Young West Seattle artist wins regional ‘Bridging Futures’ contest

Congratulations to Axel Oxholm of West Seattle – shown above with Governor Gregoire after being chosen the Western Washington winner of WSDOT‘s “Bridging Futures Art and Essay Contest.” The challenge given to students: Write and/or draw something related to the importance of wildlife crossings; the state is building two in the Snoqualmie Pass area, to help wildlife get across I-90 safely. Here’s Axel’s winning work, which will be on a billboard in that area:

You can read more about the contest here; the awards were presented in Cle Elum this past Monday, as Gov. Gregoire presided over her last meeting as chair of the Western Governors Association. (We didn’t know about his win initially because he goes to school at Cedarhurst Elementary in Burien and so wasn’t identified in the state announcement as a West Seattleite – thanks to Axel’s dad Peter Levine for sharing the news!)

5 Replies to "Young West Seattle artist wins regional 'Bridging Futures' contest"

  • LAP June 16, 2012 (7:58 pm)

    His teacher is from West Seattle, too!

  • DF June 16, 2012 (10:26 pm)

    Congratulations Alex you are very talented. All the best.

  • Homesick June 17, 2012 (4:54 am)

    Congratulations to his teacher Kevin Plough, also from West Seattle.
    3 of the top 10 finalists for this state competition were from his class.

  • cindy b June 17, 2012 (5:31 pm)

    Great picture Axel! Congratulations on your award.

  • Basia June 18, 2012 (1:37 pm)

    Axel, your picture is the greatest! I’ll bet you’ll love the King Tut exhibit when we finally see it, because it’s filled with great art!

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