{"id":173210,"date":"2026-03-24T12:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T12:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/173210\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T12:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T12:18:12","slug":"malliotakis-art-competition-will-focus-on-nations-250th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/173210\/","title":{"rendered":"Malliotakis\u2019 art competition will focus on nation\u2019s 250th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAY RIDGE \u2013 AT LEAST TWO BROOKLYN CONGRESSMEMBERS, REPS. NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS, R-11, AND YVETTE D. CLARKE, D-09, have opened their districts\u2019 Congressional Art Competition for high school students, according to press announcements from their district offices.<\/p>\n<p>The Congressional Art Competition is an officially sanctioned bipartisan event to encourage the artistic talents of high school students nationwide. Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Congressional Institute sponsor the annual program, which offers students the opportunity to have their artwork displayed in the U.S. Capitol for approximately 11 months.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Malliotakis\u2019 theme focuses on the nation\u2019s upcoming 250th birthday. Her competition encourages students to create artwork that celebrates America\u2019s history, heritage and ideals, and the values that define the nation. For details on requirements, and to arrange dropoff of the completed projects, families in her district should call her Brooklyn office at 718-306-1620. The deadline for submissions is Friday, April 24.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 1982, the Congressional Art Competition encourages student creativity while fostering civic engagement. Since 2009, the Congressional Institute has supported the competition by providing guidance and logistical assistance to congressional offices and hosting the annual Winners\u2019 Celebration at the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2730\u2730\u2730<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <a style=\"font-size: inherit; background-color: #fefefe;\" href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/whats-news-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wnb-read-more aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/read-more-wnb-shad-1024x341.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAY RIDGE \u2013 AT LEAST TWO BROOKLYN CONGRESSMEMBERS, REPS. NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS, R-11, AND YVETTE D. CLARKE, D-09, have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1149,3302,20456,9,11,10,49,51,50,887],"class_list":["post-173210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-art","tag-breaking","tag-kids-youth","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-nicole-malliotakis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}