Vermont Arts Council: Inspiring a Creative State
DID YOU KNOW?
Research In Arts Education:
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Young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year 3-4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement and to be class leaders.
- Americans for the Arts, 
Facts about Arts Education
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"Engagement in the arts nurtures the development of cognitive, social, and personal competencies" by reaching disengaged students, encouraging self-directed learning, and connecting learning experiences to the world of real work: "
- Champions of Change: The Impact of Arts on Learning
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Elementary students who attended schools in which the arts were integrated with classroom curriculum outperformed their peers in math who did not have an arts-integrated curriculum."
- Chicago Arts Partnerships

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Working to advance and preserve the arts at the center of Vermont communities.

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CONGRESSIONAL ARTS COMPETITION

The Congressional Art Competition was co-founded in 1981 by then-Representative James Jeffords. Over the years, Senator Jeffords celebrated the creativity and artistic vision of Vermont's young adults with this annual event. Representative Peter Welch has become the sponsor of the Vermont competition, in partnership with the Vermont Arts Council.

2007 AWARD WINNERS

First Place drawing by Xavier DonnellyIn a ceremony held on Monday, May 14 at the T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier, Xavier Donnelly of Burlington High School was named the winner of the 26th Annual Congressional Arts Competition.

Xavier’s untitled, expertly detailed cityscape (pictured at left) will hang on the walls of the U.S. Congress in Washington along with winning artwork by high school students from around the nation. Congressman Peter Welch sponsors the competition in Vermont, which was founded by former Senator and then-Congressman James M. Jeffords.

The competition was judged by sculptor and printmaker Patricia deGogorza, painter Paul Gruhler, and Joyce Mandeville, Director of the T.W. Wood Gallery & Art Center.

2nd Place: Dan Aiken
2nd Place: Dan Aiken,
Lyndon Institute
“Fall Brook”		 3rd Place: Nelson Skinner
3rd Place: Nelson Skinner
Northfield HS
“Canopy of Life”

People’s Choice Award: Armando Veve, South Burlington HS

Honorable Mention: Stephen Bishop, Green Mountain Technology & Career Center “Waiting for Winter”
Honorable Mention: Melissa Cohen, Green Mountain Technology & Career Center “Thought Clouds”
Honorable Mention: Laura Putnam, Lamoille UHS “My Backyard”

Judges Choice: Dan Herrmann, Poultney HS “Self Portrait”
Judges Choice: Eric Joyce, St. Johnsbury Academy “Meghan”
Judges Choice: Josh Newton, Green Mountain Technology & Career Center “Untitled”

Congressman Welch’s Choice: Karyn Brower, Rutland HS “Self Portrait”
Congressman Welch’s Choice: Elizabeth Castle, North Country UHS “The Art Room”
Congressman Welch’s Choice: Nicole Erthein, Long Trail School “Brighton Beach”
Congressman Welch’s Choice: Leslie Fairchild, St. Johnsbury Academy “Untitled”
Congressman Welch’s Choice: Jacob Gevalt, Champlain Valley UHS “Combined Perspective”
Congressman Welch’s Choice: Abbey Goodrich, Northfield HS “Tree Frog”
Congressman Welch’s Choice: Neomi Hennessy, Springfield HS “Frolic”
Congressman Welch’s Choice: Alyssa Langevin, Spaulding HS “Sunflower”
Congressman Welch’s Choice: Riley Lumsden, Bellows Free Academy “Untitled”
Congressman Welch’s Choice: Soo-Mi Park, Leland & Gray UHS “Organic and Inorganic”
Congressman Welch’s Choice: Jaina Rich, Randolph UHS “Video Vault”
Congressman Welch’s Choice: Lynn Sipsey, Mt. Abraham UHS “Dirty Laundry”
Congressman Welch’s Choice: Amber Thomas, Mt. Mansfield UHS “The Golden Center”
Congressman Welch’s Choice: Elisha Washburn, Thetford Academy “Beauty Sleep”
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