{"id":8272,"date":"2024-01-29T21:18:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T19:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/?post_type=news&#038;p=8272"},"modified":"2024-07-03T11:15:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T08:15:13","slug":"arctic-art-festival-rovaniemi-snowhotel","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/news\/arctic-art-festival-rovaniemi-snowhotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Arctic Art Festival 2024 brought art made of snow and ice for the pleasure of tourists &amp; locals!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/arcticsnowhotel.fi\/arctic-art-festival\/\"> <strong>Arctic Art Festival 2024<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>was organised successfully for the second time at the <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticsnowhotel.fi\/\">Arctic SnowHotel <\/a>in the village of Lehtoj\u00e4rvi in Rovaniemi, Finland. From <strong>January 22-27, 2024<\/strong>, the event featured events and activities related to snow and ice, including an international snow sculpting competition, ice sculpting and fire shows, free entry to Snowman World and its ice disco, and the Arctic SnowHotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"797\" src=\"https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Arctic-Art-festival-rovaniemi-1280x797.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Arctic-Art-festival-rovaniemi-1280x797.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Arctic-Art-festival-rovaniemi-640x399.jpg 640w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Arctic-Art-festival-rovaniemi-320x199.jpg 320w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Arctic-Art-festival-rovaniemi-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Arctic-Art-festival-rovaniemi-1536x957.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Arctic-Art-festival-rovaniemi-2048x1276.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Festival was also a great opportunity to bring the unique art to both the thousands of locals of Lapland and travellers from around the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"947\" src=\"https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Arctic-Art-Festival-1280x947.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Arctic-Art-Festival-1280x947.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Arctic-Art-Festival-640x474.jpg 640w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Arctic-Art-Festival-320x237.jpg 320w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Arctic-Art-Festival-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Arctic-Art-Festival-1536x1137.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Arctic-Art-Festival.jpg 1709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The main event of the Festival was the International Snow Sculpture Competition: eight artists from around the world demonstrated with their incredible pieces of art, their creativity with snow and ice. The winner of the competition was the artwork <strong>&#8220;Blooming&#8221;<\/strong>, crafted by <strong>Ludo Roders<\/strong> and <strong>Oscar Rodriguez<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"883\" src=\"https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/blooming-arctic-art-festival-1280x883.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/blooming-arctic-art-festival-1280x883.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/blooming-arctic-art-festival-640x442.jpg 640w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/blooming-arctic-art-festival-320x221.jpg 320w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/blooming-arctic-art-festival-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/blooming-arctic-art-festival-1536x1060.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/blooming-arctic-art-festival-2048x1413.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Winner of the Snow Sculpture Competition: &#8220;Blooming&#8221; by Ludo Roders and Oscar Rodriguez<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One highlight of the Festival was the speed ice carving show, where the competitors had one hour to create a piece of art of from Arctic ice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DJI_20240127072406_0113_D-Copy-1280x850.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DJI_20240127072406_0113_D-Copy-1280x850.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DJI_20240127072406_0113_D-Copy-640x425.jpg 640w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DJI_20240127072406_0113_D-Copy-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DJI_20240127072406_0113_D-Copy-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DJI_20240127072406_0113_D-Copy-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/santaclausvillage.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DJI_20240127072406_0113_D-Copy-2048x1360.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The event also offered lots of fun particularly targeted to children including a kick sledging competition, snow tubing, ice carving lessons, and meeting the snowmen of Snowman World.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Arctic Art Festival 2024 - Arctic SnowHotel in Rovaniemi - Lapland Finland\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BclYRQ_Je7g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>VIDEO : Arctic Art Festival 2024 in Rovaniemi, Lapland<\/em> .<em> Produced<\/em> <em>by <a href=\"https:\/\/europevideoproductions.com\/\">Europe Video Productions<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joulupukkitv.com\/en\/\">Joulupukki TV<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8273,"template":"","class_list":["post-8272","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<title>Arctic Art Festival 2024 brought art made of snow and ice for the pleasure of tourists &amp; locals! 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