Owings Mills Teen Wins 2021 Congressional Art Contest For Maryland’s Second District

BALTIMORE, Md. (WJZ) — Talk astir the accidental of a lifetime: an Owings Mills teen volition person her artwork seen by thousands of radical who sojourn the U.S. Capitol for a year.

That’s due to the fact that Katelynn Clark, a inferior astatine Carver Center for Arts and Technology successful Baltimore, was named the victor Tuesday of the 2021 Congressional Art Contest for Maryland’s Second District.

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Called “Creative Space,” Clark’s winning introduction is simply a graphite representation that shows a miss opening to gully connected a blank sketchpad successful what looks similar a cluttered study.

Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger said helium was impressed by each of the contention entries, but Clark’s graphite artwork stood retired from the rest. It was selected by a sheet of artists.

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“Her portion is simply a large illustration of the unthinkable endowment we person successful Maryland’s Second District,” Ruppersberger said. “I privation to convey Katelynn and each of the talented students who participated successful the contention this twelvemonth and privation them overmuch luck successful the pursuit of their passionateness for the arts.”

As the winning entry, Clark’s artwork beryllium connected show astatine the U.S. Capitol analyzable for a twelvemonth and seen by some visitors and members of Congress.

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Over 650,000 precocious schoolhouse students person entered the yearly contest, which recognizes young and aspiring artists, since its inception successful 1982.

CBS Baltimore Staff