Thank you for your interest in the 2025 Congressional Art Competition (CAC). Each spring, a nationwide high school arts competition is sponsored by Members of the U.S. House of Representatives to recognize the talents of young artists in their districts. The winning artwork is then displayed at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. for one year with other national winners.
The Congressional Art Competition Theme for 2025 is “America: Through My Eyes." Art submissions will be accepted from private, public, and home-schooled students who reside in or attend school in the 31st Congressional District of Texas which now includes Bell, Bosque, Burnet, Coryell, Hamilton, and Williamson counties. To find your federal representative, please click here. I look forward to seeing your artworks. Good luck!
2025 TX-31 Congressional Art Competition Guidelines:
Deadline: Physical artwork must be submitted by April 18, 2025, at 5:00 pm CT. Artwork may be dropped off at either district office below:
Williamson County Office: 4407 S Ih-35, Suite 10, Georgetown, TX 78626
Bell County Office: 2180 North Main Street, Suite # I-10, Belton, TX 76513
Please attach a signed submission form to the back of your artwork.
Please read the Student and Teacher Rules and Regulations guidebook to learn about the requirements for the 2025 Art Competition.
Artwork categories:
- 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
Grand Prize Winner
The digital artwork will be juried by an independent art panel, and a winner will be selected from each category. One Grand Prize winner will be chosen from the category winners. Congressman Carter will honor the winners at a ceremony in late April.
After being honored in the district, the Grand Prize-winning artwork will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. for one year. The display dates are determined by the House Office Building Commission and cannot be returned to the student earlier. Students should enter art that they do not want to be used for another purpose.
- The Grand Prize-winning artwork will be honored in the district and then go to Washington, D.C.
- This artwork must be two-dimensional and framed.
- Framed artwork can be no larger than 26 inches high, 26 inches wide, and 4 inches deep (including the frame).
- No framed piece should weigh more than 15 pounds.
Additional questions, please reach out to Citlali Villarreal at Citlali.Villarreal@mail.house.gov
2025 Student Submission Form
2025 Rules and Regulations
