The competition was stiff at this year’s Amazing Pumpkin Carve and judges from the Seward Johnson Atelier had their work cut out for them. In the end, judges, Claire Brown, Atelier Director, and Emma Vitello, Atelier Curator / Collections Management, awarded the following to the amazing 2022 carvers:
AWARD | NAME OF PUMPKIN | CARVER |
Most Sculptural | Monster’s Cheese | Rich Palumbo + Danielle Costa-McCobb |
Best Design | Wrapped Up in His Work | Patrick Pasquito |
Best Use of Pumpkin Pieces | Stitched Angler Angry | Michelle Clark + Benjamin Clark |
Best of Pop Culture | Scary VW | Kathy Lala + Linda Angely |
Best Surface Carving | Pumpkin Razzle | Susan Roseman |
Best Use of Light | Fire Bad | Sarah Bernotas |
Best Painted Pumpkin | Eye See Red | Lori Johanssen |
Cutest Pumpkin | Over the Garden Wall | Jonathan Conner |
Best Hair | Swallow Your Fear, Breathe Fire | Matt Derby |
Most Creative Use of Materials | The Earth | Anne Nixon-Ellery |
Best 3D Carving | Snake Skull Pumpkin | Britany Keyak-Potoczky |
Scariest Pumpkin | Brain Stu | Barbara DiLorenzo |
Best Visual Movement | Melting Skull | John Woodard |
Most Bizarre | Duck Mountain | Alyssa Staffin + Gary Staffin |
Most Humorous | Cereal Killer | Michael Davies |
Best Seasonal Design | Squirreling Away | Joyce Vollmer |
Best Use of Height | See, Hear + Speak No Evil | Caroline Hall |
Honorable Mention | Cerberus | Elice Slafka |
Honorable Mention | Spooky Bedtime Stories | Aleece Davis |
Honorable Mention | Under Lock & Key | Jennifer Stevens + Annette Vilagos |
Congratulations to all! This is the best year yet!