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Home  News Latest Rehberg commends Yeager as art competition grand winner
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Rehberg commends Yeager as art competition grand winner |
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Thursday, 15 May 2008 |
 CONGRESSIONAL ART – Conrad High School senior Zoë Yeager shows an original piece of artwork, “Grandpa Ray,” with CHS art instructor Wayne Anderson. The painting has been selected as Grand Prize Winner of Montana’s Congressional Art Contest, winning out from over 165 entries. It will represent Conrad and Montana and hang in the Cannon tunnel of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. It is noteworthy for one reason because Montana, with just over one million people, is the most populous of any of the 435 Congressional districts in the U.S., meaning Yeager had more competition than anyone else in the country. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler
Rehberg will join Yeager and her mother, Paula Hudson, in a Capitol Hill ceremony in June where her artwork will be unveiled and displayed for one year in the Cannon Tunnel along with the artwork of winners from other congressional districts.
The Cannon Tunnel is a pedestrian walkway, leading to the United States Capitol building, frequented by Members of Congress, staff, and the general public.
“It makes me proud to showcase the talents of the people of my home state,” said Rehberg. “I look forward to seeing Zoë’s picture on the walls of the Cannon Tunnel representing the people of Montana.”
Yeager is a senior at Conrad High School. Her artwork was selected from among the entries submitted from all across Montana in the “Artistic Discovery” contest, a U.S. House of Representatives art competition that has been held annually since 1982.
Yeager’s acrylic painting is entitled “Grandpa Ray,” and is an artistic representation of a Montana farmer examining a head of wheat in a wheat field.
“This painting is in remembrance of and a tribute to my grandpa. I never really knew my grandpa that well because he died when I was eight years old. I wish I would have been able to have more years with him,” said Yeager. “I’m extremely excited to be selected as the winner of the art competition. It’s kind of intimidating that I’m going to represent the entire state of Montana with my artwork, but I hope that I represent Montana well.”
As the grand prizewinner, Yeager will receive airfare and accommodations for her and a guest for the artwork’s unveiling ceremony in Washington D.C., in late June.
She’ll also receive a $1,000 art scholarship offer from the University of Montana and Montana State University.
She is the daughter of Paula Hudson and George Yeager of Conrad. Wayne Anderson is Yeager’s art teacher at Conrad High School. Anderson is retiring from teaching after the school year.
In addition to the grand prizewinner, Rehberg also recognized Ellyn Bumgarner, a senior at Belt High School, as the first place winner for her pencil drawing entitled “Bugling Elk.” Bumgarner’s artwork will be featured in Rehberg’s Washington D.C. office.
The honorable mention winners will have their artwork displayed in Rehberg’s four Montana District Offices.
To view the winning submissions, and all of the 2008 Congressional Arts Competition entries from Montana, visit Rehberg’s congressional website, at http://www.house.gov/rehberg/art/ .
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