An Albert Einstein High School student took top honors in the 2023 Congressional Art Competition in U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin’s Maryland 8th District.
Olivia Ensign’s “The Memory Quilt: Pieces of Myself” will hang in the U.S. Capitol Building for a year next to all the winners throughout the country.
Her work, along with those from 17 runner ups, are on display at VisArts, 155 Gibbs Street, Rockville through May 7.
“Congratulations to Olivia Ensign of Albert Einstein High School for creating a spellbinding piece of art,” Raskin said. “Students across Maryland’s Eighth District amaze me with their boundless creativity and precocious techniques, and this year’s first place winner, our 17 runners-up and the entire pool of entries will dazzle our community.”
This is the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic for the winners to have their work shown at a gallery rather than just online.
The second place winners are Alanna Sidlowski, Betsi Ralda-Romera, Dami Kim, Dhruv Narang, Elizabeth Daly, Ella Spirtas, Etian Huang, Joseph Bloomfield, Lily Pacuit, Lucinda Sun, Mikae Fasihi, Nari Kim, Natalie McMurry, Olivia Dietrich, Rebecca Rothstein, Ryan Crothers and Yael Chinn.
Click here to see artwork by all the winners.
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. Now in its 42nd year, more than 650,000 high school students have participated since the competition’s inception in 1982.
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