Cathleen Cosajay named winner in Congressional Art Competition

Cathleen Cosajay named winner in Congressional Art Competition
Cathleen Cosajay named winner in Congressional Art Competition
Junior Cathleen Cosajay, pictured with her color linocut, Liberty, is this year’s FL-26 Congressional Art Competition winner.
(Photo courtesy Office of U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo)

U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo’s (FL-26) staff recently honored distinguished high school students from his district who submitted their work for the 2018 Congressional Art Competition.

Local art teachers reviewed each piece at a gallery event in Rep. Curbelo’s Miami-Dade district office and selected a winner that was announced at the reception.

The winning piece, Cathleen Cosajay’s color linocut. titled Liberty, will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one-year. Cosajay, a junior at the Miami Arts Studio 6-12 @ Zelda Glazer and the daughter of Guatemalan and Nicaraguan immigrants, drew her inspiration for the piece from her family’s history. She chose Lady Liberty’s torch as the focus of her piece because it is a representation of hope and freedom for American citizens and immigrants alike.

Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide highschool visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district. Since the Artistic Discovery competition began in 1982, more than 650,000 high school students have participated.

Students submit entries to their representative’s office, and panels of district artists select the winning entries. Winners are recognized both in their district and at an annual awards ceremony in Washington, DC. The winning works are displayed for one year at the U.S. Capitol.


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