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Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) announced Lorin Gerstheimer, a student at Portage Central High School, as the winner of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition for Michigan’s 4^th Congressional District. Lorin’s oil painting, “Life on the Edge (of my bed)”, will be put on display at the U.S. Capitol alongside winning artwork from students across the country. The runner up for the 2025 Congressional Art Competition was The Crossroads by Madelyn Bottorff a student at Zeeland East High School, and third place was awarded to Polluted Carnage by Sophia Solberg, a student at Portage Central.

“I want to commend Lorin for her remarkable creativity and skill displayed in her piece,” said Congressman Bill Huizenga. “The judges were thoroughly impressed by the level of detail and passion her work encompasses. I look forward to having Lorin visit our nation’s capital later this summer to participate in a reception with student artists from across the country. Given Lorin’s skill and passion for art, I cannot wait to see what she creates in the future.”

This year’s Congressional Art Competition announcement took place on Saturday May 3^rd, at the Richmond Center for Visual Arts at Western Michigan University’s Frostic School of Art in Kalamazoo. The student artwork was judged by a panel of local art and design professionals.