the Application period has finished
The application period for Arctic Art Festival 2024 has ended on the 1st of November. We have sent a confirmation letter to all applicants; please get in touch with us if you haven't received it in your email.
Thank you to all who submitted the application or shared information about our Festival. We appreciate your effort and time. All works will be presented for the selection process to the professional Jury.
Unfortunately, only eight teams will be invited to Rovaniemi for the competition in 2024. We will announce the chosen teams after the 10th of November 2023 on our website and send you a personal notification letter.
theme and Technical requirements
The theme of the competition is "Connect with Nature".
Finland and Finnish Culture are deeply connected to nature. Finnish people live hundreds of years in harmony with nature and use nature as one of the main resources for inspiration. Nature is everything we see: trees, flowers, plants, animals, sky, mountains, forests, and even more. We try to keep the theme wide enough to see how artists from different countries transform their inspirations from nature into art.
The task of the carving contest is unique because we ask artists to combine materials; each sculpture should have some ice part as an embellishment.
Snow Cube Dimensions: 3m x 3m x 3m
Ice Blocks: 1m x 1m x0.3m - 1pc (obligatory to use)
1.0 m high x 1.0 m wide x 0.2 m. deep - 2 pc
(optional to use)
Accommodation
AND Food
Participants will be accommodated in the guest house near the Arctic Snow Hotel.
*Each team also get the possibility to stay one night at Glass Igloos and One night at Snow Hotel (optional for artists who wish to get this experience)
Meals will be served three times a day at Arctic Snow Hotel Restaurants.
Expenses and Prizes
Organisers will cover travel expenses up to EUR 600/team for the flight costs from occupation country to Helsinki and back. All the teams will travel from Helsinki and back by the night train, which is paid additionally by organizers.
Each participating team will receive a scholarship of EUR 500/team after completing the sculpture. The cash prizes of the snow-ice sculpture competition:
1st place - EUR 1500
2nd place - EUR 1000
3rd place - EUR 500
Audience award - EUR 300