FORNEY, Texas – North Forney High School art student Emma Sumrow recently won the U.S. Congressional Art Competition for the 5th Congressional District for the second consecutive year.
FORNEY, Texas – North Forney High School art student Emma Sumrow recently won the U.S. Congressional Art Competition for the 5th Congressional District for the second consecutive year.
Sumrow's artwork, "Same Species, Different Colors" is an acrylic painting and was chosen to represent Representative Jeb Hensarling's District 5 and hang in the U.S. Capitol Building for a year.
Sumrow also won the competition in 2015 with her pastel drawing, “Time is Golden.”
With Sumrow’s selection, a North Forney High School student has represented District 5 for the past four years with Myra Castillo also winning in 2014 with her artwork “Cosmos” and Yvonne Almorado winning in 2013 with her artwork entitled “Fall in the Courtyard.”
“Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district. Since the competition began in 1982, more than 650,000 high school students have participated," according to the United States House of Representatives' website.
