Each spring, my office participates in Artistic Discovery, The Congressional Art Competition. This nation-wide high school arts competition gives Members of Congress an opportunity to celebrate and showcase artistic talent from their Congressional District. The deadline for the 2024 Congressional Art Competition is April 26, 2024. Please be sure to review the Rules for Students and Teachers and submit your artwork along with the Art Competition Form found in the links below.

The Artistic Discovery Contest is open to all high school students in our District. The winning artwork of our district's competition will be displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol. The exhibit in Washington will include the winning artwork from all participating districts from around the country. The winning artwork is also featured on House.gov's Congressional Art Competition page.

The following is a summary of the Congressional Art Competition rules:

Artwork entered in the contest may be up to 28 inches by 28 inches, may be up to 4 inches in depth, and not weigh more than 15 pounds. If your artwork is selected as the winning piece, it must arrive framed and must still measure no larger than the above maximum dimensions.

• Paintings - including oil, acrylics, and watercolor
• Drawings - including pastels, colored pencil, pencil, charcoal, ink, and markers (It is recommended that charcoal and pastel drawings be fixed.)
• Collages - must be two dimensional
• Prints - including lithographs, silkscreen, and block prints
• Mixed Media - use of more than two mediums such as pencil, ink, watercolor, etc.
• Computer-generated art
• Photography

All entries 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 or image (including a painting, graphic, or advertisement) that was created by someone other than the student 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).

The rules, checklist, and release form for the competition are available on House.gov.

Submission Instructions

If you are a high school student living or attending school in California’s 11th Congressional District, or you are a teacher or parent submitting on behalf of a high school student within California’s 11th Congressional District, please begin the submission form through this link.

After you complete the form above, the system will create a PDF of your submission form. The form cannot be submitted for consideration in the competition until it includes signatures from the student, their art teacher, and their parent or guardian.

Once the submission form is complete with the appropriate signatures, and the applicant has reviewed submission rules to confirm compliance, the applicant, their teacher, or their parent can email the completed submission form to CA11.artcompetition@mail.house.gov, along with a high-resolution photo of the art.

Please contact our office at (415) 556-4862 or email CA11.artcompetition@mail.house.gov with any questions regarding participation in the Congressional Art Competition.

If you would like more information on the annual Congressional District Art Competition, including this year's deadlines, please submit the form at the bottom of this page.

Please contact our office at (415) 556-4862 for more information or with any questions regarding participation in the Congressional Art Competition.

Bea Dinsmore (she/her)

Field Representative & Caseworker | Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (CA-11)

90 7th Street, Suite 2-800 | (415) 556-4862 | pelosi.house.gov