Artist’s Work To Hang In The Capitol For One Year

Dreyfoos Students Win Congressional Arts Competition - Artist’s Work To Hang In The Capitol For One Year

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June 10, 2009

Dreyfoos School of the Arts visual art students Vinh Pham, a graduating senior from Royal Palm Beach, and Jessica Kleinman, a Dreyfoos junior from Boca Raton, were recently announced as the first place winner and runner up winner, respectively, of the Congressional Arts Competition. The other runner up winner was Danielle Zfat of Donna Klein Jewish Academy.

Congressman Ron Klein (D-FL) made the announcement at a reception May 29 at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. As the first place winner, Pham and his parents were presented with three roundtrip tickets to Washington, D.C., courtesy of Southwest Airlines, where they will join Congressman Klein on June 24 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and reception honoring the young artists. He also received a year pass to the Boca Raton Museum of Art.

The 28th Annual Congressional Art Competition, An Artistic Discovery, provides Members of Congress with the unique opportunity to showcase the talents of their creative, dynamic high school constituents. Since the competition’s inception in 1982, thousands of students have participated. This year the theme was left up to the artist’s imagination.

Pham’s winning piece, representing the 22nd Florida Congressional District, will be showcased at the Capitol in Washington, DC, along with the pieces created by the winning artists from Congressional Districts across the country.

For more information about the Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, call the School of the Arts Foundation at 561-805-6298 or visit www.soafi.org.

Media Contact: Margie Yansura, Wordsmith Communications, 561-313-5028; mywordsmith@bellsouth.net