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Congressional Art Competition
The Congressional Art Competition is an annual event. Entry is open to students in grades 7-12. Applicants may submit a single piece of work no larger than 28" x 28" x 4" (including the frame) that weighs less than 15 lbs. The winning piece of art will be shown in an art exhibit along the halls of Congress throughout the following year. If you have questions about this year's selection process, please call Consuelo Rios in the Tucson district office at (520) 622-6788.
Rep. Grijalva's office is curently accepting applications for the 2014 art competition. Guidelines are available here, and the Student Information and Release Form is here.
Students can get more information from this flier, and principals and teachers should read this introductory letter about the application process.
2013 ENTRIES
Artist: Jose Coronado
School: Amphi High School
Title: Diffused Delicacy
Medium: Digital photography
Description: None given
NOTE: This entry was selected by Rep. Grijalva as the winner of the 2013 competition. It will hang in the halls of the Cannon Corridor for the next 12 months, and the artist will be invited to an event in Washington.
A sampling of the 2013 submissions.
Artist: Manuel Rosas
School: Westview High School
Title: Catch the Sun
Medium: Digital photography
Description: 11 x 14” Digital Photography. Black and White. Gray-scale. Father and son fishing. Silhouette with ocean sunrise and sun flare.
Name: Cesar Elenas Licea
School: Sunnyside High School
Title: Kumiko, woman of eternal beauty
Medium: Ink
Description: Japanese brush painting technique
Artist: Lorenzo Mendoza
School: Salpointe Catholic High School
Title: El Saguaro Feliz
Medium: Ink and Pen
Description: My concentration is fiction and fantasy with humor.
Artist: Andrew Mendoza
School: Salpoint Catholic High School
Title: In for the Kill
Medium: Scratch Board
Description: A corgi with gun in paw, in an alley, leaning over a crate that is up against a wall looking parallel with the alley wall down the alley, with a multi-textured brick wall behind her.
Artist: Caitlin Powers
School: Skyview High School
Title: Tea Time
Medium: Colored pencil
Description: Ball Jar and Spoon
Artist: Ricardo Acosta
School: Skyview High School
Title: Eternal Reflection
Medium: soft pastel
Description: My soft pastel portrait is comprised almost entirely of the art elements: color, value, and space. Color and value work hand-in-hand to define the tints and shadows on Buddaha’s facial features.
Artist: Autumn Bryfogle
School: Skyview High School
Title: Hoot
Medium: White charcoal
Description: White charcoal of an owl
Artist: Hayden Smith
School: Skyview High School
Title: Real Eyes
Medium: Colored pencil
Description: Colin the crybaby holding pictures of eyes in front of his own eyes.
Artist: Walter Ben Hill
School: Patagonia Union High School
Title: Wally’s Reflection
Medium: Colored pencils
Description: Self-portrait in mirror image
Artist: Christina Spafford
School: Sonoran Science Academy
Title: Dandy Duo
Medium: graphite pencil
Description: This is a photographic image of work horses in Tombstone. I was intrigued by the intricacy of the harnesses and wanted to keep it true to how it appears in real life. I made the background simple to emphasize the horses.
Artist: Brandon Thandi
School: Sonoran Science Academy
Title: Cavity Gem
Medium: Collage and Colored Pencil
Description: This is part of a 12 piece human anatomy series that I did. I took something simple (teeth) and dissected it with different colors, creating a sort of x-ray effect.
Artist: Kameron Cempa
School: Sonoran Science Academy
Title: Midnight Owl
Medium: Pencil and colored pencil
Description: the great horned owl is one of the largest owls found in Arizona and I decided to base my art on the owl.
Artist: Sedona Creegan
School: Sonoran Science Academy
Title: Mismatched Pair
Medium: Acrylic Paint
Description: Paint pattern horses are a common symbol of the Southwest but instead of just black and white, I exaggerate the colored highlights to give each horse a new identifier.
Artist: Michelle Coyle
School: Agua Fria High School
Title: Abstract Painting
Medium: Wax, water color, coal
Description: The painting is a representation of schools in my perception. The rectangle figures represents the subjects and the white line down the middle is the heat beat of the school itself. The larger rectangles are the core subjects according to schools such as English, math, and history. The core subjects are all dull and rather routine to students unlike the arts in schools which brings out passion, innovative thinking, creativity and everything America needs its future leaders to be. Although these subjects very important, they are still overlooked and out-shined by the core subjects. This is why I made the darker colored rectangles larger than the smaller brighter rectangles (the arts). The larger rectangles are also outlined in a dark because of the strict thinking and curriculum instilled in students while the arts leaves no barriers for the mind of students to move freely.
Artist: James Woodward
School: Catalina Magnet High School
Title: Kindness
Medium: Drawing with pen and colored pencil
Description: Anime boy and dog
Artist: Bryonna White
School: Westview High School
Title: Mount Hip-hop
Medium: Paint and Pencil
Description: My artwork is a replica of Mt. Rushmore but besides our 4 presidents, I replaced them with 4 hip-hop artists who are deceased. That’s why it’s called “Mount Hip-Hop."
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