Congressional Art Competition Student Exhibits

Check Out Extraordinary Pieces of Art By Our Own High School Students Who Participated in the 30th National Congressional Art Competition

 

THE 30th NATIONAL CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION

AN ARTISTIC DISCOVERY

Organized by Members of Congress to encourage and recognize the artistic talents of young Americans

Click here to access the 31st National Congressional Art Competition guidelines and application.

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton

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This was the best year ever! The competition received 380 artwork submissions from 196 students in grades 8 -12 representing 17 schools - five D.C. Public Schools, seven Private Schools, and four Public Charter Schools.

The artwork of the first place winner will be displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol in a national exhibit of student's artwork from the congressional districts of every member of the House of Representatives. Also, participant's artwork will be exhibited in my Congressional District Offices, at the prestigious Wahlfarth Galleries in the District of Columbia, the DC Chamber of Commerce, as well as at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The exhibit details are listed below.

1st Place Winner (Click here to view Tashawn's winning piece.)

Tashawn Jackson- 10th Grade, Phelps Architecture Construction & Engineering High

  • Artwork will be displayed for one year in the national exhibit at the US Capitol
  • Awarded a 4-5 year partial scholarship to the Savannah College of Art & Design and a lap top computer

2nd Place

Maise McCune- 11th Grade, St. John's College High School

  • Artwork will be displayed in Congresswoman Norton's District Offices in the
  • National Press Building & the Southeast Professional Building, as well as the Wohlfarth Galleries
  • Awarded a summer scholarship to the Corcoran College of Art & Design
  • Pre-College Program

3rd Place

Larrain Cook- 10th Grade, St. John's College High School

  • Artwork will be displayed in Congresswoman Norton's District Offices in the
  • National Press Building & the Southeast Professional Building, as well as the Wohlfarth Galleries
  • Awarded a digital camera

 

DC Chamber of Commerce Exhibit & Student Names/Schools:

 

 

10/3/2011 – 10/17/2011

 

Maise McCune             St. John’s College High School

 

Lorrain Cook                 St. John’s College High School

 

 

 

 

10/18/2011 – 11/1/2011

 

Alex Girardot               St. Anselm’s Abbey School

 

Sam Girardot                St. Anselm’s Abbey School

 

 

 

11/2/2011 – 11/16/2011

 

Clara Lincoln                 Capital City Public Charter School

 

Melis Odabas-Geldiay    Georgetown Day School

 

 

 

11/17/2011 – 12/1/2011

 

Oliver Lee                   Gallaudet MSSD

 

Leah Edwards             Archbishop Carroll High School

 

 

 

12/2/2011 – 12/16/2011

 

Davante Kirk               Gallaudet MSSD

 

Aidan Eubanks             School Without Walls High School

 

 

 

12/19/2011 – 1/2/2012

 

Sophia Colevas           St. John’s College High School

 

Kyra Williams             Sheridan School

 

 

 

1/3/2012 - 1/17/2012

 

William Cafritz             Georgetown Day School

 

Kate Cullen                  Georgetown Day School

 

 

 

1/18/2012 - 2/1/2012

 

Henry Brown              Georgetown Day School

 

Diego Trejo                 Gallaudet MSSD

 

 

 

2/2/2012 - 2/16/2012

 

Natalie Mufson             Georgetown Day School

 

Lisa Geller                   Georgetown Day School

 

 

 

2/17/2012 - 3/2/2012

 

Mahlet Meshera            St. John’s College High School

 

Jasmine Benton             Phelps Architecture Construction and Engineering High School

 

 

 

3/5/2012 - 3/19/2012

 

Liyana Ido                   School Without Walls High School

 

Shalonda Hardy           Duke Ellington School of the Arts

 

 

 

3/20/2012 - 4/3/2012

 

Julia Dohner                 Georgetown Day School

 

Victoria Finnegan         Georgetown Day School

 

 

Previous Student Art Exhibits & Student Names/Schools: 

 

Exhibit -June 9, 2011 - July 29, 2001

Terminal B and C baggage claim level

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

 

Archbishop Carroll Senior High School

James Edwards, Teacher

Leah Edwards

 

Capital City Public Charter School

Jose M. Cuevas, Teacher

Claudia Rodriquez

 

Duke Ellington School of the Arts

Derek Horton, Teacher

Anya Fredrickson

Shalonda Hardy

 

Edmund Burke School

Maureen O'Brien, Teacher

Anna Wickenden

 

Gallaudet - Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD)

Philip Bogdan, Teacher

Mikail Baptiste

Shezhana Belousova-Kim

Katherine Fishbein

Mary Ann Gardner

Joseph Mosely

Emmanuel Ramos Rodriguez

Kerie Scurri-Burns

Michael Stamper

Belva Wolcott

 

Georgetown Day School

Laura Tolliver, Teacher

Katherine Baird

Mara Barry

Michael Bavelay

Jake Blount

Henry Brown

William Cafritz

Caitlin De Lisser-Ellen

Juliette Delman-Lagot

Kate Fitzgerald

Lisa Geller

Emma Howcroft

Sarah Loether

Lindsey Max

Natalie Mufson

Jullian Robert

Riley Selig-Addiss

Danielle Tolliver

 

Michelle Cobb, Teacher

Ellie Lasater-Guttmann

Natalie Millstein

 

Howard University Middle School

Indja D. Cheshire, Teacher

Rhythm Bowers

 

Phelps Ace Senior High School

Tafari Wald, Teacher

Jasmine Benton

Nia Petty

 

School Without Walls High School

Marni Leikin, Teacher

Michelle Aguilar

Chase Ammon

Grace Baker

Jeff Casters

Adrian Espinola

Aidan Eubanks

Sydney Hall

Bethlehem Horn

Liyana Ido

Briana Jeter

Rebecca Klein

Caroline Lahti

Chris May

Joe Meier

Ashley Padgett

Ariana Paredes-Vincent

Brisa Queiroz

Grisselle Rivera

Camille Titzell

Macrina Wilkins

 

SEED Public Charter School

Kamala Subramanian, Teacher

Jihad Ford

 

Sheridan School

Jason Cox, Teacher

Kyra Williams

 

St. Anselm's Abbey School

Elizabeth Peak, Teacher

Alexander Atienza

Aidan Craver

James McFeeters

Giancarlo Montes

Alexander Sella

 

St. John's College High School

Valerie Montana, Teacher

Camilla Cook

Almudena Diaz

Tiffany Mills, Teacher

Sydney Jones

Margaret Luzon

Maisie McCune

 

Stuart Hobson Middle School

Laura Aikman, Teacher

Evelyn MacPherson

 

Washington Latin Public Charter School

Kristin Stephens, Teacher

Maddie Galvez

Cambria Revsine

 

WOHLFARD GALLERIES:

 

Wohlfarth Galleries

3418 9th Street, NE

Washington, DC 20017

 

Exhibit - June 18, 2011 - July 18, 2011

St. John's College High School

Maise McCune

Larrain Cook

 

DC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE:

DC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

506 9th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Exhibit - July 18- August 18, 2011

 

Archbishop Carroll High School

Leah Edwards

 

Capital City Public Charter School

Clara Lincoln

 

Duke Ellington School of the Arts

Shalonda Hardy

 

Gallaudet MSSD

Davante Kirk

Oliver Lee

Diego Trejo

 

Georgetown Day School

Henry Brown

William Cafritz

Kate Cullen

Julia Dohner

Victoria Finnegan

Lisa Geller

Natalie Mufson

Melis Odabas-Geldiay

 

Phelps Architecture Construction & Engineering High School

Jasmine Benton

 

School Without Walls High School

Aidan Eubanks

Liyana Ido

 

Sheridan School

Kyra Williams

 

St. Anselm's Abbey School

Alex Girardot

Sam Girardot

 

St. John's College High School

Sophia Colevas

Larrain Cook

Maise McCune

Mahlet Meshera