2009 World Ice Art Championships
Sculptor Registration Forms
Rules and Guidelines

CONTENTS

Section A: OVERVIEW

• A.1 ELIGIBILITY
• A-2 EVENTS AND CATEGORIES
• A-3 SAFETY RULES
• A-4 ENTRY FEES AND DEADLINE
• A-5 AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
• A-6 COMPETITORS’ DUTIES AND PERKS 
• A-7 OWNERSHIP

Section B: APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION 

• B-1 APPLICATION FORMS
• B-2 REGISTRATION PROCEDURES 
• B-3 FINAL REGISTRATION

Section C: GENERAL INFORMATION

• C-1 SITE AND COMPETITION PROCEDURES
• C-2 OPTIONAL PROCEDURES
• C-3 GEAR, CLIMATE AND FACILITIES

Section D: SINGLE BLOCK CLASSIC- WORLD ICE ART CHAMPIONSHIPS

• D-1 SCHEDULE
• D-2 YOUR BLOCK OF ICE

Section E: MULTI-BLOCK CLASSIC - WORLD ICE ART CHAMPIONSHIPS

• E-1 SCHEDULE
• E-2 YOUR TEN BLOCKS OF ICE

Section F: AMATEUR OPEN EXHIBITION

• F-1 SCHEDULE
• F-2 ELIGIBILITY AND OTHER INFORMATION

Section G: JUNIOR WORLD ICE ART CHAMPIONSHIPS

• G-1 SCHEDULE
• G-2 ELEGIBILITY
• G-3 YOUR BLOCK OF ICE
• G-4 TOOLS

Section H: JUDGING CRITERIA

• H-1 TECHNICAL CRITERIA
• H-2 ARTISTIC CRITERIA

Section A: OVERVIEW

• “Frozen Memories – 50 Years of Statehood”
  Artists are welcome to use this 2009 Theme in their piece but that is not a requirement..
  ICE ALASKA will use the theme in publicity, at the front entrance, Kids Park and on the Stage.
  
  

A.1 ELIGIBILITY

• The annual World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks, Alaska, are sanctioned by the
  _____Association Internationale de Sculpture sur Neige et Glace (Snow and Ice).
  Competitors must be sufficiently skilled to produce a sculpture to world class standards.
  
  
• A.1.1 The World Ice Art Championships are open to qualified artists and their teams, accepted by ICE ALASKA organizers on the basis of prior performance, design drawings and artistic background.
• A.1.1.1 Minimum age in all events is 15 at the starting time of the event. Parental permission is required for all entrants under 18.
• A-1.2 Applications are available now. Team acceptance will be made on a first-to-apply, first-to-be considered basis. Upon receiving a complete Application Package, ICE ALASKA will review it and send an official notification of acceptance or denial within seven working days. ICE ALASKA reserves the right to refuse any application for any reason. (Details in Section B, below.)
  
  

A-2 EVENTS AND CATEGORIES

• A-2.1 EVENT #1: The annual Single Block Classic World Ice Art Championships offer 40 sculpture spaces to teams of two members to sculpt one block of ice, approximately 8' x 5' x 3' (244 cm x 152 cm x 91 cm) over a period of 60 hours (2 1/2days) starting on the last Tuesday in February at 9 a.m.
• A-2.1.1 Winners and ranking will be announced at an Awards Ceremony on Friday following the end of the competition at 8 p.m.
  
  
• NOTE: 2009 is an Olympic Qualifer Year. The US team with the highest jury scores in the Single Block Classic (regardless if abstract or realistic) will be sent to the International Ice Sculpting Competition at the 2010 Olympic Arts Festival in Whistler near Vancouver BC.
  
  
• A-2.2 EVENT #2: The Multi-Block Classic World Ice Art Championships will follow with 20 sculpture spaces available to teams of two to four members. Each team will sculpt 10 blocks of ice, each measuring approximately 6' x 4' x 3' (182 cm x 121 cm x 91cm), over a period of 132 hours (5 1/2 days), starting on the Sunday after the Single Block Classic at 9 a.m..
• A-2.2.1 Winners and ranking places will be announced at an Awards Ceremony on the Saturday following the end of the competition at 8 p.m.
• A-2.3 EVENT #3: The Amateur Open Exhibition, with 20 sculpture spaces, invites beginners and amateurs in teams of two members to experiment and learn without the pressure of competition. Each team receives one block of ice, approximately 4' x 5' x 3' (121 cm x 152 cm x 91 cm). The event lasts 16 1/2 days. Participants, however, need not be present the entire time. They can start and end as their schedules allow. Participants, 16 years of age and under, must have a parent or parent-approved adult as their team member. Parental permission is required for all entrants under 18. This annual event will begin on the Wednesday after the start of the Single Block Classic (see also Events Schedule)
• A-2.3.1 There will be a Recognition Ceremony on the Saturday following the end of the event starting at 8 p.m.
  
  
• A-2.4 EVENT #4: The Junior World Ice Art Championships make 10 spaces available to teams of two high school students, grades 9 though 12. Parental permission is required for all entrants under 18. Each team receives one block of ice approximately 4' x 5' x 3' (121 cm x 152 cm x 91 cm) to be carved over a period of four days. The competition will start at 9 a.m. on Tuesday during the Fairbanks North Star School District Spring Break and end at 5 p.m. on the following Friday.
• A-2.4.1 The Awards Ceremony will take place one day after the end of the competition, on Saturday at 8 p.m.
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  A-2.5 Abstract and Realistic are two categories in each World Ice Art event.
• A-2.5.1 The Abstract Category shall feature sculptures where the primary focus and visual impression of the piece are non-representational, highly stylized, or made up of symbolic shapes or forms. The treatment may focus on the chosen theme, on movement or meaning creatively expressed by the form(s) or simply the aesthetic appeal of each form itself. The work may contain some elements that are realistically rendered, but these may not be the primary focus of the piece.
• A-2.5.2 In the Realistic Category, sculptures render recognizable objects realistically for the primary focus and visual impression of the piece. These objects may be real or imaginary. The theme of the work itself need not be realistic, but may be allegorical or intended to convey abstract ideas or qualities. The work may contain some abstract elements, but these may not be the primary focus of the piece.
• A-2.5.3 Each team captain must identify, in the Application Form, the category in which the team wishes to compete. Both categories will be judged on all applicable criteria.
  
  

A-3 SAFETY RULES

• A-3.1 Each participant is responsible for his or her own safety as well as the safety of other competitors and the general viewing public. (See also C-3: Protective Gear)
• A-3.1.1 Each participant must sign a hold-harmless statement excusing ICE ALASKA from all liability for potential injuries including death, theft or damage to personal gear and equipment.
• A-3.2 The height of every sculpture ought to be less than its distance from the spectator path.
• (Note: This is not a rule any more, but an appeal to the creativity plus conscience of each and every sculptor. See also paragraph C-1.3)
• A-3.3 Construction may be temporarily halted if and when a safety issue arises, by discretion of either the Sculpting Events Coordinator, the Safety and Security Director, or the Chairman of ICE ALASKA. Only the latter can then decide whether that halt shall be lifted or made permanent.
• A-3.4 Any infraction of the rules by sculptors may lead to their disqualification. The decision to disqualify an individual or a team is the responsibility of the Chairman of ICE ALASKA.
  
  

A-4  ENTRY FEES AND DEADLINES
 

• A-4.1 Single Block and Multi-Block Classic applications require the design drawing, the biography of the leading artist and the entry fee of $100 due by January 22.  Entry fees are not refundable. All entry fees will be used for awards to the winning teams
  A-4.1.1   A late fee of $50 will be added to the basic entry fee after January 22, unless other arrangements are made.
  A-4.2   Junior World  Ice Art Championships require no entry fee or tuition.
  A-4.3  Amateur Open Exhibition requires either a tuition or an entry fee: 
  A-4.3.1  The Tuition Fee of $75 per person for the ICE ALASKA Safe Carving Class is required for all Novices before their starting in this Event without an entry fee.
  A-4.3.2  The Entry Fee of $75 per team of two is asked from OPEN participants of previous years and is due at Final Registration the day before the team intends to start in the Event
  That fee is waived if they choose to take the Class again.
  A-4.3.3  In a mixed team:  The first-timer must take the Safe Carving Class for $75 Tuition, the veteran, not taking the Class again, pays $35 Entry Fee.  No exceptions,
•  (More details in Section F, below.)
  
  

A-5 AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

• Winners and ranking of all sculptures of every competition shall be determined by a calculation of points judges award to each sculpture along criteria spelled out in Section H.
• Winners and ranking places in each competition will be announced at awards ceremonies listed with time and place in the Events Schedule.
  
  

• NOTE: 2009 is an Olympic Qualification Year. The US team with the highest jury scores in the Single Block Classic (regardless if abstract or realistic) will be sent to the International Ice Sculpting Competition at the 2010 Olympic Arts Festival in Whistler near Vancouver BC.
  
  
• Paragraphs A-5.1 though A-5. 6, below, refer only to Single Block Classic and Multi-Block Classic competitions:
• A.5.1 First, second and third ranking teams in each category of will be awarded medals and cash prizes.
• A-5.1.2 Each member of a winning team will receive an individual award.
• A-5.1.3 Four additional Judges' Choice Awards will be awarded in the form of cash prizes to the next four highest scoring sculptures irrespective of category. The value of the cash award for a given place may never exceed the value of the superior place cash award in their respective event.
• A-5.1.4 Every competitor will receive immediately after the awards ceremony a list of all ranks of their competition and a copy of all judges’ points and comments awarded just to their own sculpture.
  
  
• A-5.2 The Ivalie Cox ARTISTS' CHOICE Awards: Sculptors will vote for their favorite sculpture by competition and category. Sculptors cannot vote for their own piece. The appropriate number of ballots will be distributed to each team on the last day of the respective competition. The ballots consist of team lists for each category. The ballots will be collected by 6 p.m. of the following day, with no exceptions.
  
  
• A-5.3 The Governor of Alaska VOLUNTEERS' CHOICE Award will be selected by the ICE ALASKA volunteers and presented at the Multi-Block Awards Ceremony. Volunteers will each cast one vote for their favorite Multi-Block sculpture regardless of category. Certificates signed by the Governor of Alaska will be presented to each member of the selected team.
  
  
• A-5.4 The Walt Coty PEOPLE'S CHOICE Awards will be calculated from ballots available to the viewing public throughout the open days of Ice Park (see Events Schedule) to select their favorite sculptures by event but not by category.
• A-5.4.1 These coveted People’ Choice Awards will be mailed to the winners within a week after the closing of Ice Park and also announced or presented at the ICE ALASKA Volunteer Party in April.
  
  
• A-5.5 All results shall also be posted on the signs next to the winning sculptures and in the respective web pages such as 2009 Photos on the ICE ALASKA web site, all as soon as possible after they are awarded
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• A.5.6 Participation medals will be distributed to all competitors.
  
  
• A-5.7 The winners of the Junior World Ice Art Championships will be awarded scholarships or gift certificates but no cash prizes.
  
  
• A-5.8 Participants in the Amateur Open Exhibition will receive recognition at the Awards Ceremony for the Junior event (see Events Schedule).
  
  

A-6 COMPETITORS’ DUTIES AND PERKS

• A-6.1.1 ICE ALASKA will provide local transportation to and from the Fairbanks Airport for out-of-town sculptors, also to and from accommodations.
• A-6.1.3 ICE ALASKA will provide assistance to foreign teams where necessary with entry and exit visas to the United States. Foreign Sculptors are advised to contact ICE ALASKA as early as possible for such assistance at addresses listed below in B-2.1.
  
  
• A-6.2 ICE ALASKA will provide accommodations for all Single-Block Classic, Multi-Block Classic and Junior competitors who live more than 15 miles from Ice Park beginning the night of Final Registration to the night following the Awards Ceremony.
• A-6.2.2 ICE ALASKA will provide meals from noon the day before competition begins, when Final Registration takes place, through breakfast the day after the awards for the respective competition are announced.
  
• A-6.2.3 Snacks of fruit, pastry and hot and cold beverages will be available around the clock.
• A-6.2.4  The non-public “Sculptors and Staff Area” for meals is also available 24/7 as warm-up place and for changing, drying and storing outdoor apparel, with access to the ICE ALASKA offices.
• A-6.2.5  Computers are available in the “Sculptors and Staff Area” to handle email and views on the web cams that record the progress of the sculptures.
  
  
• A-6.3 ICE ALASKA will provide for each site: Electrical power (120 volts, 60 hertz in 8 outlets, two boxes) 3 lights and 4 extension cords, 2 sets of scaffolding, 1 work bench, (2 saw horses and 2 planks), 2 five gallon buckets. (The Single Block and Multi-Block teams can ask for more supplies if required.)
• A-6.3.1 A barrel of tempered water will be available for each neighborhood of sites throughout the competition days.
• A-6.3.2 Only ICE ALASKA personnel may operate heavy equipment for moving and stacking the ice before or during the events as detailed in the Rules in Sections D through G, below.
• A-6.3.3 All hand and power sculpting tools must be supplied or rented by the competitors.
  
• A-6.3.4 The Ice Park Saw Bus will rent and also sharpen large and small chain saws, gas powered or electric, and sculpting chisels.
  
  
• A-6.4 Personal medical and accident insurance are each participant’s responsibility.
• A-6.4.1 ICE ALASKA is not responsible for any theft, loss or damage to the participant's property, any injuries or the participant's death in any case.
• A-6.4.2 Personal expenses, such as room service, bar, alcoholic beverages, long-distance phone calls at the hotel must be paid by the participating team.
  
  
• A-6.5 ICE ALASKA has a zero tolerance policy for drugs and open containers of alcohol in any public area of the Ice Park.
  
  

A-7 OWNERSHIP

• When completed, all sculptures become the property of ICE ALASKA, which retains exclusive rights to the sculptures and may use any pictures, photographs, videos or reproductions in any commercial application. Others interested in the use of the ice sculptures for commercial purposes must receive written approval for that use from ICE ALASKA. All competition sculptures shall remain at the Ice Park for the duration of the time the Ice Park is open

Section B: APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION

B-1 APPLICATION PACKAGE

• • Country or State represented by the Team
• • Title of Sculpture, Event, Category, and a height measurement of your sculpture
• • Name, PO Address, e-mail address, phone number, fax number of contact person, Team Captain (if different), Designing Artist (if different) and every team member
• • Age, if less than 18
• • Choice of block orientation (for Single Block and Junior World Ice Art Championships only)
• • Age, grade and school (for Junior World Ice Art Championships contestants)
• • Indication of your chosen method of Entry Fee payment
• •And check marks that the following items are attached or how they will be submitted.
  
  
• The remainder of the Application Package:
  
  
• • Design drawing with name of Team Captain, Title of Sculpture, Event, Category, and a height measurement of your sculpture
  DEADLINE for preliminary drawing:  January 22, 2009
• (You may consult or use the Drawing Form PDF (click ON THE WORD).
  
  
• • Biography of each team member (In 50 words or less describe your artistic background and achievements, awards and your previous participation in Fairbanks and other competitions. These bios may be published on the ICE ALASKA website, on a sign displayed at each finished sculpture, and in the annual souvenir booklet.).
• DEADLINE for bio of leading artist:  January 22, 2009
• DEADLINE for bios of team members:  Final Registration
  
  
• • Consent statement by parents of team members under age 18.
  
  Optional Explanatory Statement about the sculpture for the jury and the viewing public
  
  
• (Note: No effort will be made by ICE ALASKA to hide the identity of the contestants from the jury).
  
  

• Application Procedures
  Please complete forms - ONLINE,
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B-1.1 For an Online Application Form click on the Event of your choice, below.

• Single Block Classic
  
  
• Multi-Block Classic
  
  Amateur Open Exhibition
  
  Junior World Ice Art Championships
  
  Drawing Form

B-1.1.1 To submit the remainder of your Application Package, follow the directions in paragraph B-2.

Print Forms

B-1.2 B-1.3 The Print Format of these Rules and Guidelines of all events of the 2009 World Ice Art Championships can be found by clicking here:

B-2 REGISTRATION PROCEDURES

B-2.1 You have four choices to submit any or all parts of your Application Package

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• --------------_______ Fax: (907) 456-1951 – Attn.: Registration
  
  - ---------_- _______Airmail: ICE ALASKA Registration
• ---------------______-----------PO Box 83134
• ---------------______-----------Fairbanks, AK 99708
  
  
• - ---------_- _______Hand Carry to: ICE ALASKA Office (off Phillips Field Rd, Fairbanks, Alaska)

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  - ---------_--Hand C

B-2.2 Your Entry Fees may be paid either

• --------------_______ by check or money order to the airmail address above, or
  
  
• --------------_______ online with a credit card VISA or MASTER CARD only - click on the card name)
  
  
• --------------_______ or in person at the ICE ALASKA Office with cash, credit card or check .
• ---------------_______(Keep in mind the DEADLINE – see A-4 .)
  
  
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• B-2.3 Teams may change team members, if necessary, and change the pertinent application data during Final Registration, on the day prior to the event.
• There is no penalty connected to such a change.
  
  
• B-2.4 For assistance with US Visitors Visas contact ICE ALASKA as early as possible
  
  

B-3 FINAL REGISTRATION

• B-3.1 Final Registration will be available on the day before the start of each competition. It is also the day most competitors will arrive. The team captains will check with the Registrars the completeness and accuracy of all submitted information and draw the sculpture site.
• The Registrars, in turn, will distribute informational material about local transportation, accommodation assignments, meal schedule, special entertainment and social events, opportunities to help with event organization or to rent and purchase tools and gear.
  1 Every member must check personal data and sign waiver forms.
  
  
• B-3.2 Changes in team membership can be made then, also late applications will be accepted (with a late Entry Fee of total $150), as long as free sculpture sites are available. Applicants of such last-minute entry are, of course, encouraged to have checked by phone or email about such availability before traveling to Fairbanks

SECTION C: GENERAL INFORMATION

• C-1 SITE AND COMPETITION PROCEDURES
  
  

• • C-1.1 Each sculpture site is a niche located along a spectator path, and trees back many. The viewing public will not be allowed inside the designated sculpting areas. Before the competition begins, the boundaries between sites may be marked. Signs will be installed at each end of the rows informing viewers to stay on the road and not to enter sculpture sites.
    
    
  • C-1.2 Teams may arrange tools, prepare electric power lines, work benches and scaffolds before the official start of the competition but must neither mark nor sculpt the ice blocks assigned to them.
    
    
  • C-1.3 Sunshine eats ice sculptures when all the while both, ironically, look so deceptively pretty. However, “sun screens” of huge curtains or plywood walls, black and up to 30’ high, and shade spending trees will provide valuable protection as well as an effective photo background. To keep your finished works in pristine conditions for several weeks of large crowds of visitors, ICE ALASKA will mark the best location at each site for the base of the intended sculpture.
    
    
  • C-1.4 Teams must keep their sculpting sites clean. They are required to remove the ice chips and place them outside their site barrier. ICE ALASKA volunteers then will be responsible for removing the chips. Cleanliness of the work site is an important safety consideration, and the Site Official may at his or her discretion declare any site unsafe and require the team to stop work until the deficiency is corrected.
    
    
  • C-1.5 Teams are responsible for selecting the color(s), number and placement of lights for their sculpture within the time of the competition. Lights, colored gels and power cords will be provided by ICE ALASKA.
    
  • C-1.5.1 For the purpose of judging, only 3 white lights are allowed for each Single Block sculpture, and up to 7 white lights to each Multi-Block team.
  • C-1.5.2 The colored gels will be installed by ICE ALASKA volunteers the day after the judging and will illuminate the sculptures every night until the end of March
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  • C-1.6 At the end of the official competition time, teams may not shape their sculpture or landscape its base area any more in any way or manner, but they have another 90 minutes to build optional stanchions and optional barrier pillars, clean up the further perimeter of their work area, adjust their lights, remove their tools and make their empty work benches and scaffolds available to ICE ALASKA volunteers for removal.
  • C-1.7 Teams shall not be present during the judging.
    
    
  • C-1.8 The day after the judging, ICE ALASKA will set up posters on easels with the following information: Team photo and identification, team members biographies, title and category of sculpture, and prize, if any.
    
    

• C-2 OPTIONAL PROCEDURES
  
  

• • C-2.1 We encourage each team to bring a flag representing their country or state. The flag may be displayed in front or back of the sculpting area. There will be ample opportunity for recognition of your country, organization or sponsors. There may be chances for interviews with media representatives. Ice Park, the competition site, is the centerpiece of Fairbanks where thousands have an opportunity to view and admire the marvelous ice creations.
    
    
  • C-2.2 Teams may construct ice pillars along the visitors' path on which barrier material (ropes or tapes, by ICE ALASKA) can be placed. ICE ALASKA will make the final determination as to the safe distance for spectator viewing of the sculptures and correct placement of the barriers.
    
    
  • C-2.3 Teams may construct an ice stanchion or marker for displaying their design drawing and optional explanations of their sculpture.
    
    
  • C-2.4 These optional explanations could include team members’ names and nationality or state for the edification of the public that is invited to observe construction under way.

C-3 GEAR, CLIMATE AND FACILITIES:

• C-3.1 Clothing for sculpting should be good for temperatures from above freezing to far below, such as -25°F = -32°C, or even -40°F = -40°C. Fairbanks, Alaska, always a great place to visit, can have still extreme temperatures during the month of March.
  
  
• C-3.2 The air is mostly dry and there is much sunshine. Skin cream and sun blocks are recommended. Watertight, insulated boots and gloves are a necessity. Safety glasses, or at least sunglasses are protection from sun as well as flying ice chips.
  
  
• C-3.3 Great care needs to be taken with the various power tools on slippery surfaces. Sobriety from drugs and alcohol is a must, but also a rhythm of rest and work, plenty of liquids and frequent energy snacks are as recommended as are ear protectors (against noise as well as cold) and special chainsaw pants with ballistic nylon inserts.
  
  
• C-3.4 The central building at the Ice Park features a separate dining hall for sculptors and staff, with hot meals, around-the-clock refreshment counters, drying facilities for gloves and boots, also toilets, e-mail and internet capability.
  
  

SECTION D. THE SINGLE BLOCK CLASSIC - WORLD ICE ART CHAMPIONSHIPS

D-1 SCHEDULE:

• Summary:–Deadline for Application, Entry Fee, Drawing and Lead Artist Bio:  January 22. 2009;
  __________Arrival in Fairbanks: Sunday February 22, 2009;
• __________Final Registration: Monday Noon to 5 p.m. Welcome Meeting 7 to 9 p.m.;
• __________Competitions (two Categories, Abstract and Realistic): Tuesday 9 a.m. through Thursday, 9 p.m.;
• __________Judging: Thursday at 10:30 p.m.;
• __________Awards Ceremony: Friday 8 p.m.
• __________Departure: Saturday, February 27 (unless planning to participate in Multi-Block)
• (See also Sections A and B, above, for more details)
  
  

• D-1.1 Teams from out of town are advised to arrive on Sunday night or Monday morning in Fairbanks. They will be met at the Airport by volunteers and taken to their accommodations.
  
  
• D-1.2 Final registration will include site selection. (See B-3 fo0r more details.)
  
• D-1.2.1 Sculpture sites vary somewhat in shape and size. The minimum size is 10' x 10' (3 m x 3 m).
  
• For adjusting the block position on your site before the start of sculpting, see D-2, below.
  
  
• D-1.3 Welcome the Sculptors Social and Safety Briefing will start at 7 p.m. at Ice Park.
  
  
• D-1.4 The competitions (two categories) last 60 hours (2 1/2days) and end Thursday at 9 p.m.
• (Please check Section C for required and optional procedures.)
  
  
• D-1.5 Sculptures will be judged under up to 3 white lights starting at 10:30 p.m. Thursday. (See Judging Criteria, Section H, below.)
• Teams shall not be present during the judging.
  
  
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D-1.6 Winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony Friday 8 p.m. at the Ice Park. (See Awards, A-5, above.)
• D-1.6.1 2009 is an Olympic Qualification Year. The US team with the highest jury scores in the Single Block Classic (regardless if abstract or realistic) will be sent to the International Ice Sculpting competition at the 2010 Olympic Arts Festival in Whistler near Vancouver BC.
  
  

D-2 YOUR SINGLE BLOCK OF ICE:

• D-2.1 Each team will receive one large block of ice, approximately 8' x 5' x 3' (244 cm x 152 cm x 91 cm). The natural ice thickness of 3' (91 cm) may vary slightly. One of the 5' x 8' surfaces is usually crusted with 3” (8 cm) of icy and opaque snow. Sculptors can normally anticipate having a full 3' (91 cm) depth of clear ice to sculpt. ICE ALASKA will try to inform sculptors by email and on the web site of the actual thickness of the harvested ice.
  
  
• D-2.2 For advance positioning and placement of their ice block teams must specify one of three orientations on the application sketch:
• --------------TALL -- 8' (244 cm) high.
• --------------EDGE -- 5' (155 cm) high.
• --------------FLAT -- 3' (91 cm) high.
  
  
• D-2.3 Site Selection: The teams will draw their site numbers at Final Registration on Monday, from the group of sites with their chosen orientation. Each site will contain a block by that time.
  
  
• D-2.4 If the block needs repositioning, sculptors may ask ICE ALASKA personnel for that prior to the start of competition on a first-come, first-served basis, during Monday afternoon or Tuesday between 7 and 9 a.m. on the morning of competition. (See Safety and Conservation issues at A-3.2 and C-1.3, above)
  
  
• D-2.5 Teams are not allowed to use powered equipment for lifting or moving any of the ice in the Single Block Classic. However, lifting or moving assistance from staff or other sculptors is allowed.
  

SECTION E. THE MULTI-BLOCK CLASSIC WORLD ICE ART CHAMPIONSHIPS

E-1 ARTISTS' SCHEDULE:

• Summary:–Deadline for Application, Entry Fee, Drawing and Lead Artist Bio:  January 22. 2009;
  __________Arrival in Fairbanks: Friday February, 27, 2009;
• __________Final Registration: Saturday, Noon to 5 p.m. Welcome Meeting 6 to 10 p.m.;
• __________Competitions (two Categories, Abstract and Realistic): Sunday, 9 a.m. through Friday, 9 p.m.;
• __________Judging: Friday at 10:30 p.m.;
• __________Awards Ceremony: Saturday, 8 p.m.;
• __________Departure: Sunday, March 8;
• -(See also Sections A and B, above, for more details)
  
  

• E-1.1 Teams from out of town are advised to arrive on Friday night or Saturday morning in Fairbanks (unless already in town to participate in Single Block). Teams will be met at the Airport by volunteers and taken to their accommodations.
  
  
• E -1.2 Final Registration for teams (maximum of four members) includes Site Selection.
• (See B-3 for more details.)
  
  
• E-1.3   Welcome Sculptors Social and Safety Briefing will be held Saturday 6-10 p.m. at Ice Park.
  
  
• E-1.4   Sculptures will be judged under up to 7 white lights starting at 10:30 p.m. Friday. 
  (See Judging Criteria, Section H, below.)  Teams shall not be present during the judging.
  
  E-1.4.1   Awards Ceremony starts at 8 p.m. on Saturday following the last day of competition.
• (See Awards, A-5, above.)
  
  

E-2 YOUR TEN BLOCKS OF ICE:

• E-2.1 Each team will receive 10 blocks of ice, each approximately 6' x 4' x 3' (182 cm x 121 cm x 91cm).
  
  
• E-2.2 The natural ice thickness 3” (91 cm) may vary slightly. One of the surfaces is usually crusted with 3” (8 cm) of snow. Sculptors can normally anticipate having a full 36" (91 cm) depth of clear ice to sculpt. ICE ALASKA will try to inform sculptors by email and on the web site of the actual thickness of the harvested ice.
  
  
• E-2.3 Each team will have a designated area in which to build their sculpture. The area will measure approximately 30' x 30' (12 m x 12 m).
  
  
• E-2.4 The 10 blocks will be waiting in an equally large area adjacent to each sculpting site, across the path.
  
  
• E-2.5 Both areas may be used as work areas, but the path must remain clear for spectator and staff traffic.
  
  
• E-2.6 Each team may have the option of replacing up to two blocks if ICE ALASKA has extra ice available. Ice is a natural material and no two pieces are exactly alike. The teams should anticipate using the natural character of the ice to their advantage.
  
  
• E-2.7 Only ICE ALASKA heavy equipment operators will provide assistance in moving and placing the blocks before or after they are carved, as desired by the artists.
• . (See Safety and Conservation issues at A-3.2 and C-1.3, above)
  
  

SECTION F. AMATEUR OPEN EXHIBITION

F-1 SCHEDULE:

• Summary:__Applications due February 17, 2009.
• __________Safe Carving Class (required for Novices, Tuition  $75.00) times to be arranged.
• __________Final Registration date flexible: the day before your team is starting to carve.
• __________Available sculpting period: 17 non-competitive days, Wed., Feb. 25, 2009 at 9 a.m. until Friday, March 13 at 6 p.m.
• __________Recognition Ceremony: Saturday, March 14 at 8 pm at Ice Park
• (See also Sections A and B, above, for more details)
  
  

• F-2  ELIGIBILITY AND REGISTRATION:
  
  

• F-2.1  The Amateur Open Exhibition is available to any team of two interested in trying ice sculpting without the stress of competition.
  F-2.1.1  Within the available period of 17 days, participants can start and end as their schedules allow. 
  
  
• F-2.2   There is no minimum age.  Participants under age 16 must have a parent or parent-approved adult as their team member.  Participants 16-18 years of age must have parental permission.
  
  
• F-2.3. A daylong (4 hrs) Safe Carving Class for a Tuition of $75 per person will be conducted.   The students need only bring themselves complete with gloves and warm clothes. Tools and ice will be provided. The hands-on demonstration and practice includes the basic tools (chisels, chain saw, finishing tools) plus whatever the instructor likes and has in his/her repertoire.
  F-2.3.1  First-time participants must complete a Safe Carving Class, times will be arranged when Application is submitted.
  F-2.3.2  Participants from previous years are invited back to the Event for an Entry Fee of $75 per team of two.  That fee is waived if they choose to take the Class again.
  F-2.3.3  In a mixed team:  The first-timer must take the Safe Carving Class for $75 Tuition, the veteran, not taking the Class again, pays $35 Entry Fee.  No exceptions,
  
  
• F-2.4  Applications and liability waivers must be received by February 17, 2009 to arrange time for the Safe Carving class.  (For ICE ALASKA Contacts, see B-2.1)
  F-2.4.1 Tuition is due before the start of the Safe Carving Class.
• F-2.4.2   Entry Fee is due at Final Registration, the day before the start of carving in the Event.
  
  

F-3   EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS:

• F-3.1  Each team receives one ice block approximately 4' x 5' x 3' (121 cm x 152 cm x 91 cm) block in a working area of about 9' x 9' (3 m x 3 m).
  F-3.1.1  ICE ALASKA also provides 1 work table, 1 shovel, 1 bucket, 1 pass per team member, and lunch & dinner on carving days.
  
  
• F-3.2  Other hand and power tools may be brought and used by the contestants. 
  (Please check out C-3, above, for protective gear advice.)

SECTION G. THE JUNIOR WORLD ICE ART CHAMPIONSHIPS

G-1 SCHEDULE:

• Summary:__Deadline for Application, Drawing and Lead Artist Bio:  March 2. 2009;
  ___________Final Registration and ICE ALASKA sculpting class: Monday, March 9, 2009
• ___________Competitions (two Categories, Abstract and Realistic): Tuesday, 9 a.m. to Friday, 6 p.m.
• ___________Judging: Friday, 8 pm.
• ___________Awards Ceremony: Saturday, 8 p.m. at Ice Park
• (See also Sections A and B, above, for more details)
  
  

• G-1.1 Teams must submit application packages, as specifies in Section B, above, and choose their category, Abstract or Realistic (see also A-2.5, above).
  
  

G- 2 ELIGIBILITY:

• Contestants must be enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in high school or in comparable educational arrangements, as for instance in home schooling.
  
  
• G 2.1 Parental Consent, Health Information and Safety Release forms are required for a contestant to compete.
  
  
• G-2.1.1 These forms are part of the Application Package. A parent or legal guardian must either sign these forms in person at Final Registration or send them in advance with notarized signatures. (See details on the Application form)
  
  
• G. 2.2 One pass, for free entry into the park, will be made available to a parent or legal guardian of each sculptor.
  
  
• G. 2.3 All sculptors must attend a sculpting and safety class either through a school program, a class sponsored by ICE ALASKA, or at an approved ice sculpture instructional program. There will be an Ice Alaska sculpting class held on the Monday of spring break.
  
  

G-3 YOUR BLOCK OF ICE:

• Each team of two receives one block of ice, 3' x 5' x 4' (91 cm x 152 cm x 122 cm).
  
  
• G-3.1 Teams have specified the orientation for their block in their application from three choices:
• --------------TALL -- 5' (155 cm) high.
• --------------EDGE -- 4' (122 cm) high.
• --------------FLAT -- 3' (91cm) high.
  
  
• G-3.2 The teams will draw their site numbers from the three groups at Registration or on the morning before competitions begin.
  
  
• G-3.4 All ice blocks will have been positioned by ICE ALASKA before teams draw their site. Teams may ask ICE ALASKA personnel to reposition their block on a first-come, first-served basis, before the start of sculpting.
  
  
• G-3.5 Teams are not allowed to use powered equipment for lifting or moving any of the ice. However, lifting or moving assistance from officials, staff or other sculptors is allowed.
  
  

• G-4 TOOLS:

• ICE ALASKA will provide a tool kit for each sculpting team. The tool kit includes: 2 ice chisels, 2 sawhorses and two 2” x 10” x 8' boards, bucket, shovel, sled, extension cords and working lights for each team.
  
  
• G-4.2 Other hand tools may be brought and used by the contestants
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• G-4.3 Use of electric tools is limited to dremels, irons, and heat guns. These and other specialized non-electric tools will be available to the sculptors for use in the competition.
  
  
• G-4.4 No competitor may use a chainsaw. However, qualified ICE ALASKA personnel will be available to make cuts at all times.
  
  

SECTION H - JUDGING CRITERIA

• H-1 TECHNICAL CRITERIA:
  
  

• H-1.1 Precision: This refers to how accurately elements of the sculpture are carved. For example, how repeated elements resemble each other, how well pieces are fitted together, or how completely all-waste material is removed.
  
  
• H-1.2 Proportion: This refers to how different parts or areas of the sculpture relate to one another in terms of relative size.
  
  
• H-1.3 Degree of difficulty: This is whether the sculpture as completed is a challenging project for an experienced professional ice sculptor. The factors considered here are usually those of fragility, physical balance and the structural limitations of the ice.
  
  
• H-1.4 Finish: This refers to the final treatment of the surfaces of the sculpture. This can be smooth and polished, frosted, or textured.
  Whichever is the case, the uniformity and diligence with which the sculptors carries out their apparent intent should be considered.
  
  
• H-1.5 Use of ice: The higher scores in this category would go to the projects that waste the least ice

H-2 ARTISTIC CRITERIA:

• H-2.1 Creativity: This refers to the newness and originality of the design, which could include a new treatment of, or new viewpoint on, previously known ideas.
  
  
• H-2.2 Composition: This refers to the visual balance, static or dynamic, of the various elements of the sculpture. Note that the piece should be viewed from all sides when judging it for composition.
  
  

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• NOTE from Klaus Ebeling, 11/8/08: As in opaque materials like stone and wood sculptures in the round, a long standing ICE ALASKA Rule requires freestanding ice sculptures to be carved and judged on all sides, including the back which only the judges but no spectator ever gets to see.
• However, ice sculptors and designers are hereby reminded that they are creating transparent art works for a visiting public that moves by and takes photos and videos to show their friends all over the world.
• “Transparent” means that all carved details will be visible on the opposite side as in a superimposed X-ray image. “Clear” means that sun or flood lights create serendipitous highlights and sparkles in photographs.
• Actual movement in daily life helps all of us to orient ourselves in the spaces and among the objects of our immediate environment. Movement likewise helps viewers and video cameras to recognize any realistic details in the front of your sculpture. But still photos will permanently capture these pretty but distracting highlights and those phantom X-ray views of backsides. Ask yourself what you want others to bring home in still photos of your sculpture and take test photos. Photos are the “permanent collection” of our ephemeral art. OOOMMM! Klaus
  
  

• H-2.4 Expression of emotion: This is the extent to which the sculpture can be expected to evoke an emotional response in the viewer.
  
  
• H-2.5 Overall impression: This addresses the sculpture as a whole, and is often based on the first glimpse of the finished piece. Without regard to the other criteria, does it stand on its own as a good sculpture?
  
  

H-3 JUDGING CONDITIONS:

• H-3.1 Contestants are not to be present in the competition area of Ice Park at the time of judging
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• H-3.2 The identities of the sculptors are no secret to the judges. Sculptors do not need any more to hide their names in signature carvings or optional statements before judging time. They have been on display and in conversion all through the carving days. It would be fruitless to assume, the judges do not know.