Megan Iverson of Marion, an award-winning student photographer at Falmouth Academy, took third place for her entry, “Projected Curiosity,” at the ninth Congressional Art Show hosted in April by U.S. Representative William R. Keating.

The art show is part of an annual competition sponsored by the Congressional Institute to recognize and encourage artistic talent in high schools across the nation and in each congressional district. Since the competition began in 1982, more than 650,000 high school students have participated. Students submit entries to their representative’s office, and panels of district artists select the winning entries.

Megan was among five Falmouth Academy students receiving awards at the art show.

Earlier this year, Megan won two Gold Keys for photography in the regional 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program, sponsored nationally by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and in Massachusetts by the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in conjunction with the Boston Globe.

“Megan has a fascinating way of ‘seeing’ – a way of creating complicated images and an ability to take things a step further to produce extraordinary photographs,” said Susan Moffat, photography teacher at Falmouth Academy.