?p=21292"},"modified":"2020-04-28T15:23:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T19:23:51","slug":"winners-of-2020-saving-endangered-species-youth-art-contest-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.endangered.org\/winners-of-2020-saving-endangered-species-youth-art-contest-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners of 2020 Saving Endangered Species Youth Art Contest Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 The Endangered Species Coalition proudly announced the winners of the 2020 Saving Endangered Species Youth Art Contest<\/a>, including the grand prize winner, Isis Stevens, a Englewood, Colorado 14-year old.<\/p>\n

The contest was an integral part of the 15th annual national Endangered Species Day, which occurs this year on Friday, May 15. The art contest engages school children in grades K-12 in expressing their appreciation for our nation\u2019s most imperiled wildlife, and promotes national awareness of the importance of saving endangered species. The winning art entries can be viewed online<\/a>.
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\n“We owe it to this generation of children to pass down healthy ecosystems brimming with wildlife,\u201d said Leda Huta, Executive Director of the Endangered Species Coalition. \u201cEvery year, their artwork demonstrates how deeply they feel for nature and all of its wondrous creatures \u2013 large and small.”<\/p>\n

Contest winners were selected by a panel of eight artists, photographers and conservationists, including Andrew Zuckerman, a noted wildlife photographer, filmmaker, David Littschwager, a freelance photographer and regular contributor to National Geographic Magazine, as well as Susan Middletown, a photographer who has collaborated with Littschwager and whose own work has been published in four books, and Alice Tangerini, botanical illustrator for the Smithsonian Institution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough the visual arts, I try to celebrate our vanishing species, and I am glad to be joined by these inspiring young artists,\u201d said wildlife photographer Andrew Zuckerman. \u201cI hope these artists and their images will encourage action to protect rare and endangered species for future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2020 Saving Endangered Species Youth Art Contest winners are:<\/b>\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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