Sculpture Celebration
2026 Sculpture Celebration Award Recipients
$3,000 Best in Show: “Primordial Musings" by Amanda Szot of Boone, NC
$2,000 First Place: "Helios Rising II" by Sam Spiczka of Boone, NC
$1,500 Second Place: "American Lawn" by Whitney Yale of Charlotte, NC
$1,000 Third Place: "Glacial Tears" by Mr. Jeff Menzer of Asheville, NC
$500 Stevens Family Foundation People's Choice Award:
"Happy Little Tree Huggers" by Jennifer Indicott of Lenoir, NC
$500 Judge's Merit Awards
"Just Clean It Up" by Crista Cammaroto of Weaverville, NC
“Fools Don't Give a Hoot " by George Cadell of Bakersville, NC
“North Star" by Joël Urruty of Hickory, NC
"Venus" by Roger Atkins of Boone, NC
"Bicephalous Puppetry" by Kevin Vanek of Greensboro, NC
$100 Honorable Mention Awards
" Do Not Touch” by Julie Slattery of Asheville, NC
"Floral Artifice" by Olga Yukhno of Columbia, SC
"Screw Driver Gals Refuse to be Screwed " by Janet Orselli of Columbus, NC
"Squiddatious" by Hugh Shaver of Hendersonville, NC
"The Dots" by Emilee Aldaco of Lenoir, NC
2026 Sculpture Celebration Registrants
AJ West - Richmond, VA
Amanda Szot- Boone, NC
Autumn Short- Brevard, NC
Barron Brandenburger Brown- Burnsville, NC
Bartholomew- Lenoir, NC
Beau Lyday- Valdese, NC
Bill Prevatte- Fairmont, NC
Bob Doster- Lancaster, SC
Corky Corrado- West Chazy, NY
Crista Cammaroto- Weaverville, NC
Daniel Cater- Sparta, NC
David Keating- Griffin, GA
DeWayne Barton- Asheville, NC
Ed Harter- Butler, TN
Emilee Aldaco- Lenoir, NC
Fred Mead- Forest City, NC
George Cadell- Bakersville, NC
Harry McDaniel- Asheville, NC
Hugh Shaver- Hendersonville, NC
Jane Cherry- Statesville, NC
Janet Orselli- Columbus, NC
Jeff Albert- High Point, NC
Jennifer Indicott- Lenoir, NC
Jim Weitzel - Forest City, NC
Joel Urruty - Hickory, NC
Joseph Bigley- Lenoir, NC
Julie Slattery- Asheville, NC
Karis King - Brevard, NC
Keith Bryant- Weaverville, NC
Keith L Savage - Charlotte, NC
Kevin Vanek- Greensboro, NC
Lawrence Feir- Greensboro, NC
Lee Hunter- Lenoir, NC
Linda Pannullo - Asheville, NC
Mark White- Fayetteville, NC
"Mr. Jeff" Menzer - Asheville, NC
Nathaniel Miller - Collettsville, NC
Noushin Mousavi- Knoxville, TN
Olga Yukhno - Columbia, SC
Roger Atkins- Boone, NC
Sam Spiczka - Apex, NC
Stefan "Steebo" Bonitz - Black Mountain, NC
Tim Boyd- Hickory, NC
Tom Risser- Waxhaw, NC
Viktoria Banovic- Greensboro, NC
Whitney Yale - Charlotte, NC
2026 Sculpture Celebration Sponsors
The Sculpture Celebration is funded in part by these generous sponsors and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Barbara Freiman
Becky Stevens
Bill White Endowment
Boy Scout Troop 254
Broyhill Family Foundation
Caldwell County Chamber of Commerce
City of Lenoir
Greenway Transportation
John & Debbie Feduke
Lenoir Rotary Club
Lenoir Tourism Development Authority
Liza Plaster
LMP Photography
Merrill and Rebecca White
North Carolina Arts Council
Sandra and Tim Scobie
Sandy and Rankin Whittington
Stevens Family Foundation
WNC Sculpture Center & Park
