Belize Fund’s 2025 Reef Week Art Contest: Building Resilience from Ridge to Reef
Belize Reef Week 2025 is here! This year, the Belize Fund is launching a national art competition that highlights the connection between land and sea. Under the theme “Building Resilience from Ridge to Reef,” this contest invites artists to creatively depict the importance of conservation, sustainability, and ecosystem protection. Through visual storytelling, we aim to inspire greater awareness and action for the health of Belize’s coastal and marine environments. Contest Duration: February 19 – March 12, 2025 Winners Announced: March 21, 2025 Categories: Ages 12-17 and Ages 18+ How it Works: Your artwork should reflect this year’s theme, Building Resilience from Ridge to Reef, and may showcase: Submission Styles: 🖌 Paintings (watercolour, acrylic, or oil) 🎨 Crayon Art & Drawings (pencil, charcoal, ink, or crayons) 💻 Digital Art (graphic illustrations, digital paintings) Rules and Guidelines: Judging Criteria: Prizes: Ages 12-17 Ages 18+ 🥇 1st Place: $700 🥇 1st Place: $1000 🥈 2nd Place: $550 🥈 2nd Place: $800 🥉 3rd Place: $450 🥉 3rd Place: $600 🏅 4th Place: $300 🏅 4th Place: $400 🏅 5th Place: $200 🏅 5th Place: $300 ✨ Overall Fan Favourite (awarded to the submission with the most engagement (likes, comments, and shares) on Belize Fund’s social media platforms) – $200 Disclaimer: By submitting an entry, participants agree and grant permission for full use by the Belize Fund to be displayed, distributed, reproduced, and created as derivative works of the texts, in whole or in part, in any media currently existing or subsequently developed, for any educational, promotional, publicity, exhibition, archival, scholarly, or all other standard purposes of the Belize Fund’s communication activities and product development related to Belize coastal and marine environment.