Other winning students

included second place Christine Schneider, of Jonesboro

High School. Her art teacher is Robert Putnam. She won

$75 and a certificate. Tory Blount, of Sandy Creek High

School in Tyrone won third place, and a $50 prize.

Blount's teacher is Dorrie Fletcher. Megan Stauss of

Starr's Mill High School in Fayetteville won fourth place

and a $25 prize. Her teacher is T.A. Little.

Quinton Nick, of Jordan

High School in Columbus, placed 5th and won a $25 prize.

His teacher is Shary Williams. The People's Choice winner

was Christy Dunlap, of Pacelli High School in Columbus.

She won a $50 prize. Her teacher is Yuriy Totskiy. Katie

Martin, of Brookstone School in Columbus, won the

student's choice award. She won a $50 prize. Her teacher

is Robert Dozier.

The best school display was

won by Harris County High School. Amy Patterson is the

art teacher at Harris County High School.

Rep. Mac Collins and the

Columbus Artists' Guild hosted the awards reception

Sunday, at the W.C. Bradley Co. Museum and the Columbus

Technical Institute Foundation in Columbus, Ga. The art

competition is an annual event in which each high school

art teacher in the 3rd District is invited to submit five

students' entries for competition. The winning work is

chosen by a jury of experts. The winner's artwork is then

displayed in the United States Capitol for one year.