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About The Mask: Congressman Ed Perlmutter, representing Colorado's 7th Congressional District, asked his 2014 Congressional Art Competition third-place finisher to help him decorate his mask this year. Ivonne Vera, a junior at Adams City High School in Commerce CIty, designed this mask of complementary opposites for Representative Perlmutter. An artist from early on, Ivonne has participated in many art competitions, including Congressman Perlmutter's 2014 Congressional Art Competition. Her work displays the juxtaposition of what women want to project and what they actually feel. About the Artist: "My name is Ivonne," artist Ivonne Vera says. "I am 16 years old. I attend Adams City High School. I've been doing art since a young age. At that point art was just a hobby. It all started with coloring books. I bought them just to do the activities of completing half of the cartoon character's face or body. Later in middle school, students started to compliment my silly drawings, and I started thinking that I am good at something. In high school, I knew that art was something I wanted to do my whole life, yet I face a problem most artists do, competition. Although I might not be the best at a particular style, I still keep believing that what I do is I am an artist."
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In my mask, I painted two different faces, one being happy and one being sad. I decided to do this because I have noticed that women in my life have been doing this action lately. They are getting better and better at hiding what they truly feel. I, personally, am part of this. I did both sides the same color to demonstrate that it is easy to put a smile on the same face and not take notice of what that person feels deep inside. Women put on a "mask" to cover up, and this translation is done quick for all those people out there. Women want to be seen strong and not weak, but there is nothing wrong with being weak. Everyone is weak at a time, and covering it will only silence their yell of help.
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