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26TH ANNUAL BUDWEISER
INTERNATIONAL
SNOW SCULPTURE
CHAMPIONSHIPS
PRESENTED BY YOUR HOMETOWN TOYOTA STORES
BRECKENRIDGE COLO
JAN 26 2016 | FEB 07 2016
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Experience Snow in a Whole New Way!
Breckenridge caters to snow seekers of all ages, and nothing embodies the magic of the winter season more
than the Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships presented by your hometown Toyota Stores. In
addition to skiing, snowshoeing, sledding, sleigh rides, and ice skating, our 157-year old town offers yet another
way to experience snow – with an awe-inspiring yet fleeting outdoor art gallery.
Now in its 26th year, the Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships presented by your hometown
Toyota Stores is bringing together 16 teams representing 12 countries from around the world to present intricate
works of snow art. Four-person teams will carve 20-ton, 12-foot-tall blocks of snow without the use of power tools,
internal support structures, or colorants – just the ingenuity of the sculptors and a medium that lends itself, if only
temporarily, to the persuasion of hand tools.
Whether you’re here for the first time or the 26th time, you are participating in a rich Breckenridge tradition,
one that has evolved into a world-class event and an inspirational experience. The Budweiser International Snow
Sculpture Championships presented by your hometown Toyota Stores is an opportunity to enjoy the beauty of snow,
the journey of the process and the stunning end product.
HOW DO THEY DO THAT?
If you’re inspired (and we know you will be), here are a few tips and a step-by-step guide to creating your own piece of snow art.
1 BRAINSTORM.
Talk with your group and discuss what
2 GET STARTED.
While professionals work with large
3 DIVE IN.
Begin by roughly blocking out the
you’d like to sculpt. Draw ideas from a
cubes of snow, it’s best for beginners
basic shape of your creation. Refer to
few different angles, or better yet, use
to start with a smaller canvas. Pack a
your drawing and use smaller tools to
modeling clay to develop concepts.
clean plastic trash can with snow (pack
refine the sculpture. Finally, carve the
This will be a guide once you’re outside
it well – it’ll help later on), flip it over and
finest details to create a finished work
and working with the snow.
you’re ready to sculpt.
of snow art.
PROJECT IDEAS TO GET YOU STARTED
BEGINNER.
ADVANCED.
Start with a basic shape. Try sculpting
For an igloo, start with a dome shape.
a pyramid, sphere, boot, soda bottle or
Slice off a small edge and hollow out
can, pine
the inside. Add an entry, carve ice
tree, ice
block markings and voila!
cream cone,
or apple.
INTERMEDIATE.
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Sandbox toys such as small shovels
Try a spray bottle: the fine mist melts a
and buckets can help craft a simple
thin layer of snow that quickly refreezes,
starting shape.
making it easier to sculpt details.
A snow turtle is really just a mound
of snow with legs, a head and a shell
Head to the kitchen! Spatulas, spoons,
pattern. It’s very easy to make and ideal
butter knives, and vegetable peelers
for younger kids.
work well for refining
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Event Information
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TECHNICAL WEEK
AWARDS CEREMONY
VIEWING WEEK
January 18-22, 2016
January 30, 2016 at 2pm
January 30 - February 7, 2016
Watch how the blocks are built.
Sculpting ends on Saturday, January 30
Weather
at 10 am, and the awards ceremony takes
sculptures will remain on display
place Saturday, January 30 at 2 pm.
through Sunday, February 7. That
SCULPTING WEEK
January 26-30, 2016
permitting,
the
snow
evening they disappear into the night!
See the transformation as artists sculpt.
EVENT DETAILS
EVENT SITE
DON’T FORGET TO VOTE
THE NECESSITIES
The Championships are held in and
Support your favorite sculpture with the
Public restrooms are located outside on
around the Riverwalk Center, located
People’s Choice Vote. Voting occurs
the east and west sides of the Riverwalk
in the heart of Breckenridge on South
Friday, January 29 through Sunday,
Center building.
Park Avenue between Washington
January 31 at 2pm. Stop by the Thaw
Street and Adams Avenue.
Lounge or look for volunteers and
CATCH A FREE RIDE
voting boxes throughout the site. A $1
Free public transportation is available
THE THAW LOUNGE
donation receives one vote and goes
throughout the town from 6:15am to
Make sure to check out the Thaw
directly to supporting the International
11:45pm, provided by the Breckenridge
Lounge, inside the Riverwalk Center.
Snow Sculpture Championships. Kids’
FREE RIDE. Maps are available at the
Bring your questions and comments,
Choice voting ballots are available
Thaw Lounge, the Welcome Center on
and checkout the snow sculpture
inside the Thaw Lounge.
Main Street, Breckenridge Station, and
history exhibit or just step inside to
warm up!
on each bus. The closest bus stop to
THE MAGIC OF ICE
the Event is the F-Lot, which is serviced
Don’t miss the Ice Village, located on
by most routes.
A PERMANENT MEMENTO
the Riverwalk lawn. Each intricate
Be sure to stop by the Thaw Lounge for
carving is sculpted into a glowing
posters, pins, and other mementos.
statue. The sculptures represent many
of the supporters of the Snow Sculpture
SNOW SCULPTURE HISTORY
Championships.
EXHIBIT ON DISPLAY
Discover the process of snow sculpting,
PARK AND STAY AWHILE
get
past
Free all-day parking available at the
competitors and learn the answers to
skier parking lot off of Airport Road.
25 years of trivia. Located at the Thaw
Free three-hour parking is available
Lounge, this exhibit explores the last
at the Ice House Lot near Ski Hill
25 years of the International Snow
and Main; the French Street Lot, on
Sculpture Championships.
French Street between Lincoln and
information
about
the
Washington.
Make sure to
stop by the
Thaw Lounge
and Exhibit.
THAW LOUNGE HOURS:
Tuesday, 1/26
12 pm - 5 pm
Sunday, 1/31
9 am - 3 pm
Wednesday, 1/27
10 am - 5 pm
February 1-4
12 pm - 4 pm
Thursday, 1/28
10 am - 7 pm
February 5
12 pm - 6 pm
Friday, 1/29
10 am - 7 pm
February 6
12 pm - 6 pm
Saturday, 1/30
9 am - 7 pm
February 7
12 pm - 4 pm
Snow sculptures will remain on display
through February 7, 2016 weather
permitting. Schedule subject to change.
26TH ANNUAL BUDWEISER INTERNATIONAL SNOW SCULPTURE CHAMPIONSHIPS PRESENTED BY YOUR HOMETOWN TOYOTA STORES
2016 Schedule of Events
Sculptures will remain on display
through Sunday, February 7, 2016.
Weather permitting.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26
11AM - 5PM
Sculpting begins with a cannon start!
12PM - 5PM
Thaw Lounge and Exhibit open at the Riverwalk Center.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27
7AM - 11PM
Sculpting continues.
10AM - 5PM
Thaw Lounge and Exhibit open at the Riverwalk Center.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 28
7AM - 11PM
Sculpting continues.
10AM - 7PM
Thaw Lounge and Exhibit open at the Riverwalk Center.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 29
7AM
Sculpting continues. Artists sculpt all night until
10AM Saturday, January 30.
10AM - 5PM
Thaw Lounge and Exhibit open at the Riverwalk Center.
12PM
People’s Choice & Kids’ Choice voting starts.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 30
9AM - 7PM
Thaw Lounge and Exhibit open at the Riverwalk Center.
People’s Choice & Kids’ Choice voting: Vote for your
favorite sculpture.
10AM
Sculpting ends and judging begins.
2PM
Please join us for the Awards Ceremony - Riverwalk
Center Stage
6PM
Grand Lighting. You will not want to miss the finished
sculptures lit to perfection with an ever changing and
unique lighting display. There will be 10 minutes of
white light on the hour and ½ hour.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 31
9AM - 3PM
The Thaw Lounge and Exhibit open
9AM - 2PM
People’s Choice & Kids’ Choice voting: Vote for your
favorite sculpture.
The Thaw Lounge Exhibit Open
Feb. 1 – Feb. 4 (12 pm – 4pm)
Feb. 5 - Feb. 6 (12 pm – 6pm)
Feb. 7 (12 pm – 4pm)
Schedule subject to change.
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Team Sculptures
TEAM BRECKENRIDGE
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The Widow Maker
CAPTAIN: Keith Martin
MEMBERS: Tim West, Margo Jerkovitz, Tom Day
Did you know that it was the discovery of gold in 1859 on the banks of the Blue
River in Breckenridge that started our town? That discovery brought many
people looking to strike it rich. The pneumatic drill increased production by 10
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fold over the old hand method and allowed tunnels to be drilled and blasted
at increasing speeds. Unfortunately, the toll it took on the miners health was
horrible. The drill received its name the “Widow Maker” due to the large
amount of dust causing silicosis, other lung diseases, and death.
TEAM CANADA
2
Head-Bashed-In Buffalo Jump
CAPTAIN: Donald Watt
MEMBERS: Michael Lane, Ken Anderson, Adam Green
The buffalo jump on the edge of the Rocky Mountains in Southern Alberta
was used for 5,500 years by the indigenous peoples of the plains to kill
buffalo by driving them off the 36 ft high cliff. After a successful hunt, the
wealth of food allowed the people to enjoy leisure time and pursue artistic and
spiritual interests. In Blackfoot, the name for the site is Estipah-skikikini-kots.
According to legend, a young Blackfoot wanted to watch the buffalo plunge
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off the cliff from below, but was buried underneath and found dead under the
pile of carcasses with his head smashed in.
TEAM ESTONIA
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Human Space
CAPTAIN: Laurie Tamm
MEMBERS: Jakob Meier, Mari Hiiemae, Anna Otsolainen
Human Space describes mental and physical space where humans be. In
the abstract sphere is empty place for the human. We can observe it on four
sides but in one side we see adult human figure and on another side is a child.
Human space is always filled with questions; where we are and where we go.
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TEAM FINLAND
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Vespertilio
CAPTAIN: Minna Eloranta
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MEMBERS: Marianne Aittoniemi, Kaisa Lahti, Mia Pitkanen
Megabat a.k.a fruit bat a.k.a flying fox. One of the biggest and definitely cutest
bat species you’ll ever meet. They live in the rain forests and eat fruits and make
cute bat babies. The species is also part of ’Organization for Bat Conservation’
project, which vision is to inspire a peaceful coexistence between bats and
humans. I share this vision and passion for weird and cute creatures.
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Team Sculptures
TEAM FRANCE
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Oniric Metamorphosis
CAPTAIN: Jean-Yves Menez (Cécilia Ettlin as the co-designer project)
MEMBERS: Claire Longepe, Fred Toth, Vincent Voulhoux, Nicolas Papoin
The Celtic standing stone open. A fairy creature let out of a mystery. Doe
legs, bird wings, fish bust, dragon head. The four elements: earth, air, water
and fire are coming out in a fleeting sight.
TEAM GERMANY, AGRAWAL
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Frame
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FRAME
CAPTAIN: Franziska Agrawal
MEMBERS: Isabel Rengstorf, Maximiliano Caraballo Gonzalez, Carlo Miguel
Ramirez Perey
The design is attributed to the distinct principle of concrete art and geometry.
The sculpture plays with statics, size, and center of gravity and the work subject
is neither form nor figure. The sculpture shows something without similarities.
The art of the sculpture lies in the geometric and graphical creation of order
that creates form, surface and volume. It is a balancing act of the structure,
which can only exist when its fragile material is in entire equilibrium.
TEAM GERMANY, THEIL
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Metanoia
CAPTAIN: Freidemann Theil
MEMBERS: Sabine Theil, Lothar Luboschik, Detlef Schuertzmann
The journey of changing one’s mind, heart, self, or way of life.
TEAM GREAT BRITAIN
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Tale of Two Dragons / Chwedl y Ddwy Ddraig
CAPTAIN: Oliver Annaly
MEMBERS: Marie Louise Bolland, Carrie Harlwood, Edward Francis
The folklore, myths, and legends of the United Kingdom fascinate me, and I
was inspired by the idea for the sculpture of ‘The Tale of Two Dragons’ after
listening to a folk song by a contemporary welsh folk group Calan. The Celtic
king Vortigern attempted to build a castle on a hill in Gwynedd, North Wales.
Every night the castle walls were demolished. Vortigern consulted his advisors,
who told him to find a boy with no natural father and sacrifice him. Vortigern’s
soldiers found the boy, Merlin, who went on to be the wisest wizard to ever live.
Merlin told the king of 2 dragons, who had been captured under the mountain.
He advised him to free them from their prison. The dragons fought ferociously;
the red dragon defeated the white. Merlin told Vortigern that the white dragon
symbolized the Saxons and the red dragon symbolized the Welsh.
Our sculpture shows the moment the red dragon overcomes the white. They
are fighting on top of a castle’s ramparts, a pivotal moment in the story, and of
great historical and cultural significance as the Saxons were unable to subdue
the Welsh.
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TEAM LOVELAND
Bolting From Extinction
CAPTAIN: Garett Dreiling
MEMBERS: Randy Amys, Steven Carmer, John Smith
There’s a thread of hope in the idea that nature does not know extinction
because it only knows transformation.
TEAM MEXICO
10
Sundial
CAPTAIN: Pablo Elias Lopez
MEMBERS: Josue Elias Lopez, Daniel Elias Lopez, Hector Valentin
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Esquivias Zavala
Thousands years ago, Mayan civilization built greatest observatories to follow
changes in the sky over time, allowing them to identify dates more conducive
to cultivation of the soil. Through marks made on the buildings, they could
identify the angles and precise coordinates location of several celestial bodies
such as Venus and the different phases of the moon.
Team Mexico is intending to build a functional sculpture based on this ancient
knowledge. We present the Sundial Observatory Sculpture, having in mind the
possibility that attendees have an aesthetic but also an interactive experience.
During the day they will be able to notice the difference between solar noon
and calendar noonday, the time of sunrise & sunset (solar and calendar), and
follow the North Star and go all over the Big Dipper through the Sculpture.
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Based on statistics from the local geography, the few clouds in the area will
allow the viewers to view an abstract/beautiful sculptural object in snow and
allow them to interact and identify its predictions.
TEAM MONGOLIA, BAYANMUNKH
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The Happiness of Family
CAPTAIN: Govisaikhan Bayanmunkh
MEMBERS: Tserenbat Dashbaljir, Tserenbat Dashdondog,
Enkhbaatar Doljinsuren
Motherhood is the most invaluable intervention for the personal developments
and skills of any animal/person in the world. The sculpture reveals the moment
in which a mother teaches her babies how to swim.
TEAM MONGOLIA, BAYANMUNKH
Lion and Butterfly
CAPTAIN: Batmunkh Tserendash
MEMBERS: Ochirbold Ayurzana, Atanbayar Odgerel, Amarsanaa Lkhagva
Once upon a time, lion, the king of animals, was fully covered with fur. He used
to threaten and scare other animals with his power and strength as usual. One
sunny day, he comes at the nest of butterflies when a butterfly asked him to
do not break their nest. But, the Lion broke the nest and bullied the butterflies.
Then the lion had slept on his way to home due to he was tired. The butterflies
came at the sleeping lion and ate his whole fur. Finally, they were eating the
fur on his head while the lion waked up as he felt cold and naked. Since the
moment, the lion adapts living in tropics.
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Team Sculptures
TEAM SWITZERLAND
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Converse
CAPTAIN: Michael Wymann
MEMBERS: Daniel Christen, Marcel Freiburghaus, Daniel Kaelin
Two elements, in a semantic relationship, making the pair almost identical, yet
they are Converse.
TEAM UKRAINE
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Love Wins
CAPTAIN: Bogdan Kutsevych
MEMBERS: Oleksiy Poda, Joe Gagnepain, Gregory Brown
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Our sculpture depicts a fist, which is being stopped by an open palm.
The fist symbolizes the brute force, violence and war. On the other hand, the
palm is a metaphor of peace and love. We believe in Power of Love, and we
suppose that any war and especially current military conflict in Ukraine can be
stopped by negotiations and compromises instead of weapons. We hope that
peace will come back to Ukraine very soon and love will win.
TEAM VERMONT
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Rhonda and her Recycling Robo-Octopus
CAPTAIN: Michael Nedell
MEMBERS: Brooke Monte, Adrien Tans, Dave Rothstein
Our sculpture pays homage to American ingenuity and the growing makermovement and maker-spaces. These DIY spaces where people gather to
create and learn and problem solve together; the contributions of an increasing
amount of tinkerers & inventors dedicated to making the world a better place.
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It celebrates children, their creativity, and what they can accomplish when
given opportunities to flourish. Depicted is 14 year-old Rhonda; a math and
science whiz, active member of her local maker-space and a passion for
recycling. Rhonda invented her Robo-Octopus to help clean up the ocean
floor. She rides inside the control-head, directing its movement, and each
of its eight tentacles. The Robo-Octopus includes receptacles for various
recyclables, some which fuel her creation. Thanks to her ingenuity and the
help of her community at the maker-space, Rhonda’s got a leg up (or eight) in
solving problems and moving toward a bright future.
TEAM WISCONSIN
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Dia de Muertos
CAPTAIN: Jeffrey Shawan
MEMBERS: Brett Tomczak, Greg Bulla, Jim Malkowsk
A Hispanic (Mexican Origin) holiday celebrated throughout the world from
October 31—November 2. The holiday focuses on the gathering of families
and friends to pray for and remember those who have died and help them in
their spiritual journey. Our sculpture represents an altar to remember those
who died as well as our own mortality.
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1ST PLACE
Team Lithuania
The Wind of Eternal Change
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CAPTAIN:
KESTUTIS LANAUSKAS
MEMBERS:
MINDAUGAS JURENAS
ARTURAS BURNEIKA
TOMAS PETREIKIS
2ND PLACE
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PETER FREEDMAN
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3RD PLACE
USA-Minnesota
The Tempest
CAPTAIN:
ADAM TURNER
MEMBERS:
CHARLEY SWANSON
DAVID RYDING
MIKE MAJERUS
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stores. This fee is intended to encourage the use of reusable bags and dissuade
the use of disposable bags, thereby furthering the Town’s sustainability efforts.
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EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS
FIRE SCULPTURES BY KEITH D’ANGELO + RYON GESINK +
ALEX NOLAN + JAMES REINHARDT + ALVIN SESSIONS + JAMIE VAIDA +
PYRO PERFORMANCES BY FRACTAL TRIBE +
MUSIC BY DJ STRETCH +
DEMOS IN RAKU FIRING + CANDLE MAKING +
ENCAUSTIC PAINTING + SILVERSMITHING + LAMPWORKING ++
FIRE ARTS FESTIVAL
JAN 28–31, 5 TO 9 PM
BRECKENRIDGE ARTS DISTRICT
DOWNTOWN @ WASHINGTON AVENUE + RIDGE STREET
SCULPTURE IGNITIONS ON THE HOUR STARTING @ 5 PM
FIRE PERFORMANCES ON THE HALF HOUR STARTING @ 6:30 PM
Presented by Breckenridge Creative Arts
breckcreate.org
Presented in conjunction with the International Snow Sculpture Championships, Jan 26–Feb 7
Frequently Asked Questions
WHERE DOES THE SNOW COME
WHAT TYPE OF TOOLS CAN THE
FROM?
ARTIST USE?
Breckenridge Ski Resort makes the
Artists have a total of 65 hours to
snow and the Town of Breckenridge
sculpt; they use hand tools including
Public Works Department hauls it to the
vegetable peelers, chicken wire, small
event site with dump trucks. With each
saws, and more. Power tools, colorants,
of the 16 starting blocks weighing in at
and internal support structures are
approximately 40,000 pounds, that’s
prohibited.
about 320 tons of snow!
HOW ARE THE BLOCKS OF SNOW
FORMED?
August. A selection committee reviews
Using front-end loaders and a huge
the entries and decides which teams
blower, snow is transferred from the
to invite. Selected teams provide their
dump trucks into wooden molds. Five
own transportation to Denver and are
to ten volunteers, “snow stompers,”
supported by a travel stipend. The
climb into the block and stomp the
Organizing Committee, combined with
snow to help pack it down. The process
the help of many local sponsors, take
is repeated until the mold is full and
care of artists meals, transportation
packed into a sculptable block.
from DIA, and lodging in Breckenridge.
WHAT DO THE TEAMS WIN?
There are no cash prizes; artists
compete only for glory. The first,
second, and third place winners each
WHAT
THE
receive a medallion, a trophy, and a
SCULPTURES WHEN THE EVENT IS
HAPPENS
TO
ribbon. Awards are also presented to
OVER?
the winners of the People’s Choice,
After the January 30 awards ceremony,
Kids’ Choice, and Artists’ Choice.
sculptures are scheduled to remain on
display through February 7. Sculptures
HOW
BIG
ARE
THE
SNOW
SCULPTURES?
disappear that evening, just not as
magically as they appeared.
The blocks measure 10 feet wide,
10 feet long and 12 feet high before
HOW ARE THE TEAMS CHOSEN?
artists take to the snow with hand tools.
The
Finished pieces tower over the crowds.
Committee sends 250 invitations in
Snow
Sculpture
Organizing
June and receives artist submissions in
26TH ANNUAL BUDWEISER INTERNATIONAL SNOW SCULPTURE CHAMPIONSHIPS PRESENTED BY YOUR HOMETOWN TOYOTA STORES
Meet The Panel of Judges for 2016
GARY SOLES
Photographer and Gallery Owner
Gary has evolved through the ranks of Commercial
Photography to become one of the few remaining large format
film photographers, he now specializes in capturing the grand
landscapes of the American West. He enjoys balancing his
time shooting in the field and producing the images on display
at his Gallery at 300 South Main Street in Breckenridge.
for the City of Lakewood. Where she oversees all visual arts
programming at the Washington Heights Arts Center and the
Lakewood Cultural Center, in addition she runs the Public Arts
Program and curates Lakewood’s five galleries.
KIA NEILL
Installation Artist
Kia Neill is a multidiscipline artist working in mixed media
drawing sculpture, installation, painting, and photography.
MARGARET HUNT
Neill is native to Chicago Illinois, received her MFA from The
Executive Director of Colorado Creative
Industries
to Denver CO from Houston TX, where she was full-time
University of California, San Diego, and has recently relocated
faculty for 7 years at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston Glassell
Previously she served as the Executive Director of the Utah
School of Art. Neill currently is Adjunct Instructor at University
Division of Arts and Museums for eight years. She led the
of Denver School of Art and Art History, and teaches a variety
agency through significant changes including the merger
of workshops in the Breckenridge Arts District. Neill exhibits
of two state agencies: the Utah Arts Council and the Office
nationally, has work in permanent public collections, and has
of Museum Services. Other positions she has held include
received a number of grants and commissions.
Director of Community and Economic Development for Salt
Lake City government, Manager of Economic Development
LONETA SHOWELL
Programs for PacifiCorp/Rocky Mountain Power Company,
Art Director for Mountain Living
Director of the International Microfinance Training Program
at Naropa University and Vice President of a Utah-based
fundraising consulting group for non-profit organizations.
Margaret is on the board of the National Assembly of State Arts
Agencies and a Trustee of the Western States Arts Federation.
She has received numerous leadership awards over the years
and is also a visual artist.
Loneta Showell is the art director for Mountain Living. Since
the magazine’s launch in 1994, she has guided the vision
for the brand, which now encompasses a website, weekly
e-newsletters and numerous social media platforms. In
addition to producing the magazine’s covers and editorial
pages, Loneta travels throughout the West directing and styling
photo shoots.
LORENE LILLIARD-JOOS
Loneta graduated from the University of Northwestern with
Arts Programming Curator
a degree in graphic design and a fine art minor. In her free
Lorene was raised in Colorado and received her Juris
time she enjoys repurposing found objects into furniture and
Doctorate from Southwestern University. She practiced law in
lighting, creating leather journals and purses, and offering
California before moving back to Colorado to raise her family.
sisterly design advice to her brother, who is a professional
Settling in Evergreen she became involved in community
wood sculptor.
events serving on the founding board of Rocky Mountain
Academy of Evergreen and the Mountain Youth Festival. In
1996 she joined the board of the Evergreen Arts Council and
later was asked to serve as its Executive Director where she
was instrumental in the creation of the Center for the Arts
Evergreen. Currently she is the Arts Programming Curator
JENN CRAM
Director of Public Programs + Engagement
for Breckenridge Creative Arts and Judging
Coordinator
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ISSC History - How it all Began
THE START OF SNOW SCULPTING IN BRECKENRIDGE
In a town that averages over 300 inches
of fresh powder each year, it’s only
natural that Breckenridge locals would
discover more than one use for the white
stuff. An evolutionary blend of hometown
good humor and keen artistic aspirations
transformed a locals’ festival into one
of the world’s premier snow events,
the Breckenridge International Snow
Sculpture Championships.
In it’s earliest days, snow sculpting
was part of Ullr Fest, the town’s annual
celebration of winter and bountiful
snow. Businesses, individuals, civic
“Snow is a living medium. It starts as
water from the sky, and we just grasp
it briefly and then it’s water again.
It’s a lot like life in that respect.”
– Rob Neyland
organizations, and even school children
would create artistic (and sometimes
outlandish) snow art. To the winner of
the Ullr sculpting contest would go the
spoils – mention in the local paper and a
As years passed, sculptures progressed
Switzerland, Russia, China, Argentina,
prize donated by fellow competitors.
and
and Canada.
goals
elevated.
Team
Breck
competed in the Colorado State Snow
In 1979, the staff at Moore and Co. Real
Sculpture Championships – hosted here
Worldwide acclaim inspired an effort
Estate pondered which Ullr event to
in town by Team Breck – and then set
to mentor a whole new generation of
enter. Would they design a float for the
their sights on an international event.
snow artists. In December 2008, the
parade or craft a sculpture from snow? A
founders of Breckenridge’s international
coin toss said snow, and the staff formed
The dream became reality in 1991
competition returned snow sculpting
what became Team Breck, the town’s
when Team Breck’s Rob Neyland, Ron
to the streets with the Breckenridge
competitive snow sculpting team.
Shelton, Randy Amys, and Bill Hazell,
Snowflake Challenge. The grassroots
along with the Town of Breckenridge and
event encouraged community members
Breckenridge Ski Resort, played host
to continue the legacy of Team Breck.
to teams from around the country and
the globe for the inaugural International
Today
Snow Sculpture Championships.
January when the space outside the
that
legacy
is
clear
every
Riverwalk Center transforms into an
Successive
competitions
bring
new
outdoor sculpture gallery. Be a part
languages and new friends to our historic
of Breckenridge history and watch as
mining town, which has welcomed
sculptors carve snow into stunning
artists from countries such as Morocco,
works of art.
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THE CANTEEN
A Look Back: Snowmen on Steroids
Breckenridge celebrates 25 years of international sculpture competition
by Jessica Smith and Krista Driscoll
First come the giant blocks of snow.
When the 12-foot-tall, 20-ton giants
appear in Breckenridge’s Riverwalk
Center parking lot, they look like a
strange, icy Stonehenge. Then the snow
carvers arrive with their tools and get
to work. Over the next five days, the
blocks transform, growing appendages,
caverns, textures, developing depth. The
teams work through the night, squinting
in the harsh strung-up electric lights,
racing to make the deadline by morning
of the fifth day.
This is the Budweiser International
a
— Marvin calls the shots, and Marvin
or do a float for the Ullr Parade.
competition with global pull that takes
is smitten with whittling away at piles of
It came up heads, so we did a
place each winter in Breckenridge.
white gold.
snow sculpture.”
important anniversary — 25 years of
“Oh my god, he is totally focused and
Neyland
artistic creation, fierce competition and
pushes aside and makes a complete
Breckenridge
international acclaim.
mess of the rest of my life because he
Estate
figures the snow sculpture is the most
the
Rob Neyland, aka Carvin’ Marvin
important, so I have to stuff him kicking
winning
Every year, sometime in mid-winter, Rob
and screaming back into the closet after
with different pieces.
Neyland’s mind is taken over by his
each competition,” Neyland said.
Snow
Sculpture
Championships,
This year, the event celebrates an
and
his
from
Associates
continued
small,
team
to
Real
compete
local
back-to-back
in
competition,
awards
“We won quite a few years in a row,”
alter ego, his evil twin, Carvin’ Marvin
Neyland has been feeding Marvin’s
he said. “Then one day in 1985, a
obsession
in
gentleman came along while we were
Breckenridge since 1980, when the
working on our piece out in front of what
championships were still a no-name
is now Ember and he said, ‘Hey, you guys
event, a sidebar to the town’s annual Ullr
are pretty good. Have you ever thought
Fest.
about going to the nationals?’ And we
with
sculpting
snow
said, ‘Holy crap — there are nationals?
a
That, then and there, was when we were
coin toss from Ullr Fest in 1980,”
set on the course of: We need to elevate
Neyland said. “We flipped a coin
this art form for Breckenridge to make
to decide if we’d do a snow sculpture,
Breckenridge become known for this art
which
form.”
“The
whole
we’d
thing
never
came
done
from
before,
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A Look Back: Snowmen on Steroids, cont.
Japan and the world championships in
All the hard work paid off in 1991, when
Bringing an international-level snow
Finland and a silver medal at the world
Breckenridge hosted its first International
sculpture competition to Breckenridge
championships in Moscow.
Snow Sculpture Championships.
was no small task. In order to drum
Though
the
sculptures
are
self-
up support, Neyland and his team —
“All
wearing
supported, it still takes an entire
dubbed Team Breck — spent four or
Breckenridge from head to toe and
community to hold them up. The
five years establishing Breckenridge as a
telling everyone that we’re putting
gigantic event wouldn’t have gotten off
name associated with world-class snow
together a competition in Breckenridge
the ground without the initial help and
sculpting.
and y’all need to come so we can whip
continued support from the people of
up on you in Breckenridge,” he said.
Breckenridge, Neyland said.
the
while,
we’re
The piece Team Breck constructed
“We were out to establish Breckenridge
in 1987 for the newly sanctioned
as a liable venue for an international
“It is a tremendous tribute to this
Colorado State Championships was titled
competition. We were on the march to
community that everyone steps up to do
“Earthlings” and depicted a woman
collect names and numbers to build a
that — the ski area gave us the snow,
swimming with a dolphin. A similar
database.”
the town gave us the machinery and the
piece was constructed in 1988 at the
machine time, the concrete company
U.S. National Championships, but with
After years of compiling resources and
gave us the concrete forms, the crane
temperatures in Milwaukee hovering
contacts, Team Breck was ready to bring
people gave us the cranes, the lodging
around freezing, the snow collapsed 20
the international competition home. They
people and restaurants all weighed in,”
minutes before the judging deadline.
put together a slide show of their
Neyland said.
“That was a crushing blow, I have to
work
say, because we were in a dead-on lock
organization
to win the nationals with that piece,”
for it,” Neyland said, from realtors
Championships have become imprinted
Neyland said. “We dragged our sorry
and
on the identity of Breckenridge, which
butts on back to Breckenridge and said
town council.
next year we’re going to go back.”
The following year, in 1989, Team Breck
again won the Colorado event and
returned to nationals with a new sculpture
concept titled “The Frozen Moment,”
featuring a watch with exposed gears.
The piece won a gold medal and the
artists’ choice award, sending the local
sculptors to the Carnaval de Québec,
one of the largest and oldest snow art
festivals in the world.
Word of the team from the little town in
the Colorado Rockies spread, bolstered
in the following years by gold-medal
wins at the Sapporo Snow Festival in
and
presented
lodging
that
it
would
properties
to
“every
sit
to
still
the
The
International
Snow
Sculpture
was precisely the goal from the very
beginning.
That sculpture kicked off Day’s love affair
everything must be done by hand.
“You can’t see any story or brochure or
with the art form, and from that date on,
There really aren’t any official tools for
electronic imagery about Breckenridge
he competed in every Breckenridge
snow sculpting, so sculptors need to get
in any venue in the world that does not
championship except one.
creative. Day has modified everything
include some sort of image of the snow
from floor scrapers to cheese graters
sculpture that happens in Breckenridge
“I love it,” Day said. He estimates that
to create just the right effect. Working
every
year.
It’s
become
indelibly
he’s created around 23 snow sculptures
alongside other teams is a great way to
associated with Breckenridge, and I
during his 18-year-career.
pass on or pick up tips on techniques.
think that’s just splendid,” Neyland said.
He loves the fact that competition
In
fact,
the
doesn’t get in the way of making friends
the
event
is
and having a good time.
of the sculpting process.
began, co-founders Rob Neyland and
“That’s the best thing about this
“The camaraderie of everybody out
Ron Shelton asked Breckenridge local
competition, is we don’t offer big money
there working to achieve what they have
Tom Day to join Team Breck based on
for first, second and third place,” he
set forth, and just hanging out with the
his artistic background. Day agreed
said. “You do that, people don’t talk to
people and sharing the tools,” he said.
and that year the three of them created
each other.”
“It doesn’t really matter if I win or not or
Tom Day, the artist
atmosphere
his
favorite
of
part
In 1996, five years after the championship
“Cold Fusion,” a sculpture of a man and
place whatever. I just enjoy the whole
a woman rising out of a coil, leaning in
Tool
sharing
for a kiss.
the
Breckenridge
is
commonplace
at
championships.
process of the competition. It’s really
fun.”
Competition rules prohibit power tools;
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