Congressman DeSaulnier Announces San Ramon Student as Winner of CA-10 2025 Congressional Art Competition
Walnut Creek, CA – Today, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10) announced Amber Ding, a high school sophomore who lives in San Ramon and attends Dougherty Valley High School, as the winner of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition for California’s 10th Congressional District. Her oil painting, Tides of Nostalgia, will be displayed in the United States Capitol for the next year.
“The nearly two dozen artwork submissions from students across CA-10 this year reflect the incredible creativity and skill of our student artists. I relish the chance each year to center the arts and humanities in our community and spotlight these talented young people and their artwork,” said Congressman DeSaulnier. “I’m looking forward to seeing Amber’s impressive piece when I walk through the halls of the Capitol!”
Twenty-one works in total were submitted to CA-10’s competition and the runners up were:
- Esther Kim of Dougherty Valley High School (Junior) for her acrylic painting, Bonding;
- Yuna Koof Northgate High School (Freshman) for her mixed-media artwork, Censor Our Planet; and
- Fangyuan Caoof Miramonte High School (Junior) for her graphite sketch, Man is Born Free; and Everywhere He Is in Chains.
The Congressman hosted a gallery show and awards ceremony at the Moraga Art Gallery to announce this year’s winners, gather with students, families, and community members to celebrate the students’ hard work, and showcase this year’s submissions.
The winning pieces were selected by a panel of local judges, consisting of Rebecca Talley of Los Medanos College and Leo Bersamina and Janette Funaro of Diablo Valley College.
The Congressional Art Competition is a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district. Since the Competition began in 1982, more than 650,000 high school students have participated.
