Meltdown Winter Ice Festival
Tax deductible
The Meltdown Winter Ice Festival
This breathtaking winter wonderland of incredible artistic ice sculptures transformed downtown Richmond and the Historic Depot District into a winter paradise chock-full of interactive events for the entire family – and it was all FREE.
During the 3-day winter celebration, visitors could watch international and nationally known, multi-award winning ice carvers, Buddy Rasmussen, the “Revered Butter”, Dean DeMarias, Danny Bloss, Aaric Kendall and Andrew Thistlethwaite, who has several local ties to Richmond, create their magnificent, awe-inspiring, works of art from plain blocks of ice using just their chainsaws, their masterful artistic skills, creativity, imagination & passion. More than 22 tons of ice were intricately sculpted into amazing works of art. Each block of ice will be 4’ wide, 18” thick and weigh approx 300 lbs.
Lively winter events & activities include the dazzling array of stunning Ice sculptures, an Interactive Ice Park, Cork and Canvas event, Family Games, Paint and Take Souvenir, and an array of FREE Kids’ Interactive activities. These are just a few of the FREE activities that was offered during this event. Festival-goers could visit more than 20 “Hot Spots” (festival warming stations) offering area entertainment, activities and/or piping hot refreshments while also taking in one of the districts’ many unique restaurants, cafés & shopping venues.
The festival’s featured event was the captivating, high-energy, no-holds-barred, “Ice Fight” carving competitions between two Ice sculptors & 1200 lbs. of ice. The highly competitive “Ice Fight” challenges occured on Friday, Jan. 29th and Saturday, January 30th from 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm.
All MELTDOWN activities/events are FREE and open to the public. Ice sculptures will continue to remain on display, weather permitting.
Thank you for helping to make this community event possible!
This breathtaking winter wonderland of incredible artistic ice sculptures transformed downtown Richmond and the Historic Depot District into a winter paradise chock-full of interactive events for the entire family – and it was all FREE.
During the 3-day winter celebration, visitors could watch international and nationally known, multi-award winning ice carvers, Buddy Rasmussen, the “Revered Butter”, Dean DeMarias, Danny Bloss, Aaric Kendall and Andrew Thistlethwaite, who has several local ties to Richmond, create their magnificent, awe-inspiring, works of art from plain blocks of ice using just their chainsaws, their masterful artistic skills, creativity, imagination & passion. More than 22 tons of ice were intricately sculpted into amazing works of art. Each block of ice will be 4’ wide, 18” thick and weigh approx 300 lbs.
Lively winter events & activities include the dazzling array of stunning Ice sculptures, an Interactive Ice Park, Cork and Canvas event, Family Games, Paint and Take Souvenir, and an array of FREE Kids’ Interactive activities. These are just a few of the FREE activities that was offered during this event. Festival-goers could visit more than 20 “Hot Spots” (festival warming stations) offering area entertainment, activities and/or piping hot refreshments while also taking in one of the districts’ many unique restaurants, cafés & shopping venues.
The festival’s featured event was the captivating, high-energy, no-holds-barred, “Ice Fight” carving competitions between two Ice sculptors & 1200 lbs. of ice. The highly competitive “Ice Fight” challenges occured on Friday, Jan. 29th and Saturday, January 30th from 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm.
All MELTDOWN activities/events are FREE and open to the public. Ice sculptures will continue to remain on display, weather permitting.
Thank you for helping to make this community event possible!
Organizer
Jessica Clark
Organizer
Richmond, IN
Richmond Art Museum, Inc.
Beneficiary