North Dakota Senior Earns Best in Show for Duck Stamp | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

North Dakota Senior Earns Best in Show for Duck Stamp

June 05, 2025
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A male and female pair of Northern Shovelers floating across the water done in colored pencils by Francesca Gagarita.
Francesca Gagarita

Francesca “Cheska” Flores Gagarita was announced as the best in show honors for the 2025 North Dakota Junior Duck Stamp Competition. Her work, male and female Northern Shovelers done in colored pencil, will represent North Dakota in the national Junior Duck Stamp Competition, with the chance for it to be turned into the 2025 Junior Duck Stamp.

The Valley City High School senior is planning to attend the Minneapolis College of Art and Design for Graphic Design. In an interview with News Dakota, she said, “I’ve been teetering on whether I want to major in Illustration instead, but I feel like I will enjoy the Graphic Design program and I’m excited to be enrolled in the fall!”

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