An Albert Einstein High School student took top honors in Maryland’s Eighth District 2022 Congressional Art Competition.
Isabel Acuna Marin’s art piece titled “Tia Mona” will hang in the U.S. Capitol Building for one year, along with the winning artwork from every congressional district in the nation. Her winning piece is displayed here.
“Congratulations to Isabel Acuna Marin for creating a breathtaking piece and winning this year’s Eighth District Congressional Art Competition,” said U.S. Rep. Raskin of Maryland’s 8th Congressional District.
Raskin also praised the 25 second place honorees and thanked everyone who participated. He called all the submissions “highly impressive.”
VisArts of Rockville provided an online submission portal so that students could submit work and it could be judged during the pandemic. The guest judges were Cathy Abramson, Ronald Beverly, Caroline Lewis, Ruth Lozner and Jeffrey MacMillan, “all of whom generously shared their time and dedication to make this competition a success,” Raskin said.
This is an annual art contest, held each spring. More than 650,000 high school students have participated since the competition began in 1982.
Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district. More than 650,000 high school students have participated since the competition’s inception in 1982.
The second-place winners are: Anthony Bonilla, Erin Malone, Ella Lepkowski, Sydney Reed, Megan Neill, Ella Spirtas of Albert Einstein High School in Kensington; Tamar Oliel from Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville; Eric Yao from Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda; Katherine Yoon and Elsa Bell from Holton-Arms in Bethesda; James Moncur from Landon High School in Bethesda; Duyen Phan from Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring; Julia Angel from Richard Montgomery in Rockville; Olivia Vaughan from Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda; Darcy Hoffpauir of the Siena School in Silver Spring; and Alexandra Ericta and Charles Freedman of Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville.
Participating Montgomery County schools include
- Albert Einstein High School in Kensington
- Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville
- Col. Zadok Magruder High School in Derwood
- Connelly School of the Holy Child in Potomac
- Gaithersburg High School in Gaithersburg
- Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda
- Holton-Arms School in Bethesda
- John F. Kennedy High School in Wheaton
- Landon School in Bethesda
- Rochambeau, The French International School in Bethesda
- Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy in Rockville
- Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring
- Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville
- Rockville High School in Rockville
- Sidwell Friends High School in Bethesda
- Springbrook High School in Silver Spring
- St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac
- Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda
- The Siena School in Silver Spring
- Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville
- Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda
- Winston Churchill High School in Potomac
Photos of the First Place Winner and Runners-Up from Montgomery County
First First Place Winner
Title: Tia Mona
Artist: Isabel Acuna Marin of Albert Einstein High School in Kensington
Runner Up
Title: Behind the Curtain
Artist: Erin Malone of Albert Einstein High School in Kensington
Runner Up
Title: Candlestick
Artist: Ella Lepkowski of Albert Einstein High School in Kensington
Runner Up
Title: Chess Match
Artist: Julia Angel of Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville
Runner Up
Title: City of Earth and City of God
Artist: James Moncur of Landon School in Bethesda
Runner Up
Title: Fabric Study
Artist: Olivia Vaughan of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda
Runner Up
Title: First Love
Artist: Alexandra Ericta of Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville
Runner Up
Title: Grandpa and His Daily Task
Artist: Katherine Yoon of Holton-Arms School in Bethesda
Runner Up
Title: I’m Retiring Reality
Artist: Darcy Hoffpauir of The Siena School in Silver Spring
Runner UP
Title: Majestic Maryland
Artist: Charles Freedman of Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville
Real Me
Artist: Tamar Oliel of Charles E Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville
Runner Up
Title: Reed
Artist: Sydney Reed of Albert Einstein High School in Kensington
Runner up
Title: Sad Jester
Artist: Anthony Bonilla of Albert Einstein High School in Kensington
Runner up
Title: Touching
Artist: Junlin Yao of Georgetown Preparatory School in North Bethesda
Runner up
Title: Tying Flies
Artist: Elsa Bell of Holton-Arms School in Bethesda
Runner up
Title: Virus
Artist: Duyen Phan of Montgomery Blair High School in in Silver Spring
Runner up
Title: Working Classroom
Artist: Megan Neill of Albert Einstein High School in Kensington
Runner up
Title: класний
Artist: Ella Spirtas of Albert Einstein High School in Kensington
