Registration for the 2024 Congressional Art Competition is OPEN.
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 District. The over-all winner of our district's competition will be displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol. The exhibit in Washington will also include artwork from other contest winners nation-wide.
All entries will be showcased in an art gallery show in Santa Barbara within the first two weeks of May for artists and their families to see this year's submissions. The winners will be asked to attend this gallery show.
Register for the Congressional Art Competition here.
Please submit your artwork digitally by April 17th, 2024.
Guidelines
Art works entered in the contest may be up to 26” x 26” x 4”, including the frame. The art work may be
- Paintings - including oil, acrylics, and watercolor
- Drawings - including pastels, colored pencil, pencil, charcoal, ink, and markers
- Collage - must be 2-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
All entries must be an original in concept, design and execution.
If you have additional questions, please reach out to Esmeralda Estrada (Esmeralda.Estrada@mail.house.gov) or Amisha DeYoung-Dominguez (Amisha.DeYoung@mail.house.gov) at the Santa Barbara/Ventura Office, or Yessenia Echevarria at the SLO Office (Yessenia.Echevarria@mail.house.gov).
You can find the Gallery of 2023 submissions and winners by clicking here.
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