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National Fossil Art Contest

9 Feb 2023
Winners in the 9-12 age group from the 2022 contest pictured with their artwork. Photo: Alison Miles, OSM Photography

Fossil experts in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences are calling for children to enter the 2023 National Fossil Art Contest, with a grand prize of a fossil-hunting trip with real palaeontologists.  

The contest is run by the UCC programme Ireland鈥檚 Fossil Heritage and is open to children from 4-18 years old. The theme of the contest is 鈥淚rish fossils ALIVE鈥. Entries must be submitted as digital photographs by 5 pm Friday 31st of March. The winning entries in each age category will be exhibited in UCC鈥檚 Glucksman Gallery in June 2023.  

鈥淔ossils make science accessible to people from all walks of life,鈥 said program manager Professor Maria McNamara, Professor of Palaeontology at UCC. 鈥淲e want to celebrate our curiosity in the natural world in a creative way through art.鈥 

Prizes include fossil-branded T-shirts, fossil kits and behind-the-scenes tours of the UCC fossil labs. The grand prize is an overnight trip to Hook Head, Co. Wexford, for the overall winner plus a parent or guardian, with B&B accommodation and meals included. Nicole Kerber, mother of last year鈥檚 winner, said the fossil fieldtrip was 鈥渕ind-blowing鈥.making memories to last a lifetime.鈥 

 

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