Woodland Hills High School Student Wins Congressman Doyle’s 2006 Congressional Arts Competition
May 8, 2006
Press Release
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Mike Doyle (PA-14)tonight presented George Blake from Woodland Hills High School with theFirst Prize in the 2006 Congressional High School Arts Competition for the 14th Congressional District of Penn-sylvania. His artwork, which will be displayed in the United States Capitol for one year, is a self portrait in acrylic paint. His work was selected out of a collection of 40 entries from 9 schools throughout the 14th Congressional District.
The second place prize went to Carl Bennett
from Woodland Hills High School for his
Linoleum print, “African Suspicion.”
The third place prize went to Lynsey Loposky from West Mifflin High School for her acrylic painting entitled “Memory of a Soldier.”
The fourth place prize went to Nicole Oldham from Penn Hills High School for her watercolor entitled “Reality Born from the Pen.”
The fifth place prize went to Julianne Sota from the Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts for her acrylic painting entitled “House of Color.”
The winners were announced and recognized at an awards ceremony held at the University of Pittsburgh’s William Pitt Union in Pittsburgh.
The competition was again sponsored by the Congressional Arts Caucus of the United States House of Representatives. This was the twelfth year in a row that Rep. Doyle has hosted such events. All public and private high school students within the 14th Congressional District are invited to participate in this competition.
The judges also awarded the following 10 students Honorable Mentions for their artwork:
1) Sarah Davidson
Penn Hills High School
“Self Portrait”
Acrylic Painting
6) Joanna Krause
Woodland Hills High School
“Taxidermy Animal – Cape Buffalo”
Charcoal
2) Alex Chase
Taylor Allderdice High School
“Massless”
Painting
7) Miller McCormick
Taylor Allderdice High School
Untitled
Photography
3) Samantha Barnes
Montour High School
“Betty”
Acrylic Painting
8) Elyse Walter
Woodland Hills High School
“Taxidermy Study of an Ibex”
Linoleum Print
4) Adrianne Hairston
Pittsburgh High School for the
Creative and Performing Arts
“City Night”
Block Print
9) Jasmine Leftwich
Pittsburgh High School for the
Creative and Performing Arts
“Untitled”
Charcoal
5) Emily Jaworski
Penn Hills High School
“Blooming Rose”
Colored Pencil
10) Andrew Schubert
Taylor Allderdice High School
“Free”
Colored Pencil
