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April 23, 2013

SA Senior Wins Top Prize in Art Competition

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A South Allegheny High School senior has won first place in the annual art contest sponsored by U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle.

A painting in acrylics entitled, "My Artistic Discovery: Mona and Me," by Stephanie Taylor will hang in the U.S. Capitol for one year, a spokesman for Doyle's office said.

Taylor's work was selected from 58 entries received from 12 schools in Doyle's district. Last year, she took fifth place in the competition for her oil painting, "Shades of Green," and two years ago, Taylor was awarded second prize. She won the competition in 2010.

"We received nearly 60 outstanding entries for this year's competition, and the judges labored long and hard to rate these artworks," said Doyle, a Democrat from Forest Hills. "The creativity and effort that these students put into their work is clear, and their talent is obvious in the compositions they submitted. They all should be proud of their submissions."

The winners were announced and recognized at an awards ceremony held Monday night at the University of Pittsburgh's William Pitt Union.

Other winners included:

  • Miranda Morgan, Springdale High School, second place, pencil drawing, "Breaking Free"

  • Reanna Buzza, Springdale High School, third place, pencil drawing, "Koala in Tree"

  • Candice Kubican, Highlands High School, fourth place, marker composition, "Frederick the Frog"

  • Ashley Guillary, Highlands High School, fifth place, silk painting "Pittsburgh"


The competition was again sponsored by the Congressional Arts Caucus of the United States House of Representatives. This was the seventeenth year in a row that Doyle has hosted this event. All public and private high school students within the 14th Congressional District are invited to participate in this competition.

"I am amazed at the talent and creativity of the young people in our communities," Doyle said. "It is my pleasure to acknowledge and recognize these individuals and their artistic abilities by sponsoring this event each year."

Due to the large number of outstanding works of art submitted for this competition, the judges also awarded 12 students from Baldwin, Springdale, Brentwood, Penn Hills, Sto-Rox, and Pittsburgh's Creative and Performing Arts School with honorable mentions.






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