We were visiting The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho in Idaho Falls last month to see some artwork from a couple of our granddaughters and while visiting the museum got to see another art display, this one a part of the Congressional Art Competition.
Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson invites high school students across the second congressional district to enter the High School Congressional Art Competition. This annual competition encourages Idaho's aspiring student artists to showcase their talents to the public, while recognizing their achievements alongside hundreds of other students and members of Congress from across the country.
Since the Artistic Discovery competition began in 1982, more than 650,000 high school students have participated.
Students who enter the competition will have a chance to win airfare to Washington DC to attend a special reception and see their artwork displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol Building. One grand-prize winner from Congressman Simpson’s district will be selected in April and sent to Washington, D.C. in June. The student and a parent are usually flown to Washington DC.
While there were several really good drawings we, of course, zeroed in on the potato- and farming-specific ones.
Here, they are with a little information about each artist.