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Congressman French Hill (AR-02) announced this week that J.R. Landers of Vilonia High School was this year’s winner of the Congressional Art Competition for the Second Congressional District.

“We had over one hundred submissions from across the entire district. Seeing the talents of so many young students in central Arkansas is inspiring, and I encourage all of them to continue to gift our community with their passion for art,” Hill said. “I look forward to being reminded of this every time I walk to the Capitol and see J.R.’s submission hanging in the hallway.”

This year’s competition also featured a Fan Favorite Award, which was determined by the submission that received the most number of “likes” on Congressman Hill’s Facebook page. The winner of the Fan Favorite Award was Kylie Beaty, also of Vilonia High School, whose artwork “Spectrum” received 191 likes. “Spectrum” will be hung in Congressman Hill’s Little Rock District Office for the coming year.

Below are the top three submissions from this year’s competition:

1^st Place: “Overcoming Darkness” by J.R. Landers (Vilonia High School)

2^nd Place: “Misha Collins” by Meredith Muller (Mount St. Mary’s High School)

3^rd Place: “First Touch” by Kelsey Claybrook (Episcopal Collegiate School)

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