WEBVTT 00:18.580 --> 00:19.450 align:start >> SO THE CONGRESSIONAL ART 00:19.450 --> 00:22.220 align:start COMPETITION IS A COMPETITION 00:22.220 --> 00:24.330 align:start THAT'S BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME 00:24.330 --> 00:27.110 align:start AND IT ALLOWS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 00:27.110 --> 00:28.740 align:start TO SUBMIT ART. 00:28.740 --> 00:30.390 align:start AND ONE WINNER FROM EVERY 00:30.390 --> 00:32.020 align:start CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT HAS THEIR 00:32.020 --> 00:34.980 align:start PIECE OF ART HANG IN THE CAPITOL 00:34.980 --> 00:37.810 align:start EVERY YEAR FOR A YEAR. 00:37.810 --> 00:41.250 align:start THERE ARE 435^CONGRESSIONAL 00:41.250 --> 00:44.410 align:start DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTRY. 00:44.410 --> 00:49.330 align:start WE HAD 265^PIECES OF ART FROM 00:49.330 --> 00:53.510 align:start 27^SCHOOLS IN 7^COUNTIES AT OUR 00:53.510 --> 00:57.120 align:start ART COMPETITION THIS YEAR. 00:57.120 --> 00:59.150 align:start >> OH MY GOODNESS. 00:59.150 --> 01:00.650 align:start HOW MANY ART SUBMISSIONS DID WE 01:00.650 --> 01:01.640 align:start GET THIS YEAR? 01:01.640 --> 01:05.010 align:start I MEAN, OVER 200^FROM DOZENS OF 01:05.010 --> 01:07.350 align:start DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. 01:07.350 --> 01:09.360 align:start SO WE HAVE SOME COLUMBUS SCHOOLS. 01:09.360 --> 01:10.650 align:start WE HAVE SOME SUBURBAN SCHOOLS 01:10.650 --> 01:12.250 align:start NORTH OF COLUMBUS. 01:12.250 --> 01:13.730 align:start EAST OF COLUMBUS. 01:13.730 --> 01:15.210 align:start WE GO UP ALL THE WAY TO 01:15.210 --> 01:15.540 align:start MANSFIELD. 01:15.540 --> 01:17.860 align:start WE GO OUT TO ZANESVILLE ON THE 01:17.860 --> 01:19.210 align:start EASTERN SIDE. 01:19.210 --> 01:21.870 align:start SO WE HAVE A PRETTY DIVERSE 01:21.870 --> 01:24.170 align:start COLLECTION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS 01:24.170 --> 01:25.300 align:start THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN SEVEN 01:25.300 --> 01:27.780 align:start COUNTIES IN THE DISTRICT. 01:27.780 --> 01:31.170 align:start >> WE HAVE ARTWORK FROM SOME 01:31.170 --> 01:33.340 align:start 19^SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT. 01:33.340 --> 01:35.520 align:start SO FROM THE COLUMBUS SCHOOL 01:35.520 --> 01:37.070 align:start DISTRICT TO WHITEHALL TO 01:37.070 --> 01:38.760 align:start REYNOLDSBURG TO GROVE CITY. 01:38.760 --> 01:42.330 align:start SO WE HAVE 29^MUNICIPALITIES. 01:42.330 --> 01:49.430 align:start I CAN TELL YOU, WE HAD 184^PIECES OF ARTWORK. 01:49.430 --> 01:50.700 align:start IT'S THE LARGEST NUMBER OF 01:50.700 --> 01:55.680 align:start ARTWORK THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE 01:55.680 --> 01:55.920 align:start TIME THAT I'VE BEEN IN CONGRESS. 01:55.920 --> 01:57.610 align:start >> JOYCE AND PAT AND BARRY AND I 01:57.610 --> 01:59.170 align:start DO OUR COMPETITION TOGETHER. 01:59.170 --> 02:00.230 align:start THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE 02:00.230 --> 02:03.030 align:start WORKED REALLY HARD TO DO IT AS A 02:03.030 --> 02:04.210 align:start COMMUNITY AND DO IT AT THE 02:04.210 --> 02:05.430 align:start COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART. 02:05.430 --> 02:08.090 align:start SO THAT THESE HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS 02:08.090 --> 02:10.140 align:start THAT ARE BUILDING PORTFOLIOS AND 02:10.140 --> 02:11.810 align:start MIGHT WANT TO BE ARTISTS CAN SAY 02:11.810 --> 02:13.250 align:start I'VE HAD A PIECE OF ART DISPLAYED 02:13.250 --> 02:14.960 align:start AT THE COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART. 02:14.960 --> 02:16.390 align:start I MEAN, HOW COOL IS THAT WHEN 02:16.390 --> 02:17.540 align:start YOU'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL? 02:17.540 --> 02:18.990 align:start >> AND WE'RE GOING TO ANNOUNCE 02:18.990 --> 02:20.200 align:start THE WINNERS TONIGHT. 02:20.200 --> 02:23.050 align:start >> OUR FIRST PLACE WINNER. 02:23.050 --> 02:26.620 align:start PIECE IS TITLED "THE BELL." 02:26.620 --> 02:33.870 align:start AMANDA BA, A SENIOR AT OLENTANGY 02:33.870 --> 02:38.350 align:start ORANGE HIGH SCHOOL. 02:38.350 --> 02:39.850 align:start [^APPLAUSE^] 02:39.850 --> 02:44.330 align:start >> TY POWASI, REYNOLDSBURG 02:44.330 --> 02:45.830 align:start HIGHSCHOOL. 02:45.830 --> 02:48.820 align:start THANK YOU. 02:48.820 --> 02:50.310 align:start [^APPLAUSE^] 02:50.310 --> 02:52.400 align:start >> THE FIRST PLACE ARTWORK IS 02:52.400 --> 02:54.090 align:start TITLED "REFLECTIONS" AND THE 02:54.090 --> 02:56.500 align:start ARTIST IS^----. 02:56.500 --> 02:57.710 align:start [^APPLAUSE^] 02:57.710 --> 03:02.540 align:start >> MY WORK WAS CALLED 03:02.540 --> 03:03.750 align:start "REFLECTIONS." 03:03.750 --> 03:05.840 align:start AND IT WAS A PENCIL DRAWING, I 03:05.840 --> 03:07.270 align:start JUST USE GRAPHITE. 03:07.270 --> 03:09.800 align:start AND IT'S TWO PORTRAITS AND I 03:09.800 --> 03:11.530 align:start GUESS THEY'RE OVERLAPPING SO^-- 03:11.530 --> 03:13.590 align:start POOR PORTRAITS MAYBE. 03:13.590 --> 03:14.800 align:start TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT I KNOW 03:14.800 --> 03:16.210 align:start AND I JUST TRIED TO CAPTURE 03:16.210 --> 03:19.090 align:start DIFFERENT EMOTIONS IN EACH OF THE 03:19.090 --> 03:19.740 align:start PORTRAIT. 03:19.740 --> 03:20.400 align:start \M\M 03:20.400 --> 03:23.070 align:start >> I REALLY LIKE DRAWING AND I'M 03:23.070 --> 03:24.540 align:start TRYING TO EXPERIMENT A LITTLE BIT 03:24.540 --> 03:25.380 align:start MORE WITH PAINTING. 03:25.380 --> 03:27.590 align:start I DO A LOT WITH WATER COLOR, BUT 03:27.590 --> 03:31.110 align:start I JUST THINK DRAWING IS VERY 03:31.110 --> 03:33.160 align:start CALMING AND RELAXING, AND SO IT'S 03:33.160 --> 03:35.980 align:start EASY TO JUST ZONE OUT WHILE 03:35.980 --> 03:36.930 align:start YOU'RE DOING IT AND THINK ABOUT 03:36.930 --> 03:38.150 align:start OTHER THINGS, AND THAT'S REALLY 03:38.150 --> 03:38.340 align:start NICE. 03:38.340 --> 03:40.040 align:start IT'S ALMOST LIKE A MEDITATION 03:40.040 --> 03:44.090 align:start KIND OF THING. 03:44.090 --> 03:45.910 align:start >> MY DAD'S ACTUALLY IN GRAPHIC 03:45.910 --> 03:47.540 align:start DESIGN AND THEN MY GRANDFATHER IS 03:47.540 --> 03:48.730 align:start AN ARCHITECT, SO IT'S KIND OF 03:48.730 --> 03:49.700 align:start LIKE A FAMILY THING. 03:49.700 --> 03:51.360 align:start THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY 03:51.360 --> 03:53.040 align:start FAMILY WHO DO SOMETHING WITH ART. 03:53.040 --> 03:54.750 align:start SO I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN IT'S KIND OF 03:54.750 --> 04:02.950 align:start SOMETHING I WANTED TO DO TOO. 04:02.950 --> 04:05.700 align:start >> THE FIRST PLACE WINNER HAS AN 04:05.700 --> 04:07.090 align:start INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY. 04:07.090 --> 04:08.900 align:start THEIR PORTRAIT WILL BE FLOWN TO 04:08.900 --> 04:09.100 align:start WASHINGTON D.C. 04:09.100 --> 04:10.710 align:start IT WILL HANG IN THE UNITED STATES 04:10.710 --> 04:11.300 align:start CAPITOL. 04:11.300 --> 04:15.450 align:start THEY WILL ACTUALLY GET TO COME TO 04:15.450 --> 04:17.820 align:start WASHINGTON WITH THEIR SPONSOR OR 04:17.820 --> 04:19.960 align:start PARENT OR GRANDPARENT AND GO 04:19.960 --> 04:22.020 align:start THROUGH A "THANK YOU" PROGRAM 04:22.020 --> 04:23.910 align:start FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AND SPEND 04:23.910 --> 04:25.510 align:start THE WHOLE DAY IN WASHINGTON. 04:25.510 --> 04:28.090 align:start >> BUT, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO 04:28.090 --> 04:29.880 align:start REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE WORK OF 04:29.880 --> 04:34.360 align:start THESE YOUNG, INCREDIBLY TALENTED, 04:34.360 --> 04:35.480 align:start ARTISTS. 04:35.480 --> 04:36.680 align:start >> I THINK THE ARTS IS SO 04:36.680 --> 04:39.310 align:start IMPORTANT IN EDUCATION, BECAUSE 04:39.310 --> 04:41.250 align:start IT SPURS CREATIVITY. 04:41.250 --> 04:43.290 align:start IT MAKES THE YOUNG, TALENTED 04:43.290 --> 04:46.520 align:start STUDENTS FOCUS ON RELEASING THEIR 04:46.520 --> 04:48.650 align:start ARTISTIC CAPACITY THROUGH SEVERAL 04:48.650 --> 04:50.210 align:start MEDIUMS OF ART. 04:50.210 --> 04:53.030 align:start SO, WHETHER YOU'RE DOING CHARCOAL 04:53.030 --> 04:55.860 align:start OR PAINT OR PHOTOGRAPHY, IT'S ALL 04:55.860 --> 04:59.290 align:start A PART OF YOUR VISION AND YOUR 04:59.290 --> 04:59.290 align:start IMAGINATION. 04:59.290 --> 05:01.620 align:start I THINK IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN 05:01.620 --> 05:03.730 align:start EVERY PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL 05:03.730 --> 05:05.490 align:start CURRICULUM. 05:05.490 --> 05:06.920 align:start >> WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR CASSIDY. 05:06.920 --> 05:09.330 align:start SHE'S A GREAT ARTIST AND I HOPE 05:09.330 --> 05:11.450 align:start EVERYBODY WILL COME TO WASHINGTON 05:11.450 --> 05:12.220 align:start AND SEE HER PIECE OF ART HANGING 05:12.220 --> 05:17.220 align:start IN THE CAPITOL.