2025 CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION
JOHNSON ANNOUNCES STUDENT WINNERS OF
CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) announced Magnus Weber from Pierre as the winner of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition for South Dakota. Weber’s drawing, “Fragments of Freedom,” is a pen and ink abstract piece. Weber is a senior at T.F. Riggs High School. His art teacher is Jill Kokesh. The artwork will be on exhibit for the next year in the Cannon Tunnel at the U.S. Capitol along with the winning artwork from other congressional districts.
Second place was awarded to Katherine Kretchman, a senior who is home-schooled. Her artwork, an oil on canvas piece, will be displayed in Johnson’s Washington, D.C. office for the next year.
Full Press Release [linked here].
Winner, “Fragments of Freedom” by Magnus Weber
Second place, Katherine Kretchman