This contest will feature exeptional work from all 435 congressional disticts throughout the country. This is a nationeide art competition that allows high  school students from our fifty states,the District of columbia, and the U.S. teritories to showcase their artistic abilites.

Please submit artwork to either district office by Friday, May 1 2009

Stockton District Office                                   Pleasanton District Office

222 Grand Canal Boulevard, Suite 7              5776 Stoneridge Mall Rd Suite 175

Stockton, CA 92507                                         Pleasanton,CA 94588

Artwork will hang in the Capitol for the entire year of the exhibition and cannot be returned to students earlier. Students, therefore, should submit artwork they will not need for other purposes. 

Artwork categories are as follows:

Paintings: oil, acrylics, watercolor, etc.

Drawings: pastels, colored pencil, pencil, charcoal, ink, markers

Collage: must be two dimensional

Prints: lithographs, silkscreen, block prints

Mixed Media: use of more than two mediums such as pencil, ink, etc.

Computer generated art

Photography

Framing Guidelines

Framing guidelines apply only to the ONE winning artist/artwork that will be sent to Washington, DC.

All artwork must be framed. Frames should be kept as simple and sturdy as possible. Metal frames are recommended. No “snap on” frames with glass are to be used.

All artwork must be protected by Plexiglas or glass. Plexiglas is preferred. If glass is used, cover the entire surface completely with masking tape prior to shipping.  

Use sturdy picture hangers on the back of the frame. Two sturdy eye hooks should be attached at the right and the left sides of the back of the work for hanging in order to prevent the work from leaning forward or hanging unevenly. Do not put wire between the hooks for hanging, these will be added when the artwork is hung in the Capitol.

Do not attach labels, ribbon, etc. to the front of the piece or underneath the glass or Plexiglas.

If the artwork is abstract in design, please indicate on the backside which side is “up” with arrows.

2009 Congressional Art competition