Each spring, the Congressional Institute and participating Members of Congress sponsor An Artistic Discovery, a nationwide high school visual art competition that recognizes and encourages artistic talent in each Congressional District. Since the pilot competition in 1982, more than 650,000 high school students have participated.
The competition is open to high school students. Artwork must be the creation of a single student. Students may not collaborate on an entry.
Each student must submit the Student Release Form with his or her entry.
The winner from each district will receive two round trip plane tickets for Southwest Airlines for attendance at the Congressional Celebration held on June 27th where all winners will be honored.
All entries for the Congressional Art Competition must be submitted via shipment of original artwork or via emailed digital copy of artwork to Congressman Bergman’s Gwinn or Traverse City offices by 5:00pm on April 19th.
Congressional Art Competition Rules:
Artwork must be two-dimensional. Each framed artwork can be no larger than 26 inches high, 26 inches wide, and 4 inches deep. If your artwork is selected as the winning piece, it must arrive framed in Washington, D.C. Even when framed, it must still measure no larger than the above maximum dimensions. No framed piece should weigh more than 15 pounds.
Accepted mediums for the two-dimensional artwork are as follows:
• Paintings: oil, acrylics, watercolor, etc.
• Drawings: colored pencil, pencil, ink, marker, pastels, charcoal (It is recommended that charcoal and pastel drawings be fixed.)
• Collages: must be two dimensional
• Prints: lithographs, silkscreen, block prints
• Mixed Media: use of more than two mediums such as pencil, ink, watercolor, etc.
• Computer-generated art
• Photographs
Each entry must be original in concept, design, and execution and may not violate U.S. copyright laws. Any entry that has been copied from an existing photo or image (including a painting, graphic, or advertisement) that was created by someone other than the student is a violation of the competition rules and will not be accepted.
Please contact Lauren Pauly with any questions or to receive a student release form – Lauren.Pauly@mail.house.gov. The release forms can also be found at this link: Art Competition | house.gov
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