U.S. CONGRESSMAN PAUL C. BROUN, M.D. 10th Congressional District of Georgia

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Kid's Section // Congressional Art Competition
 
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2010 Winner Aaron Edwards

U.S. Representative Paul Broun, M.D.

2010 Congressional Art Competition
General Guidelines

The competition is open to high school students enrolled in grades nine through twelve, whose home or school lies within the Tenth District of Georgia.
  1. All artwork must be two-dimensional
  2. No artwork larger than 26 inches by 26 inches to the outside dimensions and no more than 3 inches in depth
  3. Artwork cannot weigh more than 15 lbs.
  4. Only one entry per student
  5. All artwork must fall within one of the following categories:
    • Paintings: oil, acrylics, watercolors, etc
    • Drawings: pastels, colored pencil, charcoal, ink, markers
    • Collage: Must be two dimensional
    • Prints: lithographs, silkscreen, block prints
    • Mixed Media: use of more than two mediums such as pencil, ink, etc
    • Computer Generated Art
    • Photography
  6. No sculpture, jewelry, ceramics, weaving/ fabrics, stained glass or 3-D artwork
  7. A TYPED copy of the Student Release form, signed by both the teacher and the student, must be attached to the back of the artwork to certify the originality of the piece.
  8. All entries must be submitted to one of Congressman Broun's three district offices (in Toccoa, Athens, and Evans) by Friday, March 19, 2010.  
  9. Each entry must be original in concept, design and execution and must not violate any U.S. Copyright Laws. Any entry that has been copied from an existing photo (not the student’s own), painting, graphic, advertisement, or any other work produced by another person is a violation of the competition rules and will not be accepted.
  10. The winning artwork will hang in the Capitol for the entire year of the exhibition and cannot be returned to students earlier. Students, therefore, should submit artwork they will not need for other purposes.
  11. The final decision regarding suitability for the exhibition in the capitol will be made by a panel of qualified persons chaired by the Architect of the Capitol.

Please fill in the below student release form and attach it to the back of the artwork: