The winner from each congressional district and his or her parents or guardians will receive airfare to Washington, D.C. and hotel accommodations to attend an awards program. The winning art will also be conspicuously displayed in the Cannon Tunnel of the United States Capitol Building for one year.

“I’m continually impressed by the talent I’ve seen in our high school students,” Green said. “I can hardly believe those pieces are created by teenagers.”

The competition is limited to high school students, but exceptions will be made for schools that have the 7^th through 12^th grades in one building.

Art will be accepted from the following categories:

• Paintings: oil, acrylics, watercolor, etc.
• Drawings: pastels, colored pencil, pencil, charcoal, ink, markers
• Collage: must be two-dimensional
• Prints: lithographs, silkscreen, block prints
• Mixed media: use of more than one medium, such as pencil and ink
• Computer-generated art
• Photography

The artwork must be two-dimensional, no larger than 30 inches by 30 inches to the outside dimensions of the frame, and no more than four inches in depth. Each entry must be original in concept, design and execution and may not violate any copyright laws. Each student and his or her teacher must sign the release form to certify originality of the piece.  

The Architect of the Capitol will make a final decision regarding suitability of the art for exhibition in the Capitol.

Students or teachers from the 29^th Congressional District should drop their work off at one of Green’s three area offices. Locations are: 256 N. Sam Houston Parkway East, Suite 29 in Houston; 11811 I-10 East, Suite 430 in Houston; and 10 N. Gaillard in Baytown. For more information or directions, call Armando Walle at (281) 999-5879.

Both public and private school students are welcome to enter the contest. Schools within the 29^th District include: