With less than an hour until the horn blows, everyone is clambering and scuffling to finish their artwork. They are working to clean up the surface of the ice and cover up any cuts that aren't smooth. When the signal sounds, the kids have one hour to clean their...

The Youth Competition will end at 6pm tonight, March 16. They will have an hour to clean their sites and leave. The judging will begin at 7pm. Good luck to all of these  young, talented and budding artists. At the pre carving meeting this morning, Jim said everyone...

It's day two of carving for our youthful sculptors. The atmosphere at the competition site is much less chaotic today as work on carving progresses. Teammates are conferring with one another, taking turns carving, checking sketches and asking  mentors for help or...

Everyone has been hard at work on this first day of carving. Picture updates and titles will be here tomorrow. A big thank you goes out to all the adult mentors who are helping this future generation of artistic sculptors. Thank you: Jim Warner (head) Mark Chapin...

The Youth Competition began yesterday, Monday, March 13. Twenty one young carvers, Jr High to High School age arrived  at the Ice Park ready to try their hand at sculpting. Jim Warner, retired carver as well as a retired paramedic, is the mentor for this next...

March 13-March 16 are the dates for the 2023 Youth Classic Ice Sculpting Competition, open to teens between the ages of 13 and 18.  Alaska artists have developed an ice sculpting curriculum that can be taught in local schools. To encourage the students to continue to...