Rep. Doggett announces the winner of the 2016 Congressional Art Competition

Highlands High Senior wins Congressional High School Art Competition

Pictured Left to Right: Highlands High School Principal Derrick Cade, Dr. Sarah Gould, Institute of Texan Cultures, Adriana Gallego, Deputy Director of the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, Rosa and Jose Pinedo, 2016 Congressional Art Competition Winner Oscar Pinedo, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett, and Art Teacher Annette Hoffman

San Antonio, Texas– Local arts leaders and SAISD Trustee Art Valdez, joined a celebration for Oscar Pinedo, a graduating senior at Highlands High School in San Antonio, who was the winner of U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett’s (D-San Antonio) annual Congressional High School Art Competition –the first such winner from Highlands High School. Oscar’s original piece, It’s Getting Pretty Western Out Here, featuring his father riding a horse, will hang in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. for a full year, providing him with national exposure as he represents San Antonio. Following graduation, Oscar plans to attend Palo Alto College where he will major in business and minor in art.