The 2022 Tidal Shift Award Winners

Division 1: Ages 14-18

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Hannah Slone's "A Dress Made From Waste"
Hannah Slone's "A Dress Made From Waste"

I made this dress in order to raise awareness of how much waste we generate and the amounts of plastic pollution we create.

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Benjamin Pochurek's "Flora Lung"
Benjamin Pochurek's "Flora Lung"

Flora Lung explores the climate change threats of deforestation and desertification, and the important role of the individual to protect our environment.

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Ellie Bouman's "The Colorless Sea"
Ellie Bouman's "The Colorless Sea"

The message of this piece is that if drastic action is not taken quickly, most coral reefs will die off and healthy, colorful corals will only be found in books and photographs.

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Division 2: Ages 19-22

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Nicky Howard Rogers' "Microcosms"
Nicky Howard Rogers' "Microcosms"

Each container within this work holds a viable ecosystem capable of sustaining itself for upwards of three years.

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Carolina Bragg's "If Bees Are Few"
Carolina Bragg's "If Bees Are Few"

This composition for SSA choir is set to two of his works about a single bee. In one of these poems, "Release," the bee travels homeward. In the other, "Oblivion’s Bloom," the bee meets its death upon the arrival of the first cold.

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Katherine Concannon's "What We Left Behind"
Katherine Concannon's "What We Left Behind"

This piece is a shrine to the toxins and delights of a world on fire, and a call to action to other Vermonters to reconceptualize how we see everyday material objects, becoming more aware of the environmental destruction caused by their creation, and the lives that they will live after they have been discarded from our use.

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Explore The 2022 Tidal Shift Finalists

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Katherine Concannon's "What We Left Behind"
finalist, katie
Katherine Concannon's "What We Left Behind"
finalist, katie

This piece is a shrine to the toxins and delights of a world on fire, and a call to action to other Vermonters to reconceptualize how we see everyday material objects, becoming more aware of the environmental destruction caused by their creation, and the lives that they will live after they have been discarded from our use.

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finalist, katie
Marien ONeill's "What's Left Behind"
finalist
Marien ONeill's "What's Left Behind"
finalist

I created this painting to depict our physical footprint as humans on this earth, which sadly involves a lot of trash.

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David Steindl's "The Death of Reason Can We Stop Ourselves"
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David Steindl's "The Death of Reason Can We Stop Ourselves"
finalist

My piece attempts to illustrate the ways in which history repeats itself, and in which humanity remains willfully ignorant.

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finalist
Nicky Howard Rogers' "Microcosms"
finalist, nicky
Nicky Howard Rogers' "Microcosms"
finalist, nicky

Each container within this work holds a viable ecosystem capable of sustaining itself for upwards of three years.

Read More →
finalist, nicky
Carolina Bragg's "If Bees Are Few"
finalist, carolina
Carolina Bragg's "If Bees Are Few"
finalist, carolina

This composition for SSA choir is set to two of his works about a single bee. In one of these poems, "Release," the bee travels homeward. In the other, "Oblivion’s Bloom," the bee meets its death upon the arrival of the first cold.

Read More →
finalist, carolina
Torsten Brinkema's "Preservation"
finalist
Torsten Brinkema's "Preservation"
finalist

Fascinated by the origin story of this wood, and who it was that cast this natural resource—now altered with chemicals and iron— into the ocean, I was eager to look inside them to uncover their story.

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finalist
Ellie Bouman's "The Colorless Sea"
finalist, ellie
Ellie Bouman's "The Colorless Sea"
finalist, ellie

The message of this piece is that if drastic action is not taken quickly, most coral reefs will die off and healthy, colorful corals will only be found in books and photographs.

Read More →
finalist, ellie
Hannah Slone's "A Dress Made From Waste"
finalist, hannah
Hannah Slone's "A Dress Made From Waste"
finalist, hannah

I made this dress in order to raise awareness of how much waste we generate and the amounts of plastic pollution we create.

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finalist, hannah
Cole Smith's "Essential"
finalist
Cole Smith's "Essential"
finalist

These pictures of water are in all forms and in every season. The Earth is a beautiful and amazing place. We must advocate, educate, and change our behavior to protect our planet with everything we have.

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Ceiba Crow's "Our Mother"
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Ceiba Crow's "Our Mother"
finalist

This piece represents our mother earth and the devastation she is facing.

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Natalie Howard's "Beeware of the Toxic Beeauty Salon"
finalist
Natalie Howard's "Beeware of the Toxic Beeauty Salon"
finalist

My work metaphorically displays the crisis the world is facing as bee populations are slowly declining due to the use of pesticides and chemicals in the agricultural industry.

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finalist
Benjamin Pochurek's "Flora Lung"
finalist, ben
Benjamin Pochurek's "Flora Lung"
finalist, ben

Flora Lung explores the climate change threats of deforestation and desertification, and the important role of the individual to protect our environment.

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finalist, ben

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