Congressional Art Competition now open to Kansas high school students

High school students in Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District are invited to submit artwork for this year’s Congressional Art Competition.

The contest is open to all high school students in the district, and the district’s overall winner will have his or her work displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year.

Interested students are asked to submit entries to U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins’ Topeka office at 3550 SW Fifth St. by 5 p.m. April 6. Artwork must be two-dimensional. Accepted mediums include paintings, drawings, collage, prints, mixed-media, computer-generated art and photography.

For more information, visit www.lynnjenkins.house.gov/art-competition or call Jenkins’ office at 234-5966.