GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan — A young, local artist will have her work hanging in the nation's capital.
Avery Harriger's piece, Opulence, recently won the Art-Fest 2020 Congressional Art Competition in Michigan's 3rd District.
U.S. Rep. Justin Amash, a Libertarian from Cascade Township made the announcement.
Harriger goes to Northview High School and will be going to Washington, D.C. later this year for an in-person reception.
More than 650,000 young art students have taken part in the competition since in began in 1982. Harriger and her piece, Opulence, get today's One Good Thing.
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