Kensington CAPA's Raheem Harrington to Represent the 1st Congressional District in 25th Anniversary of the Congressional Art Competition

Raheem Harrington photoPHILADELPHIA --- Raheem Harrington's artwork has been selected as the winning entry to represent Congressman Brady's 1st Congressional District of Pennsylvania in the 25th Anniversary of the Congressional Art Competition, An Artistic Discovery. Congressman Brady is proud to be a part of this nationwide art competition which provides Members of Congress the opportunity to showcase the talents of their creative high school constituents and acknowledge our nations's gifted young artists.
 
Raheemis a 10th grade student at Kensington CAPA (Creative and Performing Arts) Charter School. His piece is in the "mixed media"category (the use of more than two mediums, such as pencil, ink, etc.) and istitled "Passion For The Blues". His art teacher is Ms. Andrea Lyons, who is, understandably, extremely proud of Raheem.
 
Raheem's artworkwill hang in the Cannon Tunnel of the U.S. Capitol Building for the entire year of the exhibition. He will be receiving an invitation (along with other winning students from all over the country) to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Washington, D.C., on June 28, 2006.
 
He is to be congratulated.

 

 

 

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