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.
All works of art must be submitted virtually via email toRandy.Resendez@mail.house.gov by 5:00pm, Friday, April 10, 2026.
The following is a summary of the Congressional Art Competition rules:
Artwork entered in the contest may be up to 26 inches by 26 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
Each entry must be original in concept, design, and execution and may not violate U.S. copyright laws. Any entry copied from an existing photo or image (including a painting, graphic, or advertisement) created by someone other than the student violates competition rules and will not be accepted. For more information on copyrights, we recommend you visit: https://www.artandwriting.org/awards/how-to-enter/copyright-plagiarism/
Artwork will hang in Washington, DC, from June 2026 to May 2027. Do submit artwork that will be needed for other purposes during that period.
The Rules for the competition can be found here.
The Student Submission and Release Forms can be found here.
If you would like more information, please reach out to our office's contact for the art competition:
Randy Resendez
(210) 821-5024