Representative Josh Harder (CA-9) recently announced this year’s winners of the Congressional Art Competition for California’s 9th District and held an event to celebrate all of the student artists who submitted their work. The first-place winner, Adithi Kollipara is from Mountain House and attends Mountain House High School. Adithi’s piece titled “Wat Dhammararam Memories” will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for a year.

The second-place winner is Lilliana Huffman from Tracy who attends Tracy High School – her artwork will be displayed in Rep. Harder’s DC office. Her pieces was titled “Nocturnal Symphony: Tracy Grand Theater”. This year’s third-place winner is Munveer Dosanjh from Manteca who attends Sierra High School – her artwork titled “Solidarity” will be displayed in Rep. Harder’s Stockton office.

“A huge congrats to our winners this year. We have so many talented young artists here in San Joaquin County and I love making sure their talents get the national recognition they deserve,” said Rep. Harder. “I’m so impressed by the masterpieces our students created this year and I look forward to seeing the artwork by Adithi, Lilliana, and Munveer on display.”