VisArts Hosts Congressional Arts Competition
Work by high school artists from the 8th District is on display at VisArts in Rockville through May 17.
VisArts in Rockville is hosting an exhibit of work entered in the Congressional Art Competition for High School Students sponsored by U.S. Rep. Christopher Van Hollen Jr.'s office now through May 17. This is the 10th year that Van Hollen (D-Dist. 8) of Kensington personally congratulated the young artists, presenting them with certificates of participation and recognition in the national competition, which began in 1981. An awards ceremony on April 30 at VisArts included competition participants, their families, teachers and competition sponsors and organizers. The juried exhibit of 95 selected entries is on view in the Kaplan Gallery at VisArts. More than 260 students from 25 local schools participated in the competition. "When jurying a …
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Sean R. Sedam
11:00 am on Thursday, April 14, 2011
Ms. Defino: Congratulations to your daughter. There is obviously some real talent on display in the exhibition. I've removed the log-in information for the Snapfish gallery as it looks like the gallery might only be accessible to invited parties and wouldn't do most readers much good. We'll repost it if we find out otherwise. more ›