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Congressman David Scott announced the opening of the 2010 Congressional Art Competition, which will bestow scholarships to the Savannah College of Art and Design and the Art Institute of Atlanta. The first-place winner will be invited to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Washington, D.C. where their artwork will hang in the U.S. Capitol for one year. The Art Institute of Atlanta will award a $10,000 scholarship to the first-place winner and Savannah College of Art and Design will offer a $1,500 scholarship per year to the first-place winner. The second-place winner will receive a $5,000 scholarship from the Art Institute of Atlanta and their artwork will hang in our DC office. The third-place winner will receive a $2,000 scholarship from the Art Institute of Atlanta and their artwork will hang in our District Office in Jonesboro. The fourth-place winner will receive $1,000 from the Art Institute of Atlanta and their art work will hang in our District Office in Smyrna. Also, we will be acknowledging an Honorable Mention and that artwork will hang in the Youth Art Galley at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.

The Competition is open to High School Students in the 13th Congressional District only (grades 9-12). All entries must be received in one of the District Offices, located at 173 N. Main Street, Jonesboro, GA 30236 and 888 Concord Road, Suite 100, Smyrna, GA 30080 by February 26, 2010.   

Art work categories are as follows:
o Paintings (oil, acrylics, watercolor, etc.)
o Drawings (pastels, colored pencil, charcoal, markers, etc.)
o Collage (must be 2 dimensional)
o Prints (lithographs, silkscreen, block prints)
o Computer generated art
o Photography

In order to allow an art work to hang in the Cannon Tunnel of the U.S. Capitol, the following restrictions are necessary:
o Art work must be two-dimensional only
o Each piece can be no larger than 30 inches by 30 inches to the outside dimensions of the frame
o Art work just be no more than 4 inches in depth
o Art work must arrive in Washington framed to the appropriate framing guidelines

The student’s work will hang in the Arts Clayton Gallery for the entire month of March as part of Student Art Month. It is a public gallery, open Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm. The Awards Ceremony and final judging of the competition will take place March 20, 2009.