SOUTHERN BROOKLYN \u2014 Rep. Nicole Malliotakis awarded an Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn student top honors in the Congressional Art Competition for the 11th District.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Students were encouraged to create artwork that celebrated America\u2019s history, heritage, ideals and values that define the nation in honor of the country\u2019s 250th anniversary. Junior student Phoebe Jiang won the award and was given a certificate at the congressmember\u2019s Brooklyn office.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI congratulate Adelphi Academy\u2019s Phoebe Jiang on winning this year\u2019s Congressional Art Competition,\u201d said Malliotakis. \u201cWe recently had an opportunity to meet at my Brooklyn office, and her talent and passion for art is inspiring. Her winning painting recognizes patriotism and service and is a beautiful tribute to our military men and women. The original is now on display at the U.S. Capitol for the next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
The competition was open to all high school students in the district.<\/p>\n
Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors this nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis extraordinary exhibit showcasing the most talented artists in the nation is displayed prominently and viewed by millions of Capitol visitors each year,\u201d Adelphi stated in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n
Jiang met Malliotakis at her Brooklyn office, where she discussed her passion for art and Adelphi. Malliotakis awarded her a special certificate of recognition for her outstanding accomplishment. Iphigenia Romanos, Adelphi\u2019s head of school, attended to congratulate Jiang and thank Malliotakis.<\/p>\n
\u201cWay to go, Phoebe!\u201d the Adelphi post read.<\/p>\n
Established in 1982, the Congressional Art Competition aims to encourage student creativity while fostering civic engagement.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SOUTHERN BROOKLYN \u2014 Rep. Nicole Malliotakis awarded an Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn student top honors in the Congressional…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1149,98,100,99,25601,67,9,24,887,63,5271,99174],"class_list":["post-328984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-art","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-competition","tag-education","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nicole-malliotakis","tag-nyc","tag-schools","tag-vli-vertical-lede-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328984","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=328984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}