New York City Insider: Espaillat Launches 2022 Congressional Art Competition for District High Schools.

 

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release March 24, 2022

Representative Adriano Espaillat Announces Launch of Congressional Art Competition for District High Schools. Call for Submissions: 2022 Art Competition Now Open!    NEW YORK, N.Y. –  The 2022 Congressional Art Competition is now accepting entries from high school students from New York's 13th congressional district for the opportunity to display their winning artwork in the United States Capitol and the district offices of Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) for up to one year. Artwork may be emailed to Art.NY13@mail.house.gov. The deadline to submit entries from NY-13 is Friday, April 22, 2022. Watch a virtual gallery presentation highlighting the winners and honorable mentions of the 2021 Congressional Art Competition.  Original artwork may include digital submissions of paintings, drawings, collages, and photography and must be submitted via email along with the student release form. For questions about entries and this year's competition for New York's 13th congressional district, please contact Debby Nabavian at Debby.Nabavian@mail.house.gov, Laurie Tobias-Cohen at Laurie.Tobias-Cohen@mail.house.gov, or Marc Carlo at Marc.Carlo@mail.house.gov.  Visit online for a full list of the 2022 Rules and Regulations.  Representative Espaillat is the first Dominican American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and his congressional district includes Harlem, East Harlem, West Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, Inwood, Marble Hill and the north-west Bronx. First elected to Congress in 2016, Representative Espaillat is serving his third term in Congress. Representative Espaillat currently serves as a member of the influential U.S. House Committee on Appropriations responsible for funding the federal government’s vital activities. He is also a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), where he serves in a leadership role as the Second Vice Chair and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, where he serves as Deputy Whip. Representative Espaillat also currently serves as a Senior Whip of the Democratic Caucus. To find out more about Rep. Espaillat, visit online at https://espaillat.house.gov/.