Tuesday, April 27, 2010

The Trachtenberg Office Attends the 29th Annual Congressional Art Competition Juried Show

Naomi Bloch represented the Trachtenberg office at last evening’s 29th Annual Congressional Art Competition Juried Show hosted by Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D, MD – 8th District) that took place at The Mansion at Strathmore, located at 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda, Maryland 20852.

The competition is open to all high school students and is a unique opportunity for Members of Congress to showcase talented young artists in their districts. Through local competitions like this, each Congressional district selects one student’s artwork to send to Washington to be displayed in the Cannon Tunnel in the U.S. Capitol for one year. Six students from Maryland’s 8th Congressional District will have their work chosen to hang in Congressman Van Hollen’s office on Capitol Hill and in his district offices.

These few pieces will be chosen from the 84 works currently on display at The Mansion at Strathmore though May 15th. These student works were chosen for display on the second floor of the mansion by this year’s three Jurors: Richard Dana, Irene Owsley and Nancy Weisser who had the difficult task of making their selections from over two hundred works that were submitted this year.

For more information: http://www.strathmore.org/contactus/ or: http://vanhollen.house.gov/Contact/OfficeInformation.htm.

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