Ice Hotel Quebec-Canada: 5th Anniversary Arts of Winter Shine
For its 5th Anniversary, the Ice Hotel will become the stage for the first ever Arts of Winter Festival, an event to encourage the development and promotion of visual arts in a winter setting. Architecture, sculpture, and painting on ice will all have their chance to shine during the 2005 Edition.
(PRWEB) December 15, 2004 -- The 5th Anniversary of the Ice Hotel will be
celebrated in flying colours through the different styles of winter.
In
addition to renewing the design of its superb Chapel, Ice Hotel will become the
stage for the first ever Arts of Winter Festival. This event, organized by the
Les Allumeurs d’Étoiles inc will encourage the development and promotion of
visual arts in a winter setting. Architecture, sculpture, and painting on ice
will all have their chance to shine during the 2005 Edition.
Mr. Serge
Péloquin, President of the Les Allumeurs d’Étoiles organization has wanted to
highlight the many possibilities of winter art for some time. Immersed in the
entourage of the Ice Hotel from the beginning and working in the artistic world
for many years, Mr. Péloquin took note of the talent of the artists and the
potential that snow and ice offer as mediums of expression. He tells us,
«Extraordinary pieces can be produced with these simple elements of nature.” For
this inaugural edition of Arts of Winter Festival, an architectural event was
organized and 9 of the 13 Ice Hotel theme suites will be produced following the
concepts conceived by students from the 3 architectural schools of
Quebec.
An international ice sculpture event will be held in February and
everything will come to a close with a painting symposium in March 2005. This
first edition is a good leap for an event which will surely continue to grow in
the coming years.
The Ice Hotel experience is even more magical when
combined with the activities offered by our partners; Aventure Inukshuk
(dogsledding), Portneuf Aventure (snowmobiling), Catshalac (Ice fishing), and
Duchesnay (cross-country skiing, snow shoeing, skating).
January 7 to
April 3, 2005, celebrate Ice Hotel’s five seasons.
An ephemeral and grandiose
place to rediscover yearly.
Source:
Ryan Fortner, Marketing
Communications Assistant
Marie-Noëlle Marceau, Communications Agent / Press
Relations
418-875-4522 Toll-free:
877-505-0423 (CAN/USA)
www.icehotel-canada.com
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