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Congressman Emanuel Cleaver

Representing the 5th District of MISSOURI

Congressman Cleaver Announces Winner of Congressional Art Competition

Apr 11, 2016
Press Release
Blue Springs High School Student wins top award for art entry.

Annabelle Cash of Blue Springs High School Student wins top award for art entry

Annabelle Cash, winner of this year's Congressional Art Competition, with Congressman and Mrs. Cleaver

Congratulations to winner Annabelle Cash, a senior at Blue Springs High School in Blue Springs, MO. Her painting entitled, “Grandma” won First Place in the 2016 Congressional Art Competition, “A Voyage of Artistic Discovery” sponsored by the Congressional Institute. High school students from Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II’s 5th Congressional District submitted over 200 pieces of their artwork this year. Congressman Cleaver and wife, Dianne, hosted the annual event which recognizes and showcases young talent.

"We want to use this opportunity to lift up to the rest of the world these talented young people of Kansas City," said Mrs. Cleaver. "I mean these are high school students! Their work is amazing," Congressman Cleaver added.

Cash’s painting, “Grandma” will hang inside the Cannon Tunnel at US Capitol Building for one year. In addition, she will receive;

  • Two Southwest Airlines vouchers to attend the National Reception in Washington, D.C.
  • A Full Tuition Scholarship for a Pre-College Art Lab, valued at $2,799, at the Kansas City Art Institute
  • A Partial Scholarship to Savannah College of Arts and Design in Savannah, GA.

A panel of 13 judges selected the First through Fifth Place and Honorable Mention winners for the competition held at the Kansas City Public Library this past Saturday, April 9, 2016. The Second through Fifth Place winners each received $179 certificates for one fine arts class at the Kansas City Art Institute. The Honorable Mention winner received a $50 gift card to Creative-Coldsnow Artist Materials. All of the remaining winners’ artwork will be displayed at the Crossroads First Friday event held May 6th at the Bauer Building.

The winners are: 

Second Place – Roxanne Reasco, Pembroke Hill High School, “Laundry before bike ride”

Third Place – Nayoung Kwon, Barstow School, “Tragedies”

Fourth Place – Michael Artis, Lee’s Summit High School, “Untitled”

Fifth Place –  Eleanor Grever, St. Teresa’s Academy, “Crossroads”

Honorable Mention – Aurora Logan, Lafayette County C-1 High School in Higginsville, MO, “I’m a Survivor”

Emanuel Cleaver, II is the U.S. Representative for Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District, which includes Kansas City, Independence, Lee's Summit, Raytown, Grandview, Sugar Creek, Blue Springs, Grain Valley, Oak Grove, North Kansas City, Gladstone, Claycomo, and all of Ray, Lafayette, and Saline Counties. He is a member of the exclusive House Financial Services Committee, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, and also a Senior Whip of the Democratic Caucus. A high-resolution photo of Congressman Cleaver is available here.

For more information, please contact Heather Frierson at 816-842-4545 or Heather.Frierson@mail.house.gov

 
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