2025 Congressional Art Competition
I am excited to announce the launch of my 2025 Congressional Art Competition!
The theme for this year's competition is "The Spirit of El Paso" - capturing the essence of El Paso as a vibrant and welcoming community.
The Congressional Art Competition, is a nation-wide high school arts competition is sponsored by the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives. The TX-16 Congressional Art Competition is open to students who live in or attend a high school within TX-16 boundaries. To confirm your congressional district, please click here.
This year, we are thrilled to announce that the award ceremony will once again take place at the El Paso Museum of Art. The top 100 pieces will be displayed at the El Paso Museum of Art between May and August.
To participate, students must adhere to the following list of rules and regulations provided below:
- Art entered in the contest may be up to 20 inches by 20 inches may be up to 4 inches in depth.
- Artwork must be two-dimensional.
- Accepted mediums include:
- Paintings - including oil, acrylics, and watercolor
- Drawings - including pastels, colored pencil, pencil, charcoal, ink, and markers
- Collages
- Prints - including lithographs, silkscreen, and block prints
- Mixed Media
- Computer-generated Art
- Photographs
- Matted and/or framed submissions will not be considered.
- All entries must be original in concept, design and execution and may not violate U.S. copyright laws. Work cannot be copied from an existing photo or image that was created by someone other than the student. Work must be in its original medium and cannot be a scanned reproduction of a painting or drawing.
- Artwork that is potentially inappropriate for display in the Capitol will not be considered. This determination will be made by our panel of judges.
- A TYPED copy of the Student Information and Release Form, signed by the teacher, a parent or guardian, and the student, must be securely attached to the back of the artwork to certify the originality of the piece. Please retain a copy for your records.
- A TYPED copy of an EPMA Incoming Receipt, signed by the teacher, must be submitted to Congresswoman Escobar’s office.
- In addition to submitting a physical piece of art, participants must submit a high resolution jpeg of their artwork to TX16.ArtComp@mail.house.gov
The deadline for submitting artwork to the 2025 Congressional Art Competition is 5 p.m. on Friday, April 4th, 2024!
Artwork can be submitted in person at our District Office located at 221 N. Kansas Suite 1500, El Paso, TX 79901 or at any of our drop-off dates:
Saturday, March 29th, 2025 | 10am-12pm
Dorris Van Doren Library
551 Redd Rd. El Paso, TX 79912
Thursday, April 3rd | 5-7pm
Judge Edward S. Marquez Library
610 N Yarbrough Dr. El Paso, TX 79915
For more details about the annual Congressional Art Competition, email TX16.ArtComp@mail.house.gov or call my office at (915) 541-1400.
