"Serenity" by Kassy Havel. Photo courtesy Congressman Tom Tiffany.

WAUSAU – Congressman Tom Tiffany recently announced the winners of Wisconsin’s Seventh District 2023 Congressional Art Competition.

First Place Winner 
Name: Kassy Havel
School: Wausau East High School
Title: “Serenity”

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Second Place Winner 
Name: Lindsey Lucht
School: Wausau East High School
Title: “Cycle of Life”

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Third Place Winner 
Name: Emily Anderson
School: River Falls High School
Title: “Blaze Orange”

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Five honorable mention winners also have been named: Charlotte Knihtila of Wausau West High School, Aubrey Cronce of Wausau East High School, Jasmine Hoganson of Wausau West High School, Francesca Germano of Northwestern High School, and Shelby Thompson of Wausau West High School. 

Winners were selected from a panel of local judges and Tiffany’s office.

The first-place winner’s artwork will be displayed for one year in the Cannon House Office Building Tunnel, a walkway that leads to the U.S. Capitol. Each first-place winner also gets two round-trip tickets to attend a reception in Washington, D.C. The second-place winner’s artwork will be displayed in Tiffany’s Washington, D.C., office, and the third-place winner’s artwork will be displayed in Tiffany’s Wausau office.

All submissions from the 2023 Congressional Art Competition will be displayed through June 17 at the Center for Visual Arts Loft Gallery, 427 N. Fourth St., Wausau.

For more information on gallery hours, visit here

The winners were selected from a panel of local judges and Tiffany’s office.