Each spring, a nation-wide high
school art competition is sponsored by the Members of the U.S. House of
Representatives. The Congressional Art Competition began in 1982 and is a
unique opportunity to showcase the artistic talents of high school students
around the nation and within the 2nd Congressional District. Since its
inception, over 650,000 high school students have been involved with this
nationwide competition. The Congressional Art Competition is an opportunity to
recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation, as well as in each
Congressional District.
The Congressional Art Competition,
sponsored by my office, is open to all high school students attending a high
school located in the 2nd Congressional District of Massachusetts. The piece
that is judged the overall winner of our District's competition will be
displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol. The exhibit in Washington will also
include artwork from other competition winners nation-wide. Two roundtrip
airline tickets are provided to the winner and a guest to attend the national
reception in Washington, D.C.or a or a $150 restaurant gift card (restaurant
umbrella to be determined by Southwest Airlines). Category prize winners’ artwork
may be requested to be displayed in my district offices for one year.
Artwork
must be dropped off at one of my district offices by 4:30 pm, Tuesday, May 2,
2017
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12 East Worcester
Street, Suite 1
Worcester, MA 01604
508-831-7356
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24 Church Street,
RM 29
Leominster, MA
01453
978-466-3552
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94 Pleasant Street
Northampton, MA
01060
413-341-8700
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There
will be a reception for all entrants from 9:30am – 11:30 am on Saturday, May 20th
at Shrewsbury High School, 64 Holden St., Shrewsbury. Pieces will be judged
by a panel of local artists and
winners
will be announced at 10:30 am.
Art will be judged in
the following categories:
·
Painting
(Oil, acrylics, watercolor, etc.)
·
Drawings
(colored pencil, pencil, ink, marker, pastels, charcoal)
·
Computer-generated
art
·
Photography
·
Prints/Collage
(must be two dimensional)/Mixed Media (use of more than two mediums)
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