Governors Island Ice Sculpture Show

Governors Island Arts

Mar 6, 2027

12-3PM

Governors Island - Governors Island - Liggett Terrace

New York City-based artists and collectives/​teams (up to four peo­ple) are invit­ed to apply to com­pete in the sixth annu­al Gov­er­nors Island Arts Ice Sculp­ture Show, to be held Sat­ur­day, March 6, 2027, on Gov­er­nors Island. Appli­cants should sub­mit project pro­pos­als that fol­low the theme of this year’s com­pe­ti­tion: Traces. We encour­age appli­cants to think out­side the box and share with us a cre­ative inter­pre­ta­tion of the theme in their proposals. 

Pro­pos­als will be select­ed to par­tic­i­pate in the live carv­ing event. Select­ed applicants/​teams will receive an award of $2,000 to par­tic­i­pate and will be pro­vid­ed with tools and pro­duc­tion mate­ri­als dur­ing the event. Select­ed applicants/​teams will also be paired with a pro­fes­sion­al ice carv­er to com­plete the work on the day of the event. 

Impor­tant Dates

• Dead­line to apply: Mon­day, Novem­ber 2, 2026 at 11:59pm
• Select­ed appli­cants to be noti­fied: Mon­day, Novem­ber 30, 2026. Note: Select­ed appli­cants must accept invi­ta­tion to par­tic­i­pate by Wednes­day, Decem­ber 9, 2026.
• In-per­son ori­en­ta­tion: Date TBD. Appli­cants should plan to be avail­able dur­ing the week of Feb­ru­ary 22, 2027 and week of March 1, 2027. 
• Event date: Sat­ur­day, March 6, 2027 (Rain Date: Sat­ur­day, March 13, 2027)