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Our young artists connect, create and communicate for the 🌎 >38,000 participants in 142 countries! #OceanAwarenessContest

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Microplastics are found everywhere 😱

In our latest True Blue Fellowship Project Spotlight, discover FiberFusion ⚡️ where art and science collide to expose the hidden impacts of plastic pollution through UV-reactive marine paintings.

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January 8, 2026 at 6:17 PM
🌊 Meet the 2026 Future Blue Youth Council 💙

A global group of young leaders using creativity, storytelling, and action to shape the fight for a more just and sustainable world.

Welcome to a new year of youth-led impact.

#FBYC #BowSeat #youthaction
January 6, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Happy New Year! ✨🌊

We’re starting 2026 with the Ocean Awareness Contest 2026 - inviting young creatives worldwide to use art, storytelling, and media to speak for our ocean and planet.

Here’s to a year of bold ideas and powerful youth voices.

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January 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
2025 was a year of answering big questions with creativity.

Young people turned uncertainty into art, concern into courage, and imagination into action.

As we step into 2026, we carry these stories forward, and make space for new ones.
Happy New Year from Bow Seat ✨
December 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Bow Seat 2025, wrapped. 📊🌊

Youth from around the world 🌍 united through art 🎨, storytelling 📖, and action.

From classrooms to coastlines, creativity crossed borders 🌎 and every voice mattered 🗣️✨

Thank you for being part of it 💙
On to 2026

#BowSeat #artivism
December 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This holiday season, we wish you moments of rest, reflection, and connection, with each other, and with the natural world that inspires everything we do.

Happy holidays from all of us at Bow Seat. ✨💙

#BowSeat #artivism #christmas
December 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Through her art & work with Bow Seat, Kalinago youth Tana Valmond shows us that climate action starts with listening: to land, stories, and Indigenous voices 🗣️

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December 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
📸🌱 Alumni Spotlight: Sabine Cuesta

From photographing birds and insects in Ontario to advocating for coexistence with nature, Bow Seat alum and 2024 FBYC member Sabine Cuesta shows how art can drive environmental action.

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December 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We're excited to share that one of this year's True Blue Fellows Alex Mkwizu has won First Place a the Creation Africa - Second Edition in Lagos for his Kilwa VR Project.

We are proud to celebrate Alex's creativity, vision, and impact beyond the Fellowship.

#BowSeat
December 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Another incredible and inspiring 2025 winner ✨

Read the powerful words of our Senior Gold winner Sierra Elman. A beautiful, moving piece with vivid imagery reminding us why youth voices matter.

See the full list of winners at: bowseat.org

#BowSeat
December 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Meet Fredrick, a 2025 True Blue Fellow from Kenya, whose work transforms conservation into a living expression of Maasai identity 🌍✨

Read the full story: bowseat.org/news/safegua...
December 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
o say, and it’s beautiful.

Their words remind us why youth voices matter in the movement for our planet. 🌍💙

Let the poem speak to you, move you, inspire you. 📝💫

#BowSeat #OceanAwarenessContest #artivism
December 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Bow Seat is proud to announce the 2025 Senior Handcrafted Art Winners. Through hands and minds, these young artists shed light on the beauty and challenges facing our planet.

We congratulate all awardees for their commitment to using art as a force for environmental engagement.
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Today is Giving Day!

We invite you to help us sponsor the next generation of young artivists: students who use creativity and courage to speak for our planet.

Donate at: bowseat.org/donate/ and help nurture the next generation of environmental storytellers!
December 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
✨ Meet our 2025 Junior Handcrafted Art Winners! ✨

From paper to clay, thread to found materials, these young artists turned environmental change into powerful stories. Their creations remind us that protecting our planet begins with imagination and care. 🌎💙
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Congratulations to our 2025 Educator Innovation Award Winners!

These teachers used the Ocean Awareness Contest to give students agency, creativity, and a deeper connection to nature. Meet the educators empowering the next wave of ocean stewards. 💙

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November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Meet the 2025 Senior Digital Art Winners! 🎨🌊
These talented young artists pushed the boundaries of digital storytelling, merging imagination, technique, and environmental advocacy to create work that inspires reflection and action.

View the full list: bowseat.org/programs/oce...
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Meet the 2025 Junior Digital Art Winners! 🎉
These young creators transformed environmental stories into powerful digital artworks that inspire action and hope, which is at the heat of youth artivism.

View the full list: bowseat.org/gallery/?gal...

#OceanAwarenessContest
November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Exciting news! 🌊✨

We’ve won Bronze at the 5th Annual @AnthemAwards!

Thank you for voting and for supporting our mission to uplift youth voices in ocean + climate action.

Here’s to the next wave of changemakers. 💙🌍

#bowseat #artivism #creativeactionforconservation
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The 2025 Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Contest winners are here! 🌍✨

From visual art to poetry, film, and writing, young creators worldwide shared powerful stories of their connection to nature.

Celebrate the winners and explore their work ➜ bowseat.org/programs/oce...
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
As the world gathers at #COP30 in Brazil, leaders are discussing our planet’s future - but the climate conversation needs more than science and policy.

It needs creativity. ✨

Art moves people where facts cannot.
🎨 The future of climate action is creative.

#BowSeat #artivism
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Only 5 days until we announce the 2025 Ocean Awareness Contest winners! 🌊💙

We can’t wait to celebrate their voices, visions, and stories for the ocean. 💫

#BowSeat #OceanAwarenessContest #artivism
November 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
6 days until we reveal the 2025 #OceanAwarenessContest winners! 🌊💙

Throwback to last year’s Gold Winner (Junior Art: Handcrafted) - a reminder of how art can move hearts and minds for our planet.

Art: Climate’s Orphan
Jeong-Won Namgung
Cresskill, NJ

#BowSeat #artivism
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In just one week, we’ll reveal the winners of the 2025 Ocean Awareness Contest: young changemakers from around the world using their creativity to speak up for our blue planet. 💙

Featured: Museum of Ghosts by Ryan Chua (Gold Winner, 2024, Senior Art: Digital)

#bowseat
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We’re featured in @EarthOrg latest spotlight article! 🌍🎨

“The Art of Change: Young Artists Are Turning Creativity into Climate Action” highlights how Bow Seat empowers youth to use art as a tool for environmental change.

Read it here:

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Young Artists Are Turning Creativity into Climate Action | Earth.Org
Bow Seat is an organization providing young artists with the tools to turn stories of climate change and anxiety into powerful artworks.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM