Washington, D.C. - United States Representative Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) announced today that Leonardo Ramos of Kensington, a student at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, is the winner of the 25th Annual Congressional Art Competition for the Eighth Congressional District of Maryland. His entry, a self-portrait done in oil, will be on display in the United States Capitol, beginning in June, for one year. Three runners-up will have their work displayed in Van Hollen’s Capitol Hill and district offices. The winners, chosen from more than 200 entries, were announced during an awards ceremony on April 3 at The Mansion at Strathmore in North Bethesda. The exhibition will be on display at The Mansion at Strathmore from April 3-28, 2006 and is open to the public for viewing. The following is a list of winners.
Winner of the 25th Annual Congressional Art Competition:
Leonardo Ramos (of Kensington) from Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda
Self Portrait
Oil
Runners up: (in no particular order)
Aydin Hamami (of Bethesda) from Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda
Portrait of Alex
Oil
Caitlin Gordon (of Garrett Park) from Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda
Untitled
Charcoal
Bizhan Zhumagali (of Rockville) from Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville
Selves-Portrait
Oil
Honorable Mentions (in no particular order)
Will Ryan (of Chevy Chase) from Walt Whitman High School
Childhood Memories
Acrylic
Dori Zweig (of Silver Spring) from The Bullis School in Potomac
Chairs
Black and white photograph
Tram Ton (of Silver Spring) from Albert Einstein High Visual Arts Center
Put-It-All-In
Ebony Pencil
