Competencia de arte

*2011 Congressional Art Competition Guidelines (en inglés)

General Guidelines

The competition is open to high school students only. Exceptions may be made for schools that have 7th through 12th grades on one campus.

In order to allow artwork to hang in the
Cannon Tunnel to the U.S. Capitol,
the following restrictions are enforced:

1. Artwork must be two-dimensional.

2. Each piece can be no larger than 28”x28”x 4” (28 inches high, 28 inches wide, and 4 inches deep) including the frame. If your art work is selected as the winning piece, it will be requiered to be framed and must adhere to the size guidelines.

3. Artwork cannot weigh more than 15 lbs.

4. Accepted media for artwork are as follows:

  • Paintings: oil, acrylics, watercolor, etc

  • Drawings: pastels, colored pencil, charcoal, ink, markers

  • Collage

  • Prints: lithigraphs, silkscreen, block prints

  • Mixed Media: use of more than two medias such as pencil, ink, watercolor, etc

  • Computer-Generated Art

  • Photography

5. Each entry must be original in concept, design, and execution and may not violate any U.S. copyright laws. Any entry that has been copied from an existing photo (not the student’s own), painting, graphic, advertisement, or any other work produced by another person is a violation of the competition rules and will not be accepted. Work entered must be in the original medium (that is, not a scanned reproduction of a painting or drawing).

6. Artwork will hang in the Capitol for the entire year of the exhibition and cannot be
returned to the students earlier. Students should, therefore, submit artwork they will not need for other purposes.

7. Artwork must adhere to the policy of the House Office Building Commission. In accordance with this policy, exhibits depicting subjects of contemporary political controversy or a sensationalistic or gruesome nature are not allowed.

8. It is necessary that all artwork be reviewed by the panel chaired by the Architect of the Capitol and any portion not in consonance with the Commission's policy will be omitted from the exhibit. The panel will make the final decision regarding the suitability of all artwork for the Congressional Art Competition exhibition in the Capitol.

Artwork must arrive in Washington by May 24, 2010 for inclusion in the exhibition.

For more information:

http://www.house.gov/house/ArtGuidelines.shtml


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