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Upton Announces 2016 Congressional Art Competition WinnerPortage Junior Also Snags Four Additional KIA AwardsKALAMAZOO, MI – Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, today announced the winner of the 2016 Congressional Art Competition: Madeline Peterson, 16, of Portage. A junior currently attending Portage Northern High School, Madeline created a piece that allows viewers to glimpse a portion of the beauty and mystery of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior, through a paper portal. Madeline made the piece for her advanced art class last year and plans to continue her artwork into the future – perhaps in art therapy or to use art in some way that helps other people. According to Madeline, the acrylic and graphite piece took about five hours to complete and was inspired by a photograph her mother had taken at Pictured Rocks and experimented with a ripped paper idea by another artist, Josephine Vailloud, from whom Madeline received permission to use. “This will be another extraordinary piece to represent our community in the U.S. Capitol, where it will hang alongside winners of the Congressional Art Competition from across the country,” said Upton. “Congratulations to Madeline and to everyone who took part in the KIA 2016 High School Area Show.” The 35th annual High School Area Show, sponsored by the Kalamazoo Institutes of Arts, and was hosted by the Congressional Art Competition for the third year. More than 180 works were submitted from artists in grades 9-12 to the Congressional Art Competition, which seeks two-dimensional works that will hang in the U.S. Capitol for a year. In addition to winning the Congressional Art Competition, Madeline’s Picture Rocks piece also won a Juror’s Honorable Mention Award in the overall KIA High School Area Show as well as a Summer Portfolio Camp Scholarship Award from Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University. On the basis of a second piece done by Madeline, Untitled, which was not eligible for the Congressional Art Competition because it included three-dimensional features, she was also awarded a scholarship valued at up to $40,000 to the Cleveland Institute of Art as well as scholarship valued up to $1,000 from Kendall. “I had no idea,” said Madeline of her multiple winnings Thursday night. “I have to do some thinking on what I’m going to do.” Madeline said she’s been drawing since she could pick up a pencil, and drawing and painting are among her favorite pastimes. As the Congressional Art Competition winner for the Sixth Congressional District, Madeline and a guest will be invited to a reception in Washington, D.C. Southwest Airlines is providing two complimentary tickets. The KIA High School Area Show will be on exhibit until May 4, however, Madeline’s winning work will have to exit early in order to get the U.S. Capitol. More than $300,000 worth of prizes and scholarships were awarded at the KIA High School Aera Show. The winners are: Juror's Awards, $100 cash: Juror's Honorable Mentions SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS Cleveland Institute of Art awarded scholarships (value $40,000) to: Kendall College of Art and Design, Ferris State University, awarded Portfolio Camp scholarships ($1,000 value) to: Kendall College of Art and Design, Ferris State University, awarded scholarships (total value $70,000+) to: Gwen Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University, awarded scholarships (value $156,000) to: Kirk Newman Art School at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts awarded scholarships for asummer class to:
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