BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — A powerful piece of art, created by one of our own East Bakersfield High students, captures a moment in time—and it’s taking her all the way to Washington, D.C. Local student Lauren Newkirk wins the 2025 Congressional Art Competition.

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Outside the gates of the East Kern High School District inside Lauren Newkirk an incoming junior sits in class attending one of her favorite subjects, art.

Drawing since she was just 2 years old she tells me, “Art is so fun, you get to take something from your brain, and put it in physical form for everyone to see I think it’s just the coolest absolute most amazing concept that I get to be a part of everyday.”

Now at the age of 16 her artwork will hang inside the White House representing the 2025 Congres

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