{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lee.house.gov/news/press-releases/winner-of-congressional-district-nine-art-competition-chosen", "WINNER OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT NINE ART COMPETITION CHOSEN", "2001-04-24", "2001", "2001-04", "Democrat", "House", "CA", "Barbara Lee", "L000551", "lee.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "04.24.01\n\t\t\t WINNER OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT NINE ART COMPETITION CHOSEN \n\t\t\tOakland, CA -  Congresswoman Barbara Lee joined a panel of judges on April 7th to announce that \"Frutas De Otono\" by Holy\r\nNames High School senior AnJeanette Garcia was chosen as the winner of the 20th Annual National High School art\r\ncompetition. \"Frutas De Otono\" will head to Washington, DC in June for\r\nthe opening of An Artistic Discovery, a year-long exhibit sponsored by more than 300 Members of Congress.  \"In a time when many people may be intimidated to even draw on a blank piece of paper, I found it refreshing that this young  \r\nartist created a collage of paper as a beginning,\" said Jack Da Silva,\r\none of the judges for the competition, and himself a local artist. \"The process of aesthetic exploration was enhanced by de-constructing the picture plane, reassembling it and then  \r\n   developing it into a finished composition.\"  52 high school students from the 9th Congressional District of\r\nCalifornia, which includes Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville,\r\nOakland and Piedmont, entered the competition. While only the winning\r\nartwork will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol, Lee\r\npointed out that the local exhibit will continue throughout the month\r\nof April at the Junior Center of Art and Science in Oakland.  \"I am very pleased that, thanks to the collaborative efforts and\r\nsupport of several organizations and individuals, we will have an\r\nopportunity to celebrate and reward the artistic accomplishments of all\r\nour students.\" said Lee. We are very proud to have AnJeanette's work represent the Ninth Congressional District in the U.S. Capitol during the An Artistic Discovery exhibit.  \"This art contest is very important for our community because it\r\nsupports artistic expression and rewards high school students  \r\n   for their outstanding accomplishments,\" said Lee. \"We need to remember that activities such as art, music and sports are essential to students' development and to our sense of identity, community, and pride.\"  In addition to the winning work of art, six honorable mentions were announced. The honorable mentions went to Elliot Glass, Jessica Lam, Joanna Criddle, Mariana Goodin, Noah DePietro, Nathan Cox, all from Oakland. Each student received a Congressional Certificate for their participation from Congresswoman Lee. \r\n###\r\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n \n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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://lee.house.gov/news/press-releases/winner-of-congressional-district-nine-art-competition-chosen"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5170450787991285, "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"}