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Speaker Johnson Invites High School Students from Louisiana’s Fourth Congressional District to Participate in the Annual Congressional Art Competition
Washington,
January 31, 2025
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson is encouraging all Louisiana high school students with a passion for art, photography, or design to participate in the 2025 Congressional Art Competition. The annual competition showcases students’ artwork in our nation’s capital. The Congressional Art Competition is a nationwide, visual art contest for high school students, where one piece of artwork from each congressional district is chosen by a panel of judges to be displayed in the U.S. Capitol Building. The winning artist will be recognized at an award ceremony in Washington, D.C., during the summer of 2025. The second and third place selections will be proudly displayed in Speaker Johnson’s congressional offices. All selected winners will be honored at an award reception in Louisiana’s 4th Congressional District office. Participating students must live in Speaker Johnson’s 4th Congressional District. This year’s theme, “The Spirit of Louisiana,” encourages participants to celebrate Louisiana’s history, heritage, and people. RULES AND GUIDELINES Artwork entered in the contest may be up to 26 inches by 26 inches, up to 4 inches in depth, and not weigh more than 15 pounds. If your artwork is selected as the winning piece, it must arrive framed and must still measure no larger than the above maximum dimensions. Acceptable mediums: · Paintings - including oil, acrylics, and watercolor · Drawings - including pastels, colored pencil, pencil, charcoal, ink, and markers (It is recommended that charcoal and pastel drawings be fixed.) · Collages - must be two dimensional · Prints - including lithographs, silkscreen, and block prints · Mixed Media - use of more than two mediums such as pencil, ink, watercolor, etc. · Computer-generated art · Photography FORMS FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ### |