Lamborn Honors Congressional Art Competition Winners
Each high school in the district is allowed five entries. The 29th annual competition attracted just over 100 participants from 25 high schools and home schools.
Painting (watercolor): Kaylynn Tate, Falcon High School
Painting (oil and acrylics): Karissa Gonzalez-Othon, The Vanguard School
Drawings: Alec Villanueva, The Vanguard School
Prints: Ally Callahan, The Vanguard School
Mixed Media: Amanda Markel, Home school
Computer Generated Art: Erica Leonis, Woodland Park High School
Photography: Megan Anderson, Liberty High School
Grand Prize Winner: Jose Luis Pedroza Chavarria, Nikola Tesla Education Opportunity Center
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Congressman Doug Lamborn congratulates Grand Prize Art Competition Winner, Jose Luis Pedroza Chavarria of Nikola Tesla Education Opportunity Center. |
The art was judged by staff and members from Cottonwood Center for the Arts.
In addition to having his artwork displayed in the Capitol Building, this year’s Grand Prize winner received a $1500 per year scholarship to Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA, two round-trip tickets from Southwest Airlines to attend the opening ceremony for the 2011 Congressional Art Display at the Capitol, a ticket to the Denver Art Museum, and a one-year membership to the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. The Adduce Foundation also presented the Grand Prize winner with a $4000 scholarship to the college of his choice for the study of fine arts.
Other organizations that generously contributed to this year’s competition include the El Paso County Republican Women, Chick-fil-A, and Bird Dog BBQ.
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design also awarded an $8,000 scholarship to Jeff Thomas, a senior at The Vanguard School.
The teacher of the Grand Prize winner, Lisa Hewett, received a ticket to the Denver Art Museum and a one-year membership to the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.
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