One Block Ice Sculpture Exhibit - A First Night State College Event

One Block Ice Sculpture Exhibit features over eighty-five one block ice sculptures. 

They are displayed in front of downtown businesses and churches, in Sidney Friedman Park, and on Mayor Welch Plaza in front of the State College Municipal Building. Be sure to bring your camera and allow plenty of time to see our spectacular display!

Celebrating their twenty-seventh year, the First Night State College Ice Sculptors will carve nearly 90 blocks—that’s more than 10 tons!–of crystal clear Pennsylvania ice for this year’s First Night. The First Night Ice Sculptors include Jared McAlister, Robert Higareda, Mark Masterangelo, Mitch Shrader, Danny Kissel, Joshua Miller, Kenneth Frederick, Carlos Rivera and Isaiah Winters under the direction of Ice Captain Ernie DiMartino. The large walls and sculptures are created from blocks that are produced in a special Clinebell freezing process that makes beautifully clear ice.

The display is only temporary, however. Our giant ice sculptures come down at 6:00 pm on New Year’s Day, unless Mother Nature melts them sooner.