on exhibit in library art gallery prior to 2022

15th Annual Children’s Environmental Art Contest

The Friends of the Cape Coral Library announced the winners of the 15th Annual Children’s Environmental Art Contest “Coloring the Earth.” The theme for 2020-2021 was save the monarch butterfly, which is in danger mainly from pesticides, herbicides and habitat loss. Here is the list of winners and their artwork. (Age categories are named for the stages of development in the life of a butterfly.)

Click here to see information about Monarch Butterflies and how we can protect them.

About Monarch Butterflies

 

Age Category: “Milkweed”

1st place William Downey, St. Francis Xavier School
2nd place Mary Catherine Guglielmo, St. Francis Xavier School
3rd place Kinsley Kramer,St. Francis Xavier School
Honorable Mentions
Jaxson Lee, St. Francis Xavier School and Harlow Gibson, River Hall Elementary

First Place Second Place  Third Place 

Honorable Mention  Honorable Mention 

Age Category: “Caterpillar”


1st place Nella Isme, Rayma C. Page Elementary
2nd place Ryan Pappas, Homeschool
3rd place Morgan Engel, St. Francis Xavier School
Honorable Mentions
Agnes Joseph, St. Francis Xavier School and Finn Stratton, Heights Elementary

  
 

Age Category: “Chrysalis”

1st place Gabriel Xu, Heights Elementary
2nd place Holly Tomlinson, Canterbury School
3rd place Luna Demoraes-Aires, Canterbury School
Honorable Mentions
Sophia Laoang, Canterbury School and Morgan White, Rayma C. Page Elementary

  
 

Age Category: “Butterfly”

1st place Aashritha Adelli, Heights Elementary
2nd place Anna Onorevole, Oasis Middle School
3rd place Lorelai Witenko, Dunbar Middle School
Honorable Mentions
Valentina Delgado, Gulf Elementary and Aziz Mujtaba, Heights Elementary

  
 

March 3 through May 7, 2020

On the Walls
Photography by Norman Cannon

In Two Display Cases
Palm Sheath Art by Charles & Christine Dekkers

In the Tall Case
Boats from Repurposed Materials by Tom Higgins

 

 

 

Jan. 4 to Feb. 28, 2020

On the Walls
Four French Connection Photographers

In the Tall Display Cases
Pottery by Rick Aliperti

In the Small Case
“Butterflies of Hope & Remembrance” Project


Nov. 2 through Dec. 30, 2019
“Hand in Hand’ by Southwest Florida Fine Craft Guild-

 

Sept. 4 – Oct. 29, 2019
Dedicated Artists of Southwest Florida

July 2 – August 29 2019
On the Walls
“Face to Face” by Irma Backelant

backelant artwork

backelant artwork

March 5 through May 5, 2019

On the Walls
Two Exhibits in One by Members of Art Quilters Unlimited
“Reflections on Hurricane Irma”& “Resist: Interpretations and Techniques”

In the Display Cases: Fused Glass Art by June F Bennett& Judy Van Inwegen

 

American Tragedies by Sally Dutko of AQU on Exhibit March-Apr. 2019 Crosscurrents by Pamela Richardson of AQU on Exhibit March-Apr. 2019 Resist Temptation by Jeri McKay of AQU on Exhibit March-Apr. 2019
Take Them Off and Fight by Jan Piscitelli of AQU on Exhibit March-Apr. 2019  

 

 

 

 

In Cape Coral Library Art Gallery Feb. 2 thru Feb. 27, 2019
“BIRDS OF DIFFERENT FEATHERS”
By French Connection Photographers:
* Claude Chalut
* Estelle Chartrand
* Marie Elise Mathieu
* Andrée Morin
&
In the Display Cases
FUSED GLASS ART BY LOIS JOHNSTON

Photograph by Marie-Elise Mathieu Photographer Estelle Chartrand in Library Gallery Feb. 2019 Glass Artist Lois Johnston In Library Gallery Feb. 2109
French Connection Photographers in Library Gallery Feb. 2019

For more information about the Cape Coral Library Gallery, contact Art Gallery Chairperson by email to gallery@capefriends.org.