Governors Island Ice Sculpture Show

Governors Island Arts

Feb 8, 2025

Gov­er­nors Island Arts presents the fourth annu­al Gov­er­nors Island Ice Sculp­ture Show on Feb­ru­ary 8, 2025. Ten artists will be paired with a pro­fes­sion­al ice carv­er from Okamo­to Stu­dio dur­ing the free pub­lic event, where vis­i­tors are invit­ed to wit­ness this real-time ice carv­ing from 12 to 2 p.m. and enjoy an awards cer­e­mo­ny and ice sculp­ture instal­la­tion from 2 to 3p.m. — includ­ing the audi­ence-vot­ed​“People’s Choice” award. The event will include ice carv­ing work­shops from Okamo­to Stu­dio, crafts from Red Hook Art Project, live music from dis­­­co-infused Afro­fu­tur­ist funk duo The Illus­tri­ous Blacks, and a spe­cial per­for­mance by NYC-based all-women, trans, and non-bina­ry drum­line Fogo Azul. Mak­i­na Café will be open in Colonels Row along­side addi­tion­al food trucks Nao Caribbean Fla­vors, The Orig­i­nal Soup­man, and Deploy Cof­fee, curat­ed by Four Wheel Feasts.

The event is free and open to all, no reg­is­tra­tion or tick­ets required. Click here for fer­ry information.

2025 Ice Sculp­ture Show Artists:

• Ana Añu (@soopspoon) –​“Bear Wit­ness,” Añu’s ecopo­et­ic sculp­ture that reflects the impor­tance of ani­mism in cli­mate sto­ry­telling, will call for audi­ence mem­bers to wit­ness the qui­et voic­es of the elemental. 
• Eli­jah Chavez (@lijahchavez.art) –​“Lo que pasará, pasará” will depict an anatom­i­cal human heart while serv­ing as a com­mu­ni­ty alter inspired by the Mex­i­can cus­toms of the Day of the Dead. 
• Jake DeMar­ti­ni (@the­jakeweight) – A nod to 19^th-cen­tu­ry mar­itime his­to­ry, DeMartini’s​“Moor­ing Bol­lard” hon­ors the tit­u­lar object’s min­i­mal design and engi­neer­ing along­side Gov­er­nors Island’s nau­ti­cal history. 
• Shawn Hill (@ublincd) – Select­ed in hon­or of Hill’s child­hood cre­ativ­i­ty,​“Tuft­ed Tit­mouse” will depict this species of bird that is com­mon­ly seen on Gov­er­nors Island. 
• Aharon Levy – Levy’s​“Gov­er­nors Island: New York Oasis” will explore the ten­sion between nature and urban envi­ron­ments, depict­ing a tree encased in ice and offer­ing a reflec­tion on imper­ma­nence, cli­mate change, and nature’s resilience. 
• Agusti­na Markez (@agusti­na­markezs­tu­dio) – Markez will explore the star as a sym­bol both in the con­text of nature and pop cul­ture through​“Inter­twined Stars,” which inves­ti­gates iden­ti­ty and dis­place­ment in rela­tion to Amer­i­can culture. 
• Josef Pin­lac (@istill­heart­newyork) – Pin­lac will cel­e­brate pol­li­na­tors in​“Ice ice bay-bee,” incor­po­rat­ing hon­ey­comb designs and hon­or­ing the Island’s bee population. 
• Sonya Sobies­ki (@crookedsquare) –Sobieski’s​“Look­ing Out” will depict an over­sized pair of binoc­u­lars with birds com­mon­ly seen on Gov­er­nors Island etched into the lens­es, ask­ing the view­er,​“can we look out for nature?”. 
• Kate­ri­na Sokolovskaya (@katerina.sokolovskaya.art) – In​“Nature+,” Sokolovskaya will explore how peo­ple coex­ist with their sur­round­ings, show­ing how bod­ies influ­ence one anoth­er and inter­act with the environment. 
• Mai Sone (@mai__sone) – In hon­or of the Island’s acorn-like shape, Sone will sculpt​“A squir­rel eat­ing Gov­er­nors Island.”

Rain date: Feb­ru­ary 9, 2025