Sydney Harris (‘20), left, and Tracy Gwinn (‘19) in the ASMSA Art Studio
A Capitol Achievement
Students earn honors in Congressional Art Competition, including trip to D.C. Tracy Gwinn’s expectations weren’t very high when she dropped her piece off for the Fourth District Congressional Art Competition. Gwinn (’19) said other contestants were dropping off their pieces at the same time and several had already dropped off their entries. “I saw of couple of other pieces when I dropped mine off. They were really good,” Gwinn said. Fortunately for Gwinn, however, the judges disagreed with her – at least enough to award her first place for her 30
piece titled “Portrait 2.” The black and white drawing is the portrait of a man she drew during the second semester of her junior year. “I worked on it in my free time initially, but I turned it in as an assignment for my capstone project,” she said. “Everyone really liked it. I compared it with my other pieces. It was in my top 3. I like the details I got on his face.” The portrait is inspired by a drawing she saw online. She doesn’t know the subject.
