Sydney Seahorse Art Project

Published on: February 2022

Record: HANSARD-1323879322-122629


Sydney Seahorse Art Project

Ms FELICITY WILSON (North Shore)

—Speaker I want to recognise the Sydney Institute of Marine Science [SIMS] for their Sydney Seahorse Art Project. SIMS partnered up with North Sydney Council to deliver this program which helps raise awareness for the endangered Sydney Seahorse species. Through the program, primary aged school students were able to learn about the Sydney Seahorse in online modules. They were then invited to create a unique piece of artwork inspired by the Sydney Seahorse and what they had learnt about conservation. These unique artworks were all submitted in January and are currently being developed into an animation which will be exhibited in May at the Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability to help spread awareness about the Sydney Seahorse. Thank you to Director and CEO of SIMS, Martina Doblin, and the entire team at SIMS for championing this project and for the consistent conservation work you do in North Shore and the wider community. Thank you to North Sydney Council for helping bring this project to fruition. I would also like to extend my thanks to other organisations who assisted with the program which are Stanton Library, SEA LIFE Aquarium, NSW DPI Fisheries, UNSW, and UTS.

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