Winners of the 2023 SFMOMA Annual Pumpkin Contest
At SFMOMA, we like to get in the Halloween spirit by hosting an annual pumpkin decorating contest among our staff. Ask anyone, and they’ll tell you the competition can get pretty ripe, thanks in large part to the creativity and wit of our colleagues.
This year, fellow staff voted on each other’s best-in-gourd creations. Take a look at the best picks of the patch below and Happy Halloween from SFMOMA!
1st place
Isabella King, Bacongo VI Jack-O-Lantern, 2023
2nd Place
Kayla Pierce and Jesse Walton, Of Two Minds, 2023
1st Runner Up
Natalya Skomorovsky, Kusama-Mama (Pumpkin Cake with Pecans and Chocolate Ganache), 2023
2nd Runner Up
Sydney Sibelius, Dreaming of a Gourd’s Sphericity, 2023
Check out this year’s creative contenders below (in no particular order).
