Marietta Main Street Board of Directors’ Past President Tim Glover helped distribute sculptures on Saturday afternoon. Tim is rocking out with an ice guitar, a sculpture sponsored by The Galley.
The 2021 Marietta Ice Show certainly drew a crowd, some downtown business owners sharing this event filled the sidewalks more than they’ve seen in years while others sharing that thanks to shoppers, they had the best sales day since 2019.
But, the ability to support downtown shops and restaurants was just the beginning to a day filled with winter magic; from 16 beautiful, hand-carved ice sculptures to a live sculpture carving to snow dancing down from the sky, the Marietta Ice Show brought friends and family out wearing masks to safely enjoy our downtown and each other in the cold of mid-January.
Thanks to title sponsor Glenwood Community, we are proud to have provided such a well-loved event this year and are already looking forward to the 2022 Marietta Ice Show.
We also owe gratitude to each of our sculpture sponsors, our volunteers for helping to distribute sculptures to various locations, and to Mattressmax for allowing usage of their box truck for the transportation of sculptures.
View photos of each sculpture from this year’s Ice Show below.
Sculpture Sponsor: Glenwood Community
Sculpture Design: Two hands holding the world
Sculpture Sponsor: Marietta-Washington County CVB
Sculpture Design: Ohio State Buckeyes logo on top of the state of Ohio
Sculpture Sponsor: We Love Pets
Sculpture Design: Betta fish swim together through water
Sculpture Sponsor: Southeast Ohio Public Energy Council
Sculpture Design: Historic Harmar Bridge
Sculpture Sponsor: Mattressmax
Sculpture Design: A dragon with wings spread
Sculpture Sponsor: Memorial Health System
Sculpture Design: Elements of the Memorial Health System logo are stacked on top of each other
Sculpture Sponsor: The Galley
Sculpture Design: An electric guitar and an acoustic guitar are propped up side by side
Sculpture Sponsors: Riverside Artists Gallery, Marietta Adventure Company, Tampico Mexican Restaurant, and Rainbow Creek Land & Development
Sculpture Design: Two hands holding a ball
Sculpture Sponsors: Tabletop Puzzles & Games and Andy's Toy Chest
Sculpture Design: Disney Castle
Sculpture Sponsor: Peoples Bank
Sculpture Design: A piggy bank full of pennies and (fake) dollars coming out of the coin slot stand on top of (again, fake) dollars with the business logo carved into the side
Sculpture Sponsor: Baker & Baker Jewelers
Sculpture Design: The face of a clock with Roman numerals around gears to turn the minute hand and hour hand
Sculpture Sponsor: Clutch MOV
Sculpture Design: A life-sized viewfinder stands tall with the business logo carved into a disk of ice positioned at the base
Sculpture Sponsor: Just A Jar Design Press
Sculpture Design: Prickly Pete! Prickly Pete is a design created by owner/artist of Just A Jar, Bobby Rosenstock, that was carved into ice
Sculpture Sponsor: The Cook’s Shop
Sculpture Design: A swordfish is carved into a block of ice and place atop ocean waves as if jumping out of the water
Sculpture Sponsor: PrimeLending
Sculpture Design: The PrimeLending logo carved into a block of ice, with a buffalo positioned on top
Sculpture Sponsor: Marietta Brewing Company
Sculpture Design: MBC growlers and pint glasses were frozen inside the ice block and the MBC logo is displayed, also carved into ice. Also, two growlers are sat on top of the sculpture, sitting in ice-carved holders!
Sculpture Sponsor: Marietta Moose Lodge #1823
Sculpture Design: The Marietta Moose Lodge logo carved into a block of ice and topped with a rack of moose antlers
