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."