On Wednesday, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene announced that Alex Eppenauer of The Bear Creek School in Redmond as the winner of the 2013 Congressional Art Competition for the 1st Congressional District.

DelBene joined local students, families and friends at a reception honoring all the participants who submitted artwork for the competition.

Eppenauer won with her piece, “Through Her Eyes.” For submitting the winning entry, Eppenauer will have her art displayed in the Cannon Tunnel of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. as part of a yearlong national exhibition. Later this year, she will join DelBene in Washington, D.C. for the official unveiling of her winning artwork.

“I was incredibly impressed with the creativity and overall quality of work submitted by all of this year’s participants and want to thank them all for sharing their talents with us,” said DelBene. “Alex’s piece demonstrated a great amount of artistic skill and it’s going to be a great addition to the exhibit in our nation’s capital.”

The annual Congressional Art Competition began in 1982 and involves hundreds of thousands of high school students from across the nation. The local competition is open to all students in grades 9-12 who either reside or attend high school in Washington’s 1st Congressional District.

In addition to displaying the winning entry in the U.S. Capitol for one year, three runners-up and seven honorable mentions will have their artwork displayed in DelBene’s congressional office.

In addition to Eppenauer, the following students from Redmond and their work were recognized:

Runner-up

Redmond High School

Zoha SyedArt piece: “Summer at Crabtree Lake”
Medium: Colored Pencil, Graphite
Art Instructor: Steven Okun

Honorable Mentions

The Bear Creek School (Art Instructor, Trinity Osborn)

Caroline Ptaszynski
Art piece: “Young Augustus”
Medium: Charcoal

Morgan Cadigan
Art piece: “Pipes”
Medium: Photography

Jacqueline Hom
Art piece: “Aphrodite”
Medium: Charcoal and White Charcoal