U.S. Rep. Greg Walden announced that Sage Hassell, a senior at Mountain View High School, has been selected as the overall winner for Oregon’s Second Congressional District in the 2016 Congressional Art Competition. In a record year for entries, Sage’s painting, entitled Flaunt It, was selected by a panel of local judges, including Central Oregon Community College art professor Bill Hoppe. The Deschutes County winner was Surprise City by Braya Robbins, a junior at Mountain View High School.

County winners will have their art displayed in one of Walden’s district offices in Bend, Medford, La Grande and Hood River and posted on his website at https://walden.house.gov/art-competition.

The Congressional Art Competition is a nationwide program for students to showcase their artistic abilities and to highlight the importance of art education.