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WORCESTER, Mass. — Representative Jim McGovern (D-Worcester) transformed his Worcester office into an art gallery on Saturday afternoon to recognize local participants in the 2012 Congressional Art Competition.
Students from over a dozen schools in the Massachusetts 3rd Congressional District submitted 187 pieces to the competition, which features hundreds of thousands of high school students across the nation. Founded by Congress 1982, the competition "provides an opportunity for members of Congress to encourage and recognize the artistic talents of their young constituents," according to the U.S. House of Representatives website.
"It really is wonderful and inspiring to see such incredible talent," McGovern said. "I'm jealous, because I can’t even draw a straight line."
The district winner was Isabel Rummelhoff from Holliston High School. Her piece, "Derp," will be displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol along with the winning artwork from all the other districts. In addition, Rummelhoff and one guest will be invited to attend an unveiling ceremony with McGovern in Washington, D.C.
Apart from the overall winner, several other students won awards in the contest’s many categories. Their names are as follows:
Computer Generated Art:
- First Place: "Record Player" by Carter Bennet, Wachusett Regional High School
- Second Place: "Two Sides of the Story" by Kim Le, Bancroft School
- Third Place: "Best of Both Worlds" by Brenda Farias, Diman Regional Vocational High School
Drawing:
- First Place: "Street Scene" by Erik Fuller, Algonquin Regional High School
- Second Place: "Ridin' Dirty" by Trina Hines, Holliston High School
- Third Place: "Reality of Home" by Ian Gould, Marlborough High School
Mixed Media/Collage:
- First Place: "Questionable Bear" by Trina Hines, Holliston High School
- Second Place: "Road to Beauty" by Brad Gesimondo, Franklin High School
- Third Place: "Eye" by Jillian Rosati, Holliston High School
Oils/Acrylics:
- First Place: "Missing Relatives" by Hayley McKie, Algonquin Regional High School
- Second Place: "Untitled 6" by Catrina Lixfield, Holliston High School
- Third Place: "Carbon Copy" by Allison Alberta, Holliston High School
Photography:
- First Place: "Freckles" by Matt Pieper, Algonquin Regional High School
- Second Place: "Moonlit Adventure" by Jessica Sheldon, Algonquin Regional High School
- Third Place: "Zippy" by Alexa Potenza, Algonquin Regional High School
Water Color:
- First Place: "Tiger" by Avery Feloni, Holliston High School
- Second Place: "Arctic" by Meghan Willis, Holliston High School
- Third Place: "Fluid" by Meghan Willis, Holliston High School
One of the winners, Erik Fuller, an Algonquin junior from Northborough, said that this was the first major award he had won for his art.
Describing the process of finishing his piece—a pastel scene depicting a late-night city street—Fuller added, "it was like three weeks of lunch periods."
McGovern, who has held the competition in his district since first taking office in 1997, said that not all members of Congress participate. Now that redistricting has changed the landscape of Massachusetts House seats, he encouraged all those present to lobby their new Representatives to hold competitions of their own, if they do not already do so.
The following students from Wachusett also participated in the competition:
- Imani Batista
- Allyson Bowker
- Cailey Bussiere
- Catherine Donsbach
- Danielle Duquette
- Aidan Farrell
- Matthew Fitzpatrick
- Claire Frechette
- Gillian Ganeson
- Emily Garcia
- Tyler Gibbs
- Emma Golding
- Candace Heim
- Jenna Katinas
- Nicole Katze
- Margaret Kirrane
- Alex Koury
- Michael Krasowski
- Thad Moran
- Abbey Murphy
- Naomi Oka
- Patrice Olivar
- Tania Papandrea
- Emily Quinlivan
- Hope Russell
- Mya Sciabarrasi
- Fjolla Shehu
- Lindsey Simoncini
- Lingxiao Song
- Ni Tial
- Emily Williams
- Natalie Wood
- Jessica Woodward
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