Central Texas student’s artwork is now on display at U.S. Capitol

HARKER HEIGHTS, Texas (KWTX) – A Killeen ISD scholar can have her art work gracing the partitions of the U.S. Capitol after she gained an artwork contest.

The 2022 Congressional Artwork competitors included 63 scholar submissions throughout the State of Texas’ thirty first congressional district.

Mikayla Perez, a senior at Harker Heights Excessive College, says she entered the competition after her artwork instructor beneficial it to the category.

She had no inventive background and, actually, says this was her first artwork class.

Upon her instructor’s suggestion, she entered a photograph that she had beforehand taken on her cellphone whereas she was horseback using close to Waco.

At an awards ceremony held at Texas State College-Spherical Rock, Consultant John Carter (TX-31) introduced that Perez’s photograph, which she named “A Cowboy’s Treasure” had gained the competition and can grasp within the US Capitol for a yr to symbolize Texas’ thirty first Congressional District.

Perez mentioned she was shocked as a result of the photograph was not taken with any contest in thoughts.

“The solar was setting so I used to be like ‘let me take an image. That is fairly.’ So I used to be simply taking photos that complete horse experience, not even pondering something of it,” Perez mentioned.

“So once they introduced that I gained I used to be excessive, nonetheless in shock as a result of I by no means thought it will get to that time.”

Perez and her mom will get to go to the US Capitol in Washington D.C. to see her artwork on the Capitol.

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