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NC student wins 5th District Congressional Art Contest
Washington, DC,
June 3, 2009
A photograph by a Forsyth County high school student will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. for a year, after the student, Robert ‘Lee' Bottoms won the 2009 5th District Congressional Art Contest. Bottoms,
Contact: 202-225-2071 Woodland Christian School student’s entry to be displayed in Capitol A photograph by a Forsyth County high school student will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. for a year, after the student, Robert ‘Lee’ Bottoms won the 2009 5th District Congressional Art Contest. Bottoms, a senior at Woodland Christian School in Winston-Salem won the contest with a digital color photograph entitled “Dogwood at Dusk”.
“The Congressional Art Competition is a once in a lifetime chance for young North Carolina artists to display their work in the United States Capitol,” Foxx said. “I’m pleased that Lee’s excellent work of art will hang in the Capitol to represent all of the fine submissions that were part of the contest this year.” In the spring of every year, the United States House of Representatives hosts a Congressional Art Competition for amateur high-school artists. The contest promotes attention to the arts by recognizing talented young artists from across the nation. This year’s winning artwork by Robert Bottoms, who lives in Clemmons, NC, will be featured along with winning submissions from other congressional districts in the United States Capitol. Bottoms will travel to Washington, DC later in June to attend the official award and art installation ceremony. (Click here for a picture of Bottoms’ winning entry) The runner up honors for the 5th District Congressional Art Contest went to Ross Pollock, a Winston-Salem resident and a sophomore at Forsyth Country Day School. Pollock’s marker drawing entitled "Bird - Squares" will hang in Foxx's Washington office. About the Congressional Art Contest: Each year Members of Congress from around the country hold contests within their districts to choose winning pieces of art by high school students. Since this competition was created in 1982, hundreds of thousands of high school students have participated at the local level. The winning student from the 5th District will be invited to Washington, DC for the ribbon-cutting ceremony, and will have his or her artwork displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year. |
