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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga announced the start of the 2015 Congressional Art Competition for high school students across the Second District.

"The Congressional Art Competition is an excellent platform for young artists to challenge themselves and explore their artistic ability as well as their creativity,” said Huizenga. “Students from across West Michigan have impressed thousands of visitors to the U.S. Capitol with their artwork and I cannot wait to see what this year’s competition has in store.”

The deadline to submit entries for the 2015 Congressional Art Competition is April 17, 2015. Each student may only submit one entry to Congressman Huizenga’s Office located at 4555 Wilson Ave. SW in Grandville.

Finalists will be selected by a panel of area design professionals and will be honored at an event with Congressman Huizenga where the winning entry will be announced.  The winning entry will be displayed in an exhibit in the U.S. Capitol. Second and third place entries will be displayed in Congressman Huizenga’s District Offices in Grand Haven and Grandville.

Additionally, the winning artist will be invited to fly to Washington, D.C. for a national reception honoring winning artists from the various congressional districts around the country.

2015 Congressional Art Competition Guidelines: 

• The competition is open to high school students only. Exceptions may be made for schools that have 7th through 12th grades on one campus.
• Artwork must be two-dimensional.
• Each framed piece should be no larger than 28 inches long, 28 inches wide, and 4 inches deep, and 15 pounds in weight. If your artwork is selected as the winning piece, it will be required to be framed and must adhere to the size guidelines. 

Artwork accepted mediums are as follows: 

• Paintings: oil, acrylics, watercolor, etc.
• Drawings: colored pencil, pencil, ink, marker, pastels, charcoal (It is recommended that charcoal and pastel drawings be fixed.)
• Collage: must be two dimensional
• Prints: lithographs, silkscreen, block prints
• Mixed Media: use of more than two mediums such as pencil, ink, watercolor, etc.
• Computer-generated art
• Photographs 

For more information contact Carly in Congressman Huizenga’s Grandville Office at (616) 570-0917.