Meet Our Town’s Winning Wrap Artist

Our Town reached out to let five-year-old Upper East Side artist Jazmine V. know she won this year’s Wrapping Paper Contest.

| 19 Dec 2022 | 10:48

It’s a wrap: Our Town’s readers voted and chose Jazmine V.’s whimsical North Pole design as the 2022 Wrapping Paper Contest Winner. Check out the centerspead of this week’s newspaper, where it will be printed as wrapping paper to be used throughout the neighborhood this holiday season. Many thanks to our sponsor, East Midtown Partnership, for making this contest possible.

Our Town reached out to let Jazmine know she won the contest, and ask her a few questions about her holiday design:

What was your reaction when you found out you won?

Excited and also I did a lot of work so I’m happy I won.

I saw that your artwork included penguins with candy canes, are penguins one of your favorite animals?

No, I drew them because penguins live in the North Pole and I like candy canes, but not the regular ones I like colored ones!

What is your favorite thing to draw?

Animals and forests.

What’s your favorite animal?

Tigers

What are you most excited about the holidays?

That Christmas is coming up!

What did you ask for Christmas?

A Bluey House (from Bluey on Disney Channel)

What is your favorite Christmas movie?

Frosty the Snowman