Congressional Art Show
The 6th District Congressional Art Show, sponsored by Congressman Seth Moulton is hosted annually at Montserrat College of Art.
The exhibition and competition is open to students in grades 10 – 12 in public and private high schools and students being home-schooled in the Sixth Essex Massachusetts Congressional District including home-schooled students.
2025 dates to be announced.
SIXTH DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL ART SHOW 2024 WINNERS
GRAND PRIZE WINNER FROM BILLERICA
Montserrat College of Art and Congressman Seth Moulton are proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Sixth District Congressional High School Art Competition and Show. 122 students from 21 schools across the district submitted their work to the show. The Grand Prize winner was Herin Lee of Billerica Memorial High School. The winning piece, Vulnerable, will be sent to Washington, DC where it will hang in the Capitol building for one year alongside the winners from other Congressional districts across the country.
An award ceremony recognizing the winners was held on Saturday, March 16 at Montserrat’s Hardie Building, 23 Essex Street, Beverly. The winning work and honorable mentions were presented with a citation from Congressman Moulton. Additionally, Montserrat provided the awardees and honorable mentions varying amounts of scholarship to the college’s Summer Pre-College Program totaling $15,500.
The full list of winners includes:
GRAND PRIZE
Herin Lee, Billerica Memorial High School, Vulnerable
FIRST PRIZE
Erica Langlais, Danvers High School,Yin & Yang
SECOND PRIZE
Alexi Sutaria, Landmark School, Tweety
THIRD PRIZE
Chloe Nickerson, Marblehead High School, Lost in the Shadow
BEST OF SCHOOL AWARDS
- Acorn Gallery School of Art, Jessica Valatka, Dreaming
- Beverly High School, Lauren Parga, Childlike Indulgence
- Burlington High School, Dylan Giles, Alaskan Train
- Covenant Christian Academy, Ellie Knowlton, 1987
- Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School, Annabelle Johnson, The Blues
- Gloucester High School, Cade Cooper, Found Fahim
- Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, Julia Bial, Taxi
- Lynn Classical High School, Emma Chevalier, Nostalgia
- Lynn English High School, Keo Son, Go Away World
- Lynnfield High School, April Sun, Her Anticipation
- Manchester Essex High School, Miles Takayesu, Unity
- Masconomet Regional High School, Abigail Brady, Piling Up
- North Reading High School, Stella DaSilva, Erosion of the Mind
- Peabody Veterans Memorial High School, Bailey Merchant, Running Home
- Rockport High School, Caitlin Morin, Melodic Burnout
- Shawsheen Valley Technical High School, Ava Rega, Frankie
- Tewksbury Memorial High School, Rhiannon Anderson, Moonlight Drive
- Triton Regional High School, Samantha McDermott, Belonging
HONORABLE MENTION
- Landmark High School: Elaina Vorrais, Self Portrait & Chris McKenna, Eagle
- Lynnfield High School: Jerusha Robins, Fading Memories
- Manchester-Essex Regional High School, Henry Swerdolff, We All Love Poppa Marvin
- Masconomet Regional High School: Joelle DiGrazia, Video Games
- North Reading High School: Rachel Duval, Extraterrestrial
- Triton Regional High School: Lauren Manning, Reflections
2024 Congressional Art Show Jurors
Monica Lynn Manoski, Executive Director, Essex Art Center, Lawrence
Michael Miller, Coordinator of Digital Imaging, Professor of Photography, Endicott College School of Visual and Performing Arts, Beverly
Sarah Milton, Executive Director, North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester