Art Competition
Congressman Chip Roy is pleased to invite all high school students from Texas’s 21st Congressional District to participate in the 2026 Congressional Art Competition.
The winning piece will be displayed for one year in the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. The exhibit will include the winning artwork from all participating congressional districts across the country, and featured on House.gov's Congressional Art Competition page.
Our office has not received all the information, deadlines, or forms for the 2026 competition yet. We will update this page as soon as that information is received. However, feel free to begin preparing your submissions!
If you have additional questions, please reach out to Randy Resendez, the offices coordinator for the competition.
Randy Resendez
(210) 821-5024
The following is a summary of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition rules:
(The rules each year do not normally change)
Artwork entered in the contest may be up to 28 inches by 28 inches, may be up to 4 inches in depth, and not weigh more than 15 pounds. If your artwork is selected as the winning piece, it must arrive framed and must still measure no larger than the above maximum dimensions.
- Paintings - including oil, acrylics, and watercolor.
- Drawings - including pastels, colored pencil, pencil, charcoal, ink, and markers (It is recommended that charcoal and pastel drawings be fixed.)
- Collages - must be two dimensional.
- Prints - including lithographs, silkscreen, and block prints.
- Mixed Media - use of more than two mediums such as pencil, ink, watercolor, etc.
- Computer-generated art
- Photography
All entries must be original in concept, design and execution and may not violate any U.S. copyright laws. Any entry that has been copied from an existing photo or image (including a painting, graphic, or advertisement) that was created by someone other than the student is a violation of the competition rules and will not be accepted. Work entered must be in the original medium (that is, not a scanned reproduction of a painting or drawing).
In accordance with competition policy, exhibits depicting subjects of contemporary political controversy or of gruesome nature are not allowed and will be disqualified.
If you would like more information, please reach out to our office's contact for the art competition:
Randy Resendez
(210) 821-5024