DPS student’s portrait of President Barack Obama gets her to D.C. for a second time

Detroit Public School student Tangela Frazier gets a second trip to Washington D.C. because of the portrait of President Barack Obama she painted.Excerpt:A Detroit student’s portrait of President Barack Obama has earned her a second trip to Washington, D.C.
The Detroit Public Schools district says Tangela Frazier’s
portrait is a winner in the 2009 Congressional Artistic Discovery
Competition. The 17-year-old Pershing High School 11th grader and
other winners will spend Wednesday in Washington.
Their work will be judged again at a reception, with the winner
receiving a scholarship to the Savannah College of Art and Design
in Georgia.Read the entire article here.

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Detroit Public School student Tangela Frazier gets a second trip to
Washington D.C. because of the portrait of President Barack Obama she
painted.

Excerpt:

A Detroit student’s portrait of President Barack Obama has earned her a second trip to Washington, D.C.

The Detroit Public Schools district says Tangela Frazier’s
portrait is a winner in the 2009 Congressional Artistic Discovery
Competition. The 17-year-old Pershing High School 11th grader and
other winners will spend Wednesday in Washington.

Their work will be judged again at a reception, with the winner
receiving a scholarship to the Savannah College of Art and Design
in Georgia.

Read the entire article here.

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