Eumundi Voice Issue 123

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Wild HeART Student Art Prize

SCC’s Wild HeART Student Art Prize is back for 2025, inviting school-aged creatives to connect

with nature and share their eco-passion through art. This year’s competition encourages students to explore local environments, observe native Australian plants, animals, or fungi, and create realistic artworks that tell an ecological story. Whether it’s a delicate wildflower, a timid shorebird, a cryptic skink, or peculiar fungi –nature’s inspiration is endless.

Finalists will have their work showcased in a stunning outdoor exhibition trail at the Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden, throughout the summer holidays. Children and young people across 3 age categories will have the chance to win awesome prizes, with entries closing at midnight on 5 October.

Environmental Portfolio Cr Maria Suarez said the prize is a celebration of creativity and connection to nature in our wildlife-friendly biosphere. “Wild HeART is your chance to tell the story of a place you care about through art. We want to see what inspires you – and what you discover when you look a little closer.” Visit: botanic-garden. sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au.