U.S. Congressman Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.) announced the winners of the 2021 Congressional Art Competition. The first-place winner will receive a $12,000 scholarship, a round-trip visit to Washington, D.C., and have their artwork displayed in the U.S. Capitol Building for one year. Second place will receive a $7,500 scholarship and third place will receive a $3,500 scholarship. The People’s Choice Award winner will receive a $100 gift card and have their artwork hang in Congressman Ferguson’s Newnan District Office for one year.
“I am amazed at the talent and creativity of the pieces entered in this year’s competition,” Ferguson said. “My office received 84 entries from high school students from across the Third District, and I congratulate Emma for taking the top prize! The winning piece, Southern Style, will be a welcome addition to the halls of the U.S. Capitol. Thank you to all the students, parents, teachers, sponsors, and everyone else in the community who participated. Your contributions made the 2021 Congressional Art Competition a competition to remember.”
FIRST PLACE:
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School: Villa Rica High
Title: Southern Style
Medium: Acrylic Paint
SECOND PLACE:
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School: Trinity Christian
Title: Gone But Not Forgotten
Medium: Graphite
THIRD PLACE:
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School: Harris County High School
Title: Natural
Medium: Colored Pencil, Acrylic Paint, Dried Pressed Flowers
PEOPLE’S CHOICE
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School: LaGrange High School
Title: A Curious Forest
Medium: Gouache, Acrylic, Pen
Click here to see all the great artwork submitted for this year’s competition.
Sponsors for this year’s competition include: Carroll EMC, Central Georgia EMC, Coweta-Fayette EMC, Diverse Power, GreyStone Power, Snapping Shoals EMC, Southern Rivers Energy, Upson EMC, Georgia Transmission Corporation, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, Southwestern Airlines, and the Art Institute of Atlanta.
Complete List of Results
| Critically Judged Category | |||
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Place | Title | Student | School |
| 1 | Southern Style | Emma Guthrie | Villa Rica High |
| 2 | Gone But Not Forgotten | Jordan Roberts | Trinity Christian School |
| 3 | Natural | Rhayne Offenback | Harris County High |
| 4 | The Places We Go | Ranon Capps | Villa Rica High |
| 5 | These Are The Times | Chloe Harrell | LaGrange Academy |
| Title
Lotus Float |
Student Emanuel Ramos | School
Villa Rica High |
| Life At A Standstill | McKayla Neill | Trinity Christian School |
| Golden Molasses | Lila Vasquez | Harris County High |
| At The Dining Table | Leah Ross | Trinity Christian School |
| Alive Oaks | Rebecca Calhoun | Brookstone School |
| Lady In The Water | Elsie Gimpert | Starr's Mill High |
| Untitled | Hismary Camposeco-Hernandez | Callaway High |
| Blue Skies | Michelle Ukiwe | Fayette County High |
| Woman of Samuru | Allison Crumbley | Bowdon High |
| A Family's Universal Love | Mali Bourque | Trinity Christian School |
| Blue Bee | Maya Eurich | Spalding High |
| Blush Flower | Skylar Weeks | Northgate High |
| People's Choice Category | |||
| Place | Title | Student | School |
| 1 | A Curious Forest | Ellis Eley | LaGrange High |
| 2 | Patrick | Tori Akins | Hampton High |
| 3 | It's a Movement Not a Moment | Kalajh Harrison | Callaway High |
| 4 | Trouper | Zoie Mitchell | LaGrange Academy |
| 5 | Lotus Float | Emmanuel Ramos | Villa Rica High |
| 6 | Within | Marissa Cooper | McIntosh High |
| 7 | Processing a Memory | Katelyn Eller | Spalding High |
| 8 | After The Rain | Emily Yoder | Northgate High |
| 9 | Self-Reflections | Tori Taylor | Trinity Christian |
| 10 | We Are Colorful | Nancy Rosenthal | Callaway High |
| 11 | Gone But Not Forgotten | Jordan Roberts | Trinity Christian |
| 12 | We Rise From the Ashes | Breana Bailey | Bowdon High |
| 13 | Unraveled | Isaac Johnson | Spalding High |
| 14 | Self-Portrait | Chandler Clark | Sandy Creek High |
| 15 | Fall Serenity | Joshua Aicher | Northgate High |
Original source can be found here.
