{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mccollum.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-mccollum-announces-winners-2026-congressional-art-competition", "Congresswoman McCollum Announces Winners of the 2026 Congressional Art Competition", "2026-04-24", "2026", "2026-04", "Democrat", "House", "MN", "Betty McCollum", "M001143", "mccollum.house.gov", "mccollum", "https://mccollum.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "SAINT PAUL, Minn. \u2014 Congresswoman Betty McCollum, Dean of the Minnesota Congressional Delegation, hosted a recognition evening and exhibit on Thursday night to announce the winners of the 2026 Congressional Art Competition in Minnesota\u2019s Fourth Congressional District.\n\nThe first-place winner for the 2026 Congressional Art Competition is Alyssa Wang of Woodbury, for her graphite piece entitled \u201cColor Me Happy.\u201d Saint Paul\u2019s Rebecca Maas placed second for her oil painting entitled \u201cWhile I Sleep In.\u201d Lily Kroeger of North St. Paul took third place for her colored pencil piece entitled \u201cPuppeteer My Own Limits.\u201d\n\n\u201cOver the weekend, more than 6,400 people took the opportunity to view the amazing talent and creativity of the more than sixty young artists from across the Fourth District who competed in the 2026 Congressional Art Competition,\u201d said Congresswoman Betty McCollum. \u201cI\u2019m grateful to all the students who applied their time, effort, and creativity to submit a piece of artwork, and I commend them for showing the courage to showcase their talents to our community. Congratulations to Alyssa, Rebecca, and Lily!\n\nWang\u2019s first place work will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol alongside winners from across the United States. Maas\u2019 work will be displayed in Congresswoman McCollum\u2019s Washington, D.C. office, and Kroeger\u2019s piece will hang in the Congresswoman\u2019s Saint Paul office. The competition was open to all Fourth District high school students and attracted dozens of entries which were displayed at the Atrium Gallery of the Schmidt Artist Lofts as part of the 2026 Spring Saint Paul Art Crawl.\n\nA panel of Fourth Congressional District Resident Artists generously volunteered their time to judge the students\u2019 art. The winners were announced during a recognition evening on Thursday, April 23rd, 2026, at the Schmidt Artist Lofts.", 1, "2026-06-17T06:49:24Z", "2026-06-17T06:50:53Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mccollum.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-mccollum-announces-winners-2026-congressional-art-competition"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.380878034979105, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}