This year marks the twenty-sixth anniversary of the Congressional Arts Competition, An Artistic Discovery. The 2008 Congressional Arts Competition is open to all high school students nationwide and the winner from each district will have his/her artwork displayed for one year in our nation’s Capitol building. This year WVIA is coordinating the competition for the 10th and 11th districts.
2008 Winners: |
Nicholas Ranella | Dunmore
District #11
(Congressman Paul Kanjorski) |
Derek Kopen | Shavertown
District #10
(Congressman Chris Carney) |
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Through the generous support of Times-Shamrock, the First Place student from each district and his/her immediate family will travel to Washington, DC for the Artistic Discovery Exhibition Opening, to be held on Wednesday, June 25, 2008.
Times-Shamrock is the owner/publisher of the Scranton Times, Sunday Tribune, Wilkes-Barre Citizen’s Voice, and the News Item, Shamokin, as well as several other newspapers and radio stations throughout the congressional districts.
Students may retrieve their artwork immediately following the reception April 22, 2008 or at the WVIA studios between April 23, 2008 through April 25, 2008 between the hours of 9 and 5.
In order to participate, students must reside in one of the two congressional districts. Collectively, the two districts include all or portions of the following counties:
· Bradford/Tioga
· Carbon
· Columbia
· Dauphin
· Lackawanna
· Luzerne
· Lycoming
· Monroe
· Montour |
· Northumberland
· Perry
· Pike
· Sullivan
· Snyder
· Susquehanna
· Union
· Wayne
· Wyoming |
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Coordinated
by
Jennifer Seaman
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