Amador Valley High student wins 2021 Congressional Art Competition

Amador Valley High School’s Anica Xie has been named the winner of the 2021 Congressional Art Competition for California’s 15th District for her work “Black Lives Matter,” according to a release from the office of Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Castro Valley.

Every year, the Congressional Institute supports the national competition to recognize visual artists from across the country and from each congressional district. Xie’s artwork stood out to the panel of local artists, which reviewed 54 submissions from high school students throughout the district, as emotive and relevant to the current political climate.