"A Park for all Seasons"
Ice-Carving Sculpture Competition
"Chisels & Chainsaws"
Monday February 16, 2009
Presidents Day
10:00 am to 4:30 pm
Thank you all for attending!
Below are the Winners...
Chisels and Chainsaws is an annual ice-carving competition amongst art students from Boston-area universities. Each year on President’s Day, teams of contemporary artists tear through hundreds of pounds of ice with chisels and chainsaws to create sculpture, installation, performance art, video works, and more. The Public is asked to vote for their favorite work of art and the winning team is awarded the annual rotating Golden Chainsaw Trophy.
Details:
- 8 Art Student Teams
- 6 Artists per team (48 artists total)
- 1200-1800 pounds of ice per team
- Training and supervision for all participants
- Ice Art remains installed as long as weather permits
- There will be a "Community Build Section", where participants of all ages can be hands-on and create their own sculptures with pre-cut blocks of ice.
- Public Voting from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (Please stop by and Vote for your favorite Sculpture!)
- Winning Sculpture announced at 4:30 pm
History:
The Chisels and Chainsaws ice-carving sculpture event is created and organized by Nicole Seisler (www.nicoleseisler.com) and Dennis Svoronos, two graduates from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Since 2004 they have held the event twice at the SMFA and twice at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. This year, Chisels and Chainsaws is looking forward to being at the Christopher Columbus Park and appreciates being sponsored by the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park. The friendly competition is designed to highlight and bring together communities of art students and to create public art that is accessible to a wide audience.
1st Place
"Homeless Person Sleeping on a Park Bench"
Melanie, Jim, George and Tom created a figure of a homeless person sleeping on a park bench. They carved an ice vessel to collect donations and received $146.67 from spectators. In addition to winning the Golden Chainsaw Trophy, they were awarded a $300 cash prize. They are donating their entire proceeds of $446.67 to the Friends of Boston's Homeless organization.
"Massive Ship with Moat"
Chix with Chainsaws Team
2nd Place
3rd Place
"Xylophone"
Boston Conservatory Team
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