The 2015 Congressional Art Competition winner and honorable mentions were announced today at Genesee Community College in the Roz Steiner gallery.
The competition was open to high school students to enter their visual art. Oil paintings, photographs, works in pencil, paints, pastels and mixed media where hung in the gallery. All created by our very own, very talented, local high school artists.
The Roz Steiner Gallery at GCC was filled with happy visitors admiring classical and modem works. The gallery had the look and excitement of an opening at MoMA in Manhattan. The exhibit runs in the gallery April 23 through May 18. If you are at all interested in art you should try and see this impressive exhibit.
Rep. Chris Collins was on hand to announce winners and congratulate all the students involved. But before the award announcement, Collins also took time to personally and privately tour the exhibit and admire the truly impressive works.
UPDATE: Here are the winners:
Winner - Mallory Showalter, Clarence High School
1st runner up – Kazuki Kanehira, Clarence High School
Honorable mention – Danielle Saeva, Clarence High School
Honorable mention – Cheyenne Ernst, Batavia High School
During his opening comments Representative Collins renewed his support of the Arts in schools.
The winner’s work will be exhibited with the winners from all of the rest of the congressional districts at the U.S. Capitol for a year. For more information on the Congressional Art Competition please visit: http://www.house.gov/content/educate/art_competition/
To see more picture go to: http://jimburns.org/p694578929#h41e007ef
I'm thrilled that CC got his
I'm thrilled that CC got his photo-op. Is there a list of the winning artists? It really was about the art and artists wasn't it?
Apparently the one handing
Apparently the one handing out the the honors is the big winner CM, he's the only one mentioned amongst all those photos. He took time to personally and privately tour the exhibit though, how kind & thoughtful of him.
Unfortunately my audio
Unfortunately my audio recorder did not pick up the winners names. The awards went fairly quickly and it was impossible for me to write down the names and get pictures.
The Congressional link is supposed to updated Monday with the winners names. Cheyenne The young lady in pics 3 and 6 was from Batavia HS and she was one of the runners up. The winner was not present and the others were from out of Geneses County
Photo - op for the
Photo - op for the incumbent -- priceless.