Rep. McCarthy Hosts Local High School Art Competition

As a strong supporter of arts education, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY04) is bringing her advocacy directly to her district by hosting an art competition for local high school students.

“An education in the arts doesn’t just enrich our souls,” Rep. McCarthy said.  “It’s an important part of the well-rounded curriculum that we need to prepare our young citizens to think critically and creatively in a highly competitive global economy.  While I’m fighting for arts education on Capitol Hill, I’m pleased to also host this competition that will get Long Island teens to put what I’m fighting for into practice.”

McCarthy has been locally hosting this national, House-sponsored annual competition – called “An Artistic Discovery” – since joining Congress in 1997.

Rep. McCarthy’s office will be accepting artwork from today until Friday, April 29.  This year’s entries will be on display at Adelphi University from Monday, May 23 to Monday, May 30.  The winner of the competition will be announced on Wednesday, May 25 at the Art Gallery in Adelphi’s Ruth Harley Center.

The contest is open to all high school students whose school is within the 4th Congressional District.  Those interested in submitting artwork for consideration may contact their high school’s art department chair or teacher.  For further questions, you may call Rep. McCarthy’s district office at (516) 739-3008.

Here are some of the details for submission:

Ø  The contest is open to all high school students whose school is within the 4^th Congressional District.  We encourage lower classmen to participate.

Ø  Each school may submit up to three pieces of artwork for consideration.

Ø  The student’s artwork must be an original work, not reproduced from an existing photo, painting or other such work.  It must be two dimensional, no larger than 28" long x 28" wide x 4” deep, including any frame.

Ø  Submissions cannot weigh more than 15 pounds.

Ø  The entry must fall into one of the following categories: paintings (oil, acrylics, watercolor, etc.), drawings (pastels, colored pencil, pencil, charcoal, ink, markers), collage (must be two-dimensional), prints (lithographs, silkscreen, block prints), mixed media (use of two or more mediums such as pencil, ink, etc.), computer generated art, and photography.

Ø  Each entry must be original in design and execution and may not violate any U.S. copyright laws.  Any entry that has been copied from an existing photo (other than the student’s own), painting, graphic, advertisement, or any other work produced by another person is a violation of the competition rules and will not be accepted.  Work entered must be in the original medium (that is, not a scanned reproduction of a painting or drawing).