Events - Ice Follies https://icefollies.ca Lake Nipissing Thu, 25 Apr 2024 19:22:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://icefollies.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-IceFollesfb_logo-32x32.jpg Events - Ice Follies https://icefollies.ca 32 32 Ice Follies Launches Tonight with Aanmitaagzi Performance! https://icefollies.ca/ice-follies-launches-tonight-with-aanmitaagzi-performance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ice-follies-launches-tonight-with-aanmitaagzi-performance Fri, 10 Feb 2023 14:30:39 +0000 https://icefollies.ca/?p=4696

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Ice Follies Launches Tonight with Aanmitaagzi Performance!

 

For Immediate Release:

[North Bay, ON, February 10, 2023] – This free festival kicks off tonight at 6pm at Shabogesic Beach, Lake Nipissing (formerly known as Marathon Beach) with welcoming remarks, followed by a magical, not to be missed opening performance entitled ALL MY R(el)ATIONS by the renowned Indigenous performance group Aanmitaagzi at 7pm. All My R(el)ations was made in collaboration with Aanmitaagzi’s artists and community. “All My R(el)ations explores stories of the rationing of our culture, language, traditional territory and ourselves.” – Sid Bobb, Co-Artistic Director of Aanmitaagzi. More info on All My R(el)ations can be found on Aanmitaagzi.net

The opening performance by Aanmitaagzi sets the tone for this exciting 10th anniversary celebration, which features 11 art projects made just for the icy festival. Free refreshments will be available on opening night to help warm festival-goers.

Visitors can hear from the artists themselves during the festival’s free Artist Talk series. On Saturday, February 11th from 1pm – 5pm at the Spotlight Lounge in the Capitol Centre, festival artists Quinn Hopkins, Imogen Clendinning, and Public Visualization Studio will each be speaking. On Thursday, February 16th, Cease Wyss will be giving an Artist Talk presented by Nipissing University at 11am EST via Zoom (link available on icefollies.ca).

The festival is also offering tours of the artworks and installations. Tours will take place on Wednesday, February 15th at 6pm, Saturday, February 18th at 6pm, Sunday, February 19th at 11am, Monday, February 20th at 11am (free Family Day Kid-Friendly Ice Follies Tour), and Wednesday, February 22nd at 12pm. Regular tours are $10 per person and registration can be done here or through the festival website, ice follies.ca.

Ice Follies: nbagzi mkwam (Thin Ice) is a 2 week festival that takes place on frozen Lake Nipissing, off Shabogesic Beach in North Bay. It features a wide variety of ice-based activities and events for the whole family to enjoy. We encourage you to check out the full schedule at icefollies.ca and plan your visit today.


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Media Contact

Jameson Toye
Ice Follies Communications Officer
705-476-6402
info@icefollies.ca

Image: Video: Every two years, a frozen lake in North Bay becomes home to art, Globe and Mail, 2018

Image: Aanmitaagzi, Mkomiiwi (Turns to Ice), 2020

Image: Reece Terris, Darkhouse, 2018

Image: Jihee Min, A Humble Trawling, 2016

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Ice Follies Offers Free Community Events Throughout the Month of February! https://icefollies.ca/ice-follies-offers-free-community-events-throughout-the-month-of-february/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ice-follies-offers-free-community-events-throughout-the-month-of-february Tue, 07 Feb 2023 15:42:04 +0000 https://icefollies.ca/?p=4675

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Ice Follies Offers Free Community Events Throughout the Month of February!

 

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[North Bay, ON, February 7, 2023] – The organizers of Ice Follies Biennial Festival are excited to announce a jam-packed schedule of events and activities taking place throughout the month of February as part of the 10th Anniversary Festival. From live performances and artist talks to family-friendly activities and tours, there is something for everyone at this year’s Ice Follies!

This free festival will kick off on Friday, February 10th at 6:00pm at Shabogesic Beach, Lake Nipissing (formerly known as Marathon Beach) with welcoming remarks, followed by a magical, not to be missed opening performance entitled ALL MY R(el)ATIONS by the renowned Indigenous performance group Aanmitaagzi at 7pm. Free refreshments will be available to help warm festival-goers.

The 10th edition of the Ice Follies Biennial will include 11 unique projects created specifically for this one-of-a-kind Northern festival. Visitors will have the opportunity to experience artworks by both local and nationally acclaimed artists, and learn more about their techniques and inspiration. All of the artists will be present on opening night.

On February 20th, the festival will feature a special Family Day lineup of free events, including a kid-friendly Ice Follies Tour at 11am, and VOX on Ice at 1:30pm – a free-to-participate community choir amidst the artworks, facilitated by VOX Choir, performing ‘Cold as Ice’ by Foreigner with punctuations of ‘Ice Ice Baby’ by Vanilla Ice.

In addition, the festival is also offering tours of the artworks and installations. Tours will take place on Wednesday, February 15th at 6pm, Saturday, February 18th at 6pm, Sunday, February 19th at 11am, Monday, February 20th at 11am (free Family Day Kid-Friendly Ice Follies Tour), and Wednesday, February 22nd at 12pm. Regular tours are $10 per person and registration can be done here or through the festival website, ice follies.ca.

Visitors can also hear from the artists themselves during the festival’s free Artist Talk series. On Saturday, February 11th from 1pm – 5pm at the Spotlight Lounge in the Capitol Centre, festival artists Quinn Hopkins, Imogen Clendinning, and Public Visualization Studio will each be speaking. On Thursday, February 16th, Cease Wyss will be giving an Artist Talk presented by Nipissing University at 11am EST via Zoom (link available on icefollies.ca ).

On February 18th at 7pm, gather on the ice amidst the Ice Follies artworks to join a free live-stream listening party of Geronimo Inutiq’s performance – Uvattini Uqaalajunga – J’ Appel chez nous – I Am Calling Home. The live performance, weaving discussions of home from our own community, will be broadcasting from NAISA North Media Arts Centre in  South River.

Ice Follies: nbagzi mkwam (Thin Ice) is a 2 week festival that takes place on frozen Lake Nipissing, off Shabogesic Beach in North Bay. It features a wide variety of ice-based activities and events for the whole family to enjoy. We encourage you to check out the full schedule at icefollies.ca and plan your visit today.


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Media Contact

Sharon Switzer
Ice Follies Organizing Team
705 476 6402
info@icefollies.ca

Image: Video: Every two years, a frozen lake in North Bay becomes home to art, Globe and Mail, 2018

Image: Aanmitaagzi, Mkomiiwi (Turns to Ice), 2020

Image: Reece Terris, Darkhouse, 2018

Image: Jihee Min, A Humble Trawling, 2016

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Ice Follies 2020 Opening Ceremony this Saturday @5pm https://icefollies.ca/ice-follies-2020-opening-ceremony-this-saturday-5pm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ice-follies-2020-opening-ceremony-this-saturday-5pm Fri, 14 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 http://icefollies.ca/?p=564

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Ice Follies 2020 Opening Ceremony this Saturday @ 5pm

 

Ice Follies 2020 kicks off this Saturday, February 15th, at 5pm on Marathon Beach, North Bay.

This year’s theme is ‘mkomiiwi: be ice, turn to ice, be covered in ice, be icy’. Exploring that transformation from water to ice and from one realm to another. As we shift and adapt new worlds are opened and old pathways disappear. Our mode of travel changes. Ice heaves form from prevailing winds. Ice is pushed up against itself, the shore.

Make sure that you’re following #icefollies2020 on Facebook and Instagram to see the installation progress leading up to Saturday Night!

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Ice Follies 2020 Opens on February 15th at Marathon Beach https://icefollies.ca/ice-follies-2020-opens-on-february-15th-at-marathon-beach/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ice-follies-2020-opens-on-february-15th-at-marathon-beach https://icefollies.ca/ice-follies-2020-opens-on-february-15th-at-marathon-beach/#respond Wed, 22 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0000 http://icefollies.ca/?p=558

Every two years, a strange phenomenon occurs in North Bay. Just off Marathon beach on Lake Nipissing, folks venture onto the frozen landscape, where atop the ice an arrangement of structures appears. 

Ice Follies is a biennial festival of contemporary art on frozen Lake Nipissing, which sits at the heart of our communities and becomes an accessible site for a short period of time in winter. On a canvas as tranquil as it is volatile, the works are placed in direct harmony with light, water, wind, ice and snow. 

In 2020, this event unique to North Bay opens on February 15th, including sculptural, video, and performance-based installations and interactions. Artists exhibited from across Canada include Destiny Swiderski, Jon Sasaki, Emily Pelstring, Christine Negus, Aanmitaagzi, Megan Feheley, Jenna Dawn Maclellan, and more.

The theme this year is “mkomiiwi | be ice, turn to ice, be covered in ice, be icy: exploring that transformation from water to ice and from one realm to another. As we shift and adapt new worlds are opened and old pathways disappear. Our mode of travel changes. Ice heaves form from prevailing winds. Ice is pushed up against itself, the shore.”

Not-to-Miss Events

Opening Night 2020
Warm refreshments, artist activations, artist talks
February 15
5 pm
Marathon Beach (Memorial Drive, North Bay) 

Where Does Art Begin?: Mkomiiwi
Performance by Aanmitaagzi

February 22
7 pm
Marathon Beach (Memorial Drive, North Bay)

Ice Follies runs February 15-29 at Marathon Beach off North Bay’s Waterfront.

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The postponed performance of Seprent People by Aamitaagzi Storymakers is now scheduled for Saturday, Feburary 20 @ 6:00pm at the Marathon Beach site.

All are welcome to this free Ice Follies event. Warm refreshments will be served.

 

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