Get Artistic with Congressman Seth Moulton

Congressman Seth Moulton, last year’s Grand Prize Winner George Andrias from Peabody Veterans Memorial High School and Montserrat President Steve Immerman courtesy of Montserrat College of Art.

BEVERLY, MA - High school students in the Sixth Congressional District are being encouraged to once again express themselves artistically.

March 5, 2016 marks the 22nd year that Montserrat College of Art has hosted the 6th Congressional District High School Art Competition and Exhibition. The annual Art Reception and Award Ceremony sponsored by Congressman Seth Moulton and hosted by Montserrat College of Art will take place on Saturday, March 5, from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the college’s 301 Gallery located at 301 Cabot Street in Beverly. The exhibition will be on view March 3 - 5, 2016.

The exhibition is a juried art show, open to high school students (grades 10-12) from public and private schools within the Sixth Congressional District of Massachusetts, as well as high school students home-schooled within the district. Students from every school in the district are encouraged to participate.

Submissions will be accepted during the following drop-off hours at 301 Cabot St. Gallery in Beverly:
Friday, Feb. 26, 3 - 6 p.m. &
Saturday, Feb. 27, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m

The exhibition will be installed and juried in the gallery on Wednesday, March 2 and the awards will be announced and sent to the schools soon after.

The Award Winners will receive varying amounts of scholarship to Montserrat’s Summer Pre-College Program and the U.S. Postal Service will provide students with the option of having their artwork displayed at their local post office. Visit montserrat.edu/pre-college to learn more about Montserrat’s Summer Pre-College program.

At the conclusion of the exhibition, the artwork of the Grand Award Winner will be sent to the U.S. Capitol Building where it will be displayed for one year with the work of other award winners from across the country. The winner from each district, accompanied by one adult, will be invited to attend the opening of that exhibition in Washington, D.C. to be scheduled for a date in June.