{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://davidson.house.gov/2021/4/davidson-announces-winners-of-8th-district-congressional-art-competition", "Davidson Announces Winners of 8th District Congressional Art Competition", "2021-04-20", "2021", "2021-04", "Republican", "House", "OH", "Warren Davidson", "D000626", "davidson.house.gov", "davidson", "https://davidson.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "TROY, OHIO\u2014Today, Rep. Warren Davidson announced the winners of Ohio\u2019s 8th Congressional District Art Competition.\n\nEleven high schools in the 8th District participated in this event. Overall, 176 students submitted 261 pieces of original artwork. Competition categories include open submissions for photography and other artistic media, as well as a specific category for \u201cArt in the Time of COVID\u201d.\n\nPhotography\n\n3rd Place: Ashlynn Sapp, Lakota West, \u201cCity of Staples\u201d\n\n2nd Place: Maria Hajjar, Lakota West, \u201cThe Power of Humility\u201d\n\n1st Place: Martin Philip, Lakota West, \u201cNot Alone\u201d\n\nAll Other Media\n\n3rd Place: Amy Albert, Lakota West, \u201cThrough my Lense\u201d\n\n2nd Place: Emily Daiker, Lakota West, \u201cLooking to the Bright Side\u201d\n\n1st Place in All other & Grand Prize: Ashley Fryer, Lakota West, \u201cWashed Away\u201d\n\nAfter announcing the winning students, Rep. Davidson made the following statement:\n\n\u201cI\u2019m very impressed with the skill and creativity of the 8th District\u2019s young artists. During this past year of increased social isolation, it\u2019s encouraging to see how students have used their time and talents to express this time in history. They\u2019ve created pieces that speak to our shared human experience as well as inviting us to pause and appreciate the beauty that they painstakingly captured with their pencils, paint, and cameras.\u201d\n\nTroy-Hayner Cultural Center Exhibit Coordinator Leona Sargent spoke a bit about how this year\u2019s art competition took on a different meaning during a pandemic:\n\n\u201cIn general, art is a great way to deal with the anxiety around you, either by making art or by looking at art. As far as its importance during the pandemic, myself as an artist, I was all of a sudden making a piece of art every week while we were at home, something I don\u2019t normally do. With high schoolers who are all ocf a sudden missing out on things that would normally be part of their junior and senior year, they can use the art to express the frustration and things that they are feeling. Also, going online and looking at art in a different way can also become a personal and communal thing for young artists all at the same time.\u201d\n\nThe grand prize submission is placed on display with other stand out pieces from congressional districts across the country in the Capitol and other prize-winning artwork will be showcased in the Congressman\u2019s Washington, D.C., and district offices.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:42:19Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://davidson.house.gov/2021/4/davidson-announces-winners-of-8th-district-congressional-art-competition"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.0444649271667004, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}