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

Detailed black and white ink illustration of a hawk or eagle in profile, with realistic texture and shading on the feathers. The bird’s back appears to fragment into scattered pieces, giving the impression of disintegration or transformation into the wind.

Second place, Katherine Kretchman

Oil painting of a woman with long blonde hair sitting on a couch, wearing a pink outfit, cradling a sleeping infant wrapped in a pink blanket. She is reading from an open book, with soft lighting suggesting an intimate, peaceful indoor setting.