Congressional Art Show
SIXTH DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL ART SHOW 2025 WINNERS
GRAND PRIZE WINNER FROM NORTH READING
Montserrat College of Art and the office of Congressman Seth Moulton are proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Sixth District Congressional High School Art Competition and Show. The competition and exhibition celebrated 31 years this spring during a ceremony on March 15.
Nearly 100 students from 22 schools across the district participated in the exhibition.
The Grand Prize winner is Michael A. Foley of North Reading High School. The winning piece, Lone Ranger, is sent to Washington, DC where it will hang in the Capitol building for one year alongside the winners from other Congressional districts across the country.
The winning work and honorable mentions were presented with a citation from the Congressman. Additionally, Montserrat provides the awardees and honorable mentions varying amounts of scholarship to the college’s Summer Pre-College Program.
2025 Winners
GRAND PRIZE
North Reading High School, Michael A. Foley, Lone Ranger
FIRST PRIZE
Bedford High School, Mirabelle Smith, A Way Through
SECOND PRIZE
Burlington High School, Afsa Khalifa, Cat Clash
THIRD PRIZE
Landmark School, Kenady Dorr, Self Portrait
BEST OF SCHOOL AWARDS
- Academy at Penguin Hall, Reagan Sewards, Spring Fever
- Amesbury High School, Grace Pisarczyk, Transcendence
- Beverly High School, Lina Ramos, Legato
- Billerica Memorial High School, Minick Cooper, Menthol
- Covenant Christian Academy, Lydia Choi, Fruit Tart
- Danvers High School, Erica Langlais, If the Shoe Fits
- Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, Benjamin Holland, Hiding in the Wilderness
- Lynnfield High School, Caitlin Buoniconti, Teenage Girl
- Lynn Classical High School, Donovan Lam, The Master
- Lynn English High School, Savannah Lynn Robinson, Neon Swirls
- Lynn Vocational Technical Institute, Sindy Carbajal, Blue Peace
- Masconomet Regional High School, Nirali Patel, Peacock Feather
- Manchester Essex Regional High School, August Capotosto, Farewell
- Marblehead High School, Lucy Bland, The Trickster II
- Peabody Veterans Memorial High School, Daniela Lardizabal, The Overture
- Rockport High School, Adelaide Johnston-Ransom, The Man and a Monster
- Salem High School, Mariam Aleksanyan, Folding Fabrics
- Tewksbury High School, Riley Stevenson, Celtic
HONORABLE MENTION
- Landmark School, Fiona Neville, Under and Over the Sea
2025 Congressional Art Show Jurors
Barbara Broudo, Director of Archives and Museum at Endicott College, retired
John Marshall, Artist, North Shore Arts Association volunteer
Brian Murphy, Owner/Art Director, Brian Murphy Designs
