BGSO Nature Art Exhibit and Contest

The BGSO Nature Art exhibit and contest was started in 2008. The contest is open to all Biology Graduate students and the art may be in any media, as long as it has a Nature theme. All ODU students, faculty, and staff are welcome to view the exhibit and vote on their favorite entries. The entries from each year's contest are then placed on display in MGB 125 until the next contest.

2009 BGSO Nature Art Contest

The 2009 Art Contest was a big success. We had 23 entries and voting was open to the ODU public from 2/23-2/25. There were 48 visitors to the exhibit, who all voted for their top 3 favorite pieces. The winners were announced on Thursday, 2/26 at the Open Meeting. The prizes went to:

• 1st place, Marc Milne for "Bowl & Doily"
• 2nd place, Julie Ray for "Save Our Frogs"
• 3rd place (tie), Todd Egerton for "Actun Loch Tunich - Cayo, Belize"
                             Shab Mohammadi for "Canada Geese"
• Honorable mention also goes to Charlotte Grizzard for her photo "Pete, the Penguin" and clay sculpture "White Perch Key", and to Angela Mojica for her photo "Green Tree Snake"
  

2008 BGSO Nature Art Contest

The photo below shows some of the many submissions to the contest that was held in February 2008. The winners of the contest were:

• 1st place, Angela Mojica for "Giant Blue Mouth"
• 2nd place, Matt Semcheski for "Kayaking Through the Dismal Swamp"
• 3rd place, Todd Egerton for "Danish Dinoflaggelate"