🧊 Gov­er­nors Island Ice Sculp­ture Show

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Gov­er­nors Island Arts and Times Square Arts are pleased to announce a new part­ner­ship and open call for Gov­er­nors Island’s third annu­al Ice Sculp­ture Show, tak­ing place on Sat­ur­day, Feb­ru­ary 3. The fes­tive win­ter event will coin­cide with the annu­al Love in Times Square fête on Feb­ru­ary 14, 2024, which cel­e­brates Valentine’s Day with wed­dings, sur­prise pro­pos­als, and vow renewals in the square’s plazas.

Each select­ed final­ist will be award­ed $2,000 and will be paired with a pro­fes­sion­al ice carv­er from Okamo­to Stu­dio for the live event on Gov­er­nors Island. Vis­i­tors are invit­ed to wit­ness this real-time ice carv­ing and vote on their favorite sculp­ture for the “People’s Choice Award” at the end of the event. 

A larg­er-scale ver­sion of the win­ning sculp­ture will then be carved and installed by Okamo­to Stu­dio in Times Square as a visu­al anchor for the district’s annu­al Valentine’s Day events, where New York­ers and vis­i­tors alike will cel­e­brate love through sur­prise pro­pos­als, wed­dings, and vow renew­al cer­e­monies on the Square’s icon­ic Red Steps.

This year’s Ice Sculp­ture Show will fea­ture live sets from DJ Shan­non and Dada Cozmic curat­ed by Bru­jas and Radio Boni­ta. Their sets will be streamed live online via Radio Boni­ta from 12 – 2 pm.

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