Student from Euclid High School wins congressional art competition

(Pictured from left to right) Euclid School Board Member Donna Sudar, Euclid City Council President Kirsten Holzheimer Gail, Euclid Mayor Bill Cervenik, Best In Show winner Anastasia Soboleva, Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, the artist's parents, Leonid and Angela Soboleva and sister, Daria.

For the second year in a row, a student from Euclid High School won top honors in the annual 11th District Congressional Art Competition. This year's Best in Show award went to Anastasia Soboleva, a junior at Euclid High School. Anastasia's drawing, a self portrait, will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year, along with the artwork of first place winners from each congressional district across the nation.

Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge sponsored an awards ceremony May 14, and congratulated all the students who participated. High school students from various communities in the 11th Congressional district submitted more than 200 works of art. The public is invited to see their work on display through the end of May at the Martin Luther King Jr. branch of the Cleveland Public Library, 1962 Stokes Boulevard in Cleveland. Euclid Mayor Bill Cervenik, Euclid school board member Donna Sudar and Euclid City Council president Kirsten Holzheimer Gail, as well as Anastasia's proud family, were on hand to congratulate the talented young artist at the congresswoman's award ceremony. 

Visit Congresswoman Fudge's website for a list of winners from all competition categories.