BOSTON — George Gordon's "We Who Would Bear Our Own Witness" won best in show among adult entries in an exhibition of artwork by Boston city employees and their families at Boston City Hall, the city's Office of Arts and Culture said Monday in announcing the show's prize winners.

The exhibit, the seventh Boston edition of the National Arts Program, features 80 works by employees of Boston Public Schools, the Boston Public Library, Boston Centers for Youth and Families, the Boston Police Department, the Boston Fire Department and other city offices, as well as their relatives, according to the city. It is free to visit in the City Hall Galleries through Nov. 20.

Prizes were chosen by an independent jury and awarded Sept. 10 at a gallery reception, the city said. The jurors were Camila Bohan Insaurradle of the Boston Art Review, Gabriella E. Melchiorri of the Harvard Ed Portal and Rixy, a New England-based interdisciplinary artist.

In the professional category, Isabella Frontado placed first with "Lo Que La Dictadura," followed by Emily Rose Navarro's "Dreaming through the pane" and Ella Mackinson's "Shocking Pink." Hannah Avila's "Regulars" took first in the intermediate category, ahead of Nora Lutz and Emma Tavolieri. Among amateurs, Kenny Mascary won first place for "There's still Ink in the Well," with Geisel Dieguez second and Lucía Mendoza third. Prizes were also awarded in teen and youth categories.

The city said the show is built around artist Jenny Holzer's phrase "Everybody's work is equally important," which the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture has adopted as its guiding principle.

The National Arts Program has partnered with more than 90 organizations across the country since 1982 to stage workplace exhibitions of art by employees and their families, according to the city.

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