Jaime Herrera Beutler Announces 2012 High School Art Competition
Students Can Submit Art by April 6 Deadline
Vancouver,
Feb 29, 2012 -
Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler announced this week that high school students across Southwest Washington are invited to participate in the 2012 Congressional Art Competition.
The Congressional Art Competition is open to all high school students, grades 9-12, who either reside or attend school in Southwest Washington’s 3rd Congressional District.
The winner of the competition will have his or her artwork displayed for one year in Washington, D.C.’s U.S. Capitol Building Corridor. The winner will also receive free airfare for themselves and one guest to attend the June ribbon-cutting ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Contestants must submit digital photos of their entries via email to jhb.cac@gmail.com. The deadline for entering the competition is April 6, and all entries must be received by that date.
“If you’re a high school student who can paint, draw, sketch, take photos or otherwise express yourself artistically, I invite you to enter this competition,” said Jaime. “This is a great opportunity to showcase your talent and represent your high school and region to the rest of the country. I’m inspired whenever I walk by the beautiful display of last year’s winning entries in U.S. Capitol.”
Details:
- To be eligible, the actual art must be two-dimensional, framed, and can be no larger than 28”x28”x4 (28 inches high, 28 inches wide, and 4 inches deep) and may not weigh more than 15lbs.
- Artwork must be original in concept, design and execution.
- Artwork accepted mediums are as follows:
• Paintings: oil, acrylics, watercolor, etc.
• Drawings: pastels, colored pencil, pencil, charcoal, ink, markers
• Collage
• Prints: lithographs, silkscreen, block prints
• Mixed Media: use of more than two mediums such as pencil, ink, watercolor, etc.
• Computer-generated art
• Photography
- Entries will be evaluated by a blue ribbon panel of judges from the seven counties within Southwest Washington’s 3rd Congressional District.
Second and third place entries will be displayed in Jaime’s office over the next year.
For complete details and guidelines, students and education leaders should visit http://www.house.gov/content/educate/art_competition/ or call Jaime’s office at (360) 695-6292.
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