NYS # 07 03 55                Snowsculpting_&_Icesculpting_by_Friends_Of_Sculpting_Inc.                   EIN # 141826509

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 
Updates
4/ 01/ 2008  

   I ♥ NY  
 

 

FOSI Snow & Ice WORKSHOPS

           Community Winter Art:  FOSI’s primary goals are to enrich, develop, demonstrate, and sustain the cultural life of winter art in New York State.  We will achieve this through involving local and regional artists and other interested individuals, but also constituents at large and tourists, in small to medium sized communities. 

          Community Responsibilities: The HOSTING Community is responsible for the Artists Fees, Event setup and execution costs, Lodging & Meals for the artists and staff, in addition to Site Event Insurance, Forms, and Materials, Snow, Ice, & Staff to build snow blocks or erect Ice blocks & Workshop Advertising Costs for the event.  For the workshop to be effective local (art) Adults or Teachers must participate to help children and new participants the following years.

          Grants:  Grants are available thru the NYS Council of the Arts Decentralization Program administer locally to your community by your local arts council.  Application Deadline is usually Sept 1, the year before the workshop is scheduled.  The community representative must attend Seminars to receive applications for the grant.  FOSI will assist the applicant with our information to help obtain the grant for the workshop.
 If the grant does not happen or cover FOSI's total cost for the workshop
The Community is responsible for the fees or remainder of the fees.

          Growth of Tourism:  Northern NY region experiences the State’s mildest winter season and usually the smallest snowfall. FOSI’s Exhibition/Workshops will create skills for residents to make not just athletic but cultural use of these climatic opportunities. These types of events may directly affect the growth of tourism during a financial depressed period.   Our Exhibition/Workshops try to entice tourism into the community and enhance the economic growth for a short time period in that community at a time when the local economy is at the lowest point during the winter season.

          Historic Exhibitions:  FOSI will provide Photo Exhibitions of historic Ice and Snow Sculptures from Olympic, International, National, and State competitions of 1988 to present day during the Workshop days
          KEY ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL:  An experienced team, fine-tuned in the last 9 winter seasons will provide Administration of the Event.

          KEY ARTISTIC PERSONNEL:  The teaching artists will be composed of professional experienced artists.  Some teams have won previous state championships, national and international prizes including Olympic Arts Festival awards.

          Local Artists and Art Organizations:     The Exhibition/Workshops will also serve local artists and art organizations in  NY communities. We encourage and foster communication and interaction between regional artists and these communities.
          Partnership:  FOSI provides an event that fosters and combines the talent and resources of the communities, their service clubs, businesses, civil agencies, and community individuals to work in partnership in the preparation, production, and post-completion care of our snow sculptures. 

          Public Awareness: The Exhibition/Workshops will provide cultural entertainment and enhance public awareness to the value of a creative arts environment for both residents and visitors.

         We develop creative ideas for sculpture themes with and for our workshop students.  Common construction and gardening tools are used in conjunction with unique tools designed specifically for this cultural activity and will be on display and in use by the artists and their workshop students.   

         Public Participation:  If the Hosting Community wishes to have some pre advanced registration that is fine, but FOSI requires no pre-registration before the date of the workshop for participation by the public.  No Fees are charged to the public for participation.  The General public is asked to partake with hands on instruction and full use of tools on the medium.
         Workshop Dates: Tentatively to be scheduled with FOSI's calendar on a Winter Saturday 10am –4pm for Participants
        WORKSHOP COSTS: Fees paid to FOSI for FOSI Workshops start at $5,000.00 per one day workshop, dependant on medium, size of workshop and # of artists required!  50% of Workshop cost must be paid prior to workshop setup as a retainer.  The remainder of Fees to be paid at the conclusion of the workshop day.