{"id":624164,"date":"2023-10-30T09:08:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T16:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sfmoma.org\/?page_id=624164"},"modified":"2023-10-30T09:08:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T16:08:41","slug":"winners-of-the-2023-sfmoma-annual-pumpkin-contest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sfmoma.org\/winners-of-the-2023-sfmoma-annual-pumpkin-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners of the 2023 SFMOMA Annual Pumpkin Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At SFMOMA, we like to get in the Halloween spirit by hosting an annual pumpkin decorating contest among our staff. Ask anyone, and they\u2019ll tell you the competition can get pretty ripe, thanks in large part to the creativity and wit of our colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>This year, fellow staff voted on each other\u2019s best-in-gourd creations. Take a look at the best picks of the patch below and Happy Halloween from SFMOMA!<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">1st place<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1hhug17qm51in.cloudfront.net\/www-media\/2023\/10\/27125221\/Pumpkin2023_IK_BacongoVI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"body--xsmall\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Isabella King, <em>Bacongo VI Jack-O-Lantern\u200b<\/em>, 2023<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">2nd Place<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1hhug17qm51in.cloudfront.net\/www-media\/2023\/10\/27125224\/Pumpkin2023_KPJW_OfTwoMinds.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"body--xsmall\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\u200bKayla Pierce and Jesse Walton, <em>Of Two Minds<\/em>, 2023<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">1st Runner Up<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1hhug17qm51in.cloudfront.net\/www-media\/2023\/10\/27125226\/Pumpkin2023_NS_KusamaMama.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"body--xsmall\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Natalya Skomorovsky, <em>Kusama-Mama<\/em> (Pumpkin Cake with Pecans and Chocolate Ganache), 2023<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">2nd Runner Up<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-368139\" src=\"https:\/\/d1hhug17qm51in.cloudfront.net\/www-media\/2023\/10\/27125228\/Pumpkin2023_SS_GourdSphericity.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"body--xsmall\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Sydney Sibelius, <em>Dreaming of a Gourd\u2019s Sphericity<\/em>, 2023<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;margin-bottom:1em;\">Check out this year&#8217;s creative contenders below (in no particular order).<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.swiper-container-625440 .swiper-wrapper{ height:auto;}@media only screen and (min-width: 768px){.swiper-container-625440 .swiper-wrapper{ height:400px;}}<\/style><div class=\"sfms-swiper-wrapper sfms-swiper-wrapper-625440\"><div class=\"sfms-swiper sfms-swiper-container swiper-container-625440\"><div class=\"swiper-wrapper caption__after_slides\"><div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"\" data-hash=\"slide1\" data-slide-index=\"1\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1hhug17qm51in.cloudfront.net\/www-media\/2023\/10\/27125219\/Pumpkin2023_HS_OdetoSadie-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"swiper-slide-container-image\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"\" data-hash=\"slide2\" data-slide-index=\"2\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1hhug17qm51in.cloudfront.net\/www-media\/2023\/10\/27125231\/Pumpkin2023_WTAC_Uncarved-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"swiper-slide-container-image\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"\" data-hash=\"slide3\" data-slide-index=\"3\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1hhug17qm51in.cloudfront.net\/www-media\/2023\/10\/27125217\/Pumpkin2023_GH_1963-2023-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"swiper-slide-container-image\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-button-prev swiper-nav\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-button-next swiper-nav\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-pagination\" id=\"pagination-625440\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-captions\"><div data-index=\"1\" class=\"swiper-captions-caption swiper-captions-caption--active\"><div class=\"swiper-slide__caption-text\">Heather Sanchez, <em>Ode to Sadie<\/em>, 2023<\/div><\/div><div data-index=\"2\" class=\"swiper-captions-caption\"><div class=\"swiper-slide__caption-text\">Wolfgang Tillmans & Anders Clausen, <em>Uncarved<\/em>, 2023<\/div><\/div><div data-index=\"3\" class=\"swiper-captions-caption\"><div class=\"swiper-slide__caption-text\">Gwendolyn Hasse, <em>1963-2023<\/em>, 2023<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At SFMOMA, we like to get in the Halloween spirit by hosting an annual pumpkin decorating contest among our staff. 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