Black Announces Winner of 2012 Congressional Art Competition

WASHINGTON, DC (May 18, 2012) – Today, Congressmen Diane Black (TN-6) congratulates Mallory Trammell, a 12th grader at Middle Tennessee Christian School (MTCS), for being named the 2012 winner of the Congressional Art Competition for the 6th district of Tennessee.

“I congratulate Mallory Trammell for being selected as the overall winner of the Congressional Art Competition from the 6th district of Tennessee. For the next year, visitors from around the country and the world will now be able to enjoy Mallory’s artwork when visiting the Capitol,” said Congressman Diane Black.

Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district. Students from around the country submit entries to their representative’s office, and panels of local artists in each district select the winning entries.

Mallory’s artwork entitled, Coffee Shop, will be on display in the Capitol for the next year. She resides in Murfreesboro, Tennessee with her parents Joe and Karen Trammell. She is a student in Shannon Watson’s art class at MTCS. She will attend David Lipscomb University in the fall where she will major in biology and minor in art. She hopes to pursue a career in the medical field and continue with her art.  

The art for the 6th district was judged by five local artists:

• Agnes Fuss who studied art at Kennesaw State College in Georgia, and has taught oil painting at the Cumberland Art Society.
• Elaine Amor who received her BS degree from Western Michigan University. She received her MA degree from Indiana University and received her Art Accreditation from Tennessee Tech University.
• Budd Bishop who opened a studio in Livingston, TN after retiring from a 33-year art museum career. He just completed a five-year term on the Tennessee Arts Commission.
• Dr. Patricia Coleman, Director of Art Education at Tennessee Tech University who received from the Mississippi University for Women her B.F.A. in Three Dimensional Design and M.F.A. in Painting. She also received her Ed.D. in Administration and Educational Leadership - Art Education at the University of Alabama.
•  Harvey McNeal who is a photographer in the Middle Tennessee area specializing in portrait and landscape work while managing a fortune 500 company.