Congressional Art Competition

Every year, each Member of Congress hosts an art contest to feature the artwork of students
throughout the district. This competition allows Members to showcase the artistic talents of
students and encourages them to pursue their interest in the field of the fine arts.

Each year prior to the Congressional Art Competition, Congressman Thompson hosts the Annual Second Congressional District Artistic Discovery Art Competition (District Art Competition), where students from schools all over the District come to compete for a chance to represent Mississippi’s Second Congressional District in Washington, DC.

There is a two (2) piece limit for the number of pieces eligible for submission into the District Art Competition. Students who participate in the District Art Competition must submit pieces of art that meet the criteria listed below.

Criteria

All art must conform to the following guidelines and restrictions, listed below:
 - Artwork must be two-dimensional
 - Each piece can be NO LARGER than 28”x28”4” (28inches high x 28 inches wide, and 4 inches deep), INCLUDING THE FRAME.
 - Artwork cannot weigh more than 15lbs
 - Acceptable media for artwork are as follows:
    o Paintings: oil, acrylics, watercolor, etc.
    o Drawings: pastels, colored pencil, pencil, charcoal, ink, markers
    o Collage
    o Prints: lithographs, silkscreen, block prints
    o Mixed Media: use of more than two medias such as pencil, ink, watercolor, etc
    o Computer-Generated Art
    o Photography
 - Each entry must be original in concept, design, and execution and may not violate any U.S. copyright laws. Any entry that has been copied from an existing photo (other than 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. Work entered must be in the original medium (that is, not a scanned reproduction of a painting or drawing).

The artwork of the winner of the District Art Competition will be displayed as part of a year-long national exhibition in the Cannon House Office Building, in the walkway leading from Cannon to the United States Capitol.

The 2011 Second Congressional District Artistic Discovery Art Competition, will be held April 18, 2011 at Greenville-Weston High School in Greenville, MS. For more information on competing in the District Art Competition please contact Ms. Ashley Beale at 662.335.9003.

To see pictures from last year’s competition please click here.

To download the Student Information and Release Forms please click here.