National Student Art Competition 9-12 Winners
Gallery
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First Place
Holding Up the United States
“I wanted to portray the White House as a giant overarching monumental building throughout the image and how the people of America are responsible for holding it in place as well as raising it up. This artwork demonstrates all the different races and hands that built and rose up America, impacting the America we know today.”
Seoyoung from Texas -
Second Place
Vision and Rebirth
"This piece reflects the drafting work of the architect James Hoban on the original White House, and his relationship with President George Washington, who commissioned the building. I was fascinated by the pathos of the destruction of his vision (burned in the War of 1812) and the redemption involved in his chance to rebuild it.”
Bill from Texas -
Third Place
The White House Conservatory: A Microcosm of Civil War America
“My drawing focuses on the White House Conservatory-an important and often forgotten part of White House history. Harriet Lane urged building the conservatory (drawn in 1857 form), so she is the heart of the piece. Each corner shows the Conservatory and its flowers as the American Story of Civil War with hostility between friends under Buchanan, wounded needing comfort under Lincoln, the country rebuilding under Grant (Grant’s daughter Nellie married in East Room with flowers from greenhouse) and the nation's return to 'normal' under Hayes.”
Brianna from Ohio
This gallery includes the winners of the 9-12 grade section of the National Student Art Competition 2021.
