Tekla Nimmow wins award for artwork

Tekla Nimmow was recently awarded the Rakha/Ewert Art Award for her submission in the student juried art exhibit at UW-La Crosse. The piece she created is called “Straw Reef.” Nimmow came up with the idea from several articles she had read stating how plastic straws are polluting our oceans at an alarming rate and are wreaking havoc on our oceans, marine wildlife and coral reefs. In an twist, she created this model of a coral reef from over 10,000 plastic straws. The piece changes from left to right showing the different depths of the straws. In the Fall, Nimmow will be a senior at UW-La Crosse majoring in Art Education.