WEST WINDSOR Emma Winslow Funaki of West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, has won the 2011 Congressional Art Competition for the 12th District of New Jersey.
Funaki’s artwork, called “Other,” will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol building alongside work by other high school artists from across the country, and she will be invited to join Rep. Rush Holt in Washington for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 25.
Rep. Holt said, “I congratulate Emma and all of the winners in this year’s Congressional Art Competition. Emma’s work in particular is skillful and brave, and I look forward to seeing her future art in the years to come.”
Since 1982, the annual Congressional Art Competition has showcased art pieces by high school students from many of the nation’s 435 Congressional Districts. Artworks selected by each member of Congress are displayed for one year in a gallery in the Cannon Tunnel, the passage that connects the U.S. Capitol with the House office buildings. The tunnel is traveled by Members of Congress, staff, and visitors on a daily basis, and the gallery is a prominent attraction on Capitol tours.
The art competition was judged by an independent panel of New Jerseyans with recognized artistic expertise: Jeff Nathanson, executive director of the Arts Council of Princeton; Andrea Honore, the director of fund development for the Arts Council of Princeton; and Merle Citron, an artist from Lambertville.
Following are local winners:
Medium: Painting
3rd Place: Lucy Davis, West Windsor-Plainsboro High North.
1st Place: Raisha Friedman, West Windsor-Plainsboro High South.
Medium: Drawing
3rd Place: Loretta Liu, West Windsor-Plainsboro High South.
Medium: Print
3rd Place: Elizabeth Palena, West Windsor-Plainsboro High North.
2nd Place: Isha Singh, West Windsor-Plainsboro High North.
1st Place: Amy Lee, Stuart Country Day School.
Medium: Mixed Media
3rd Place: Kevin Welsh, West Windsor-Plainsboro High South.
1st Place: Emma Winslow Funaki.
Medium: Photography
2nd Place: Katie Keith, Stuart Country Day School.

