Rep. Crawford Announces Annual Art Competition

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Sara Robertson (Sara.Robertson2@mail.house.gov)

Rep. Crawford Announces Annual Art Competition

3/10/2022

Jonesboro — Today, Representative Rick Crawford (AR-01) announced the guidelines for his annual Congressional Art Competition, open to all high school students (grades 9-12) in the First Congressional District. 

The “Best-in-Show” overall winner of the competition will have their winning artwork piece displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol, and the student artist will receive paid airfare for two to travel to Washington D.C. to attend the national Congressional Art Competition winners’ reception. The winners of each of the competition’s seven medium categories will be publicly displayed at a venue in the district this summer.

The competition’s seven medium categories are: collage, drawing, digital design, mixed media, painting, photography, and print. Teachers or homeschooled students may submit artwork by going to his website and completing the submission form: https://crawford.house.gov/congressional-art-competition. At this link you can also find the additional guidelines. The competition’s submission deadline is April 14, 2022. Please contact sherrie.mitchell@mail.house.gov for any questions. 

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