Art Competition

DROP OFF UPDATE 

All entries, with a signed information release form, are due to your local high school contact or local drop off location by Friday, April 15th.

I am excited to announce that the 2016 Congressional Arts Competition is now underway.  All entries, with a signed information release form, are due to the District Office (850 Bear Tavern Road, Ewing NJ), your high school’s contact or a local drop off location by April 15th. Drop Off locations will be posted as soon as they are secured. Any high school student in the 12th Congressional District is eligible to submit one piece of artwork. Please verify your district at www.house.gov. 

Each spring, a nation-wide high school arts competition is sponsored by the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Artistic Discovery Contest is an opportunity to recognize and encourage the artistic talent in the nation, as well as in our Congressional District.

The Artistic Discovery Contest is open to all high school students in the 12th District. The winning artwork of our district's competition will be displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol. The exhibit in Washington will include the winning artwork from all participating districts from around the country. The winning artwork is also featured on House.gov's Congressional Art Competition page.

When posting about the Congressional Art Competition on social media, please use the following hashtags:

• Twitter: #CAC2016
• Facebook and Instagram: #CongressionalArtCompetition

The following is a summary of the Congressional Art Competition rules:

• Each entrant may only submit one piece of art that must meet the following criteria:
  • Be two dimensional
  • Be no larger than 28 inches wide by 28 inches tall by 4 inches thick
  • Not weigh more than 15 pounds, including frame
  • Be original in concept, design, and execution and may not violate any U.S. Copyright laws.
  • Be in original medium (cannot be a scanned reproduction of the painting/drawing)
  • Accepted mediums for the two-dimensional artwork are as follows:
    • Paintings: oil, acrylics, watercolor, etc.
    • Drawings: pastels, colored pencil, pencil, charcoal, ink, markers, etc. (it is recommended that charcoal and pastel drawings be fixed)
    • Collage (must be two dimensional)
    • Prints: lithographs, silkscreen, block prints, etc.
    • Mixed Media
    • Computer Generated Art
    • Photography
  • Be able to be hung for the final exhibition
• Each entry must be accompanied by an Information/Release Form (supplied by the office of Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman)

All entries 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 or image (including a painting, graphic, or advertisement) that was created by someone other than the student 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 rules, checklist, and release form for the 2016 competition are scheduled to be posted in early February on House.gov.

If you are submitting artwork to the 2016 Congressional Art Competition, please submit the following Information Release Form.