The Atlantis Rising 2025 International Sand Sculpture Competition at Ninigret Park was held on May 30th – June, 1 2025. Ten sculpture world class artists gathered for the competition which concluded on Sunday with a judging of their work by both a panel of judges and a separate People’s Choice Award. Winners of this tight competition are as follows:
1st Place Winner: “Digi/Fata-lization” by Abe Waterman”
2nd Place: “When Your Opportunity Arises” by Martijn Rijerse“
3rd Place: “Genesis” by Jonathan “Jobi” Bouchard”
- People’s Choice: “I Am the Architect of My Own” by Melineige Beauregard
This was the second time an Alantis RIsing was brought to the public by South County of Rhode Island. The first year it was held Misquamicut State Beach in Westerly, Rhode Island. The event was very popular, and it was decided to move it to Ninigret Park for the 2025 edition. Ninigret Park is already a a popular park with the public and home to the Thomas Dambo Trolls Erik and Greta. It has proved to be the perfect backdrop for this event and convenient for the public to access.
“Knight Warrior” – Andrius Petkus
“The Flowers Dancing” – Ilya Filimonstev
“Project Unfinished” – Morgan Rudluff
“Harvest” – Karen Fralich
“Rooted” – Thomas Koet
“I Wanna Play More” – Daeyoung Ji
It was a weekend of fun for all ages with the venue having a great footprint for spectators to spread out and enjoy the event. There was music provided by Sugar, Steve Smith & The Nakeds, Room Full of Blues, and Buddy Fanjoy.
There were kids activities from building sand scuptures of their own to hanging out with fairys and throughout the weekend various characters in costume mingle through the crowd greeting visitors.
It was one stop fun with an assortment of food choices and drinks both for children and adults. A variety of vendors of various goods and handmade crafts were on hand for unique gifts
The sculptures under the tents weren’t the only ones to see. Scatter throughout the grounds were other ones to view.
