2025 Congressional Art Competition
Submissions for the 2025 Congressional Art Competition are due Wednesday, April 23.
Every year, Members of Congress sponsor a nation-wide arts competition for high school students. The Congressional Art Competition is an opportunity to recognize and encourage the artistic talent in the nation, as well as in our congressional district.
The Congressional Art Competition is open to all high school students in the 9th District. Winning entries from each congressional district are hung in the Cannon Tunnel of the U.S. Capitol for one year. Second and third place winners will have their pieces displayed in my D.C. and District Offices.
Requirements:
Artwork must be two-dimensional. Each framed artwork can be no larger than 26 inches high, 26 inches wide, and 4 inches deep. To reduce out of pocket expenses for students, entries are not required to be framed, only matted. Even when framed, it must still measure no larger than the above maximum dimensions. No framed piece should weigh more than 15 pounds.
Accepted mediums for the two-dimensional artwork are as follows:
- Paintings: oil, acrylics, watercolor, etc.
- Drawings: colored pencil, pencil, ink, marker, pastels, charcoal (it’s recommended that charcoal and pastel drawings be fixed)
- Collages: 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
All entries must be an original in concept, design and execution and may not violate U.S. Copyright laws. Any entry that has been copied from an existing photo or image will not be accepted.
Students from Washington’s 9th Congressional District who would like to participate must submit a completed Student Release Form (download it here) and a description of the medium and background of the piece along with their entry. All entries must comply with the competition guidelines and be received no later than Wednesday, April 23.
Please send all entries to our Kent Office, located at 6811 S. 204th Street, Suite 360, Kent, WA 98032.
If you have any questions, please contact my District Office at 425-793-5180.