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Boustany Praises Young Lafayette Artist as Congressional Art Competition Winner

May 5 2008
 
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, R-Southwest Louisiana, today praised Morgan Gorgon of St. Thomas Moore High School in Lafayette for winning the 2008 Artistic Discovery Competition.
 
Her entry, titled “Independent,” will hang in the U.S. Capitol for a year.  Morgan received roundtrip airfare to Washington, D.C. to display her winning piece.
 
46 high school students from across Acadiana and Southwest Louisiana participated. Entries came from Basile, Carencro, Lafayette, Scott, Lake Charles, Elton, Cameron, Grand Chenier, Creole, Youngsville, Jennings and Duson.
 
The 27th Annual Congressional High School Arts Competition, “An Artistic Discovery,” is a nationwide art competition dedicated to the boundless creativity, talent and unique expression of our country’s young people. This competition is hosted by the U.S. House of Representatives, and each Congressional District conducts its own competition for all high school students who are attending a school within their district.
 
All of the winners and honorable mentions are listed below:
 
                                1st – Morgan Gordon, Lafayette
2nd – Rebecca Padgett, Lafayette
3rd – Ellen Gauthreaux, Lafayette
HM – Cort Cicurdo, Lafayette
HM – Katie Leleaux, Duson
HM – Kelly Carbo, Lafayette
HM – Hayley Hebert, Lafayette
 
 
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