Congressional Art Competition

Every spring, the United States House of Representatives hosts a Congressional Art Competition for high school students across the nation. The competition is available to all high school students in Florida’s 12th Congressional District and the grand prize winner’s artwork hangs in the tunnel between the U.S. Capitol building and the Cannon House Office Building for one year.

Competition requirements and general guidelines include:

• The competition is open to high school students who reside in the 12th Congressional District.


• Artwork categories are as follows:


• Paintings: oil, acrylic, watercolor, etc.


• Drawings: pastels, colored pencil, pencil, charcoal, ink, markers


• Collage: must be two dimensional


• Prints: lithographs, silkscreen, block prints


• Computer-generated art


• Photography


• Mixed media: use of more than two mediums listed above.


• Each entry must be an original in concept, design, and execution and may not violate any U.S. copyright laws.


• Artwork must fall within the following guidelines:


• Artwork must be two-dimensional.


• Artwork can be no larger than 30 inches by 30 inches, and no more than 4 inches deep, including a frame. The winning artwork must be framed to hang in the Capitol, a cost that will be paid for by the competition.


• Artwork will hang in the Capitol for the entire year of the exhibition and cannot be returned early to the artist. Students should submit artwork they will not need for other purposes.

For further information, please contact Pam Fuller in my Bartow office at 863-534-3530.

View the 2008 Winners

View the 2009 Winners