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title: "Three ACAP supporters submitted artworks to the first Friends of Midway Atoll art contest"
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# Three ACAP supporters submitted artworks to the first Friends of Midway Atoll art contest

*![FOMA art competion Ilana Nimz](https://www.acap.aq/images/FOMA_art_competion_Ilana_Nimz.png)  
Highlights of life on Midway by Ilana Nimz*

 The [Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge](https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofMidwayNWR?__tn__=-%5dK*F) (FOMA) held its [first art contest](https://friendsofmidway.org/call-to-art/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMOtTlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFtNklnQ0pqYVhmaVdvbjNpAR55IU2h-XS_JDllxZhzCxCmOL0tbWRm15Sx7D5C5lkNH861t05sd1Lntc6pxg_aem_fNDTh5NyLBo0VpHB-zXTpA) during June, announcing the winners last month ([click here](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/the-friends-of-midway-atoll-national-wildlife-refuge-hold-an-art-contest)). All the submitted entries are now available for viewing [here](https://friendsofmidway.org/fomas-1st-annual-art-contest-artwork-submissions/).  Three entrants, [Isabelle Beaudoin](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/the-acap-monthly-missive-seven-months-researching-albatrosses-and-restoring-habitats-on-holaniku-kure-atoll-in-the-north-pacific), [Ilana Nimz](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/friends-of-hawaiian-islands-national-wildlife-refuge-is-excited-to-celebrate-the-inaugural-world-albatross-day?highlight=WyJuaW16Il0=) and [Holly Parsons](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/the-acap-monthly-missive-when-artists-and-photographers-meet-featuring-three-supporters-of-world-albatross-day-2025?highlight=WyJwYXJzb25zIl0=), have previously supported the Albatross and Petrel Agreement with their artworks, photographs and writings.  Their submitted artworks, along with descriptions follow.

 **Ilana Nimz**: “This is a whimsical repeating tile pattern depicting highlights of life on Midway, including rafting Moli [Laysan Albatross], dancing Ka'upu [Black-footed Albatross], endangered ‘ilio holo i ka ua ua [Hawaiian Monk Seal], numerous shorebirds, and the cryptic nunulu [Bonin Petrel]. The lagoon is home to a resident pod of naia [dolphins], and the ponds have thriving Laysan ducks.”

 *![FOMA art competion George and Geraldine](https://www.acap.aq/images/FOMA_art_competion_George_and_Geraldine.png)  
“George and Geraldine” by Holly Parsons*

 **Holly Parsons:** “The pointillist portrait “George and Geraldine” depicts the beloved pair of Short-tailed Albatross who have chosen to nest on Kuaihelani [Midway Atoll], unlike the rest of their species, who nest in Japan.  Quite the pioneering couple!”

 *![Isabelle Beaudoin FOMA](https://www.acap.aq/images/Isabelle_Beaudoin_FOMA.jpg)  
“The Yawn” by Isabelle Beaudoin*

 **Isabelle Beaudoin** submitted three artworks in her “Weird Chicks” series drawn from life on Kure Atoll. “*The Yawn*”, depicted here, along with “*Wing Stub Stretch”* and “*The Aeroplane Stretch*”.

 *John Cooper, Emeritus Information Officer, Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, 27 August 2025*