Canton First Friday: Ice sculpting, 'Frozen' on big outdoor screen

Ed Balint, The Repository
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January's First Friday this week in downtown Canton features an ice theme. The popular movie "Frozen" will be played on the large video screen at Centennial Plaza. Ice sculpting demonstrations also will be happening.
January's First Friday this week in downtown Canton features an ice theme. The popular movie "Frozen" will be played on the large video screen at Centennial Plaza. Ice sculpting demonstrations also will be happening.

CANTON − January's First Friday features ice sculpting demonstrations and the popular animated movie "Frozen" shown on the big screen outdoors at Centennial Plaza in downtown Canton.

First Friday is 5 to 9 p.m. Jan. 6 in the Canton Arts District.

"Frozen" will be shown at 5 p.m. followed by the sing-along edition of the movie at 7 p.m. Characters from the 2013 Disney movie also will be in attendance for the first showing.

Centennial Plaza is along Market Avenue N and Court Avenue NW next to Jerzee's Cafe and near Arcadia Grille.

Ice sculpting has become a tradition for Canton First Friday in January. This week's event features ice sculpting demonstrations at 20 locations.
Ice sculpting has become a tradition for Canton First Friday in January. This week's event features ice sculpting demonstrations at 20 locations.

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Ice sculpting will take place at 20 locations, including Arcadia Grille, Bender's Tavern, Belle Chic, Boomdyada gift shop, Canton Museum Of Art, Cantonology, Carpe Diem Coffee Shop, Creative Dreams and Juilliard Arts Center, Fromage du Monde cheese and wine shop, Gator's Joint, George's Lounge, Grapes in a Glass, Jerzee's Cafe, Lucca restaurant, Modern Ritual tattoo and piercing shop, Muskellunge Brewing Co., Canton Palace Theatre, Patina Arts Centre, Run to You Racing, Silo Arts Gallery, and The Hub Art Factory.

Julliard Arts Center, 610 Market Ave. N, also will have life-size "Frozen" characters made of duct tape outside for photo ops. Activities also include face-painting and make-and-take icicle projects.

Fromage du Monde will have white hot chocolate (spiked for an upcharge) and a free "snowball" (one per person).

Downtown restaurants, bars and shops also will be open.

Ice skating and new art exhibit at Strauss Studios

Weather permitting, the Hall of Fame City Ice Skating Rink, 215 Tuscarawas St. W, is expected to be open.

Strauss Studios also will unveil a new art exhibition by Clare Murray Adams in its upstairs gallery.

Murray works with paper, fabric, paint, encaustic wax, boxes and containers. The exhibit will be open 6 to 9 p.m.

Strauss Studios has a new art exhibition by Clare Murray Adams that will be open from 6 to 9 p.m. during January's First Friday event in downtown Canton.
Strauss Studios has a new art exhibition by Clare Murray Adams that will be open from 6 to 9 p.m. during January's First Friday event in downtown Canton.

“The layering and selected shapes of Adams’ work form intimate landscapes like past memories," said Jo Westfall, a gallery assistant at Strauss Studios, 236 Walnut Ave. NE.

Techniques include collage, printmaking, sewing, painting and assemblage.

"Despite the variety of materials and techniques, there are common threads running throughout her work," Westfall said in a news release. "Exploration of memory, reference to women and women’s work, a sense of vulnerability and observations of the natural world are reoccurring themes."

Strauss Studios has a new art exhibition by Clare Murray Adams that will be open from 6 to 9 p.m. during January's First Friday event in downtown Canton.
Strauss Studios has a new art exhibition by Clare Murray Adams that will be open from 6 to 9 p.m. during January's First Friday event in downtown Canton.

Murray Adams has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Kent State University and a Master of Fine Arts from Vermont College. The Canton native is professor emeritus of art and former chair of the visual art department at Malone University.

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Stitching represents a physical thread in her artwork, holding things together in place of a line drawn with a pencil, Westfall said.

“I find the act of sewing slows my hand and my thoughts in order to contemplate the experience or memory I am conveying," Murray Adams said.

Ice sculpting will be part of the Jan. 6 First Friday event in downtown Canton. Sculpting will be performed outside businesses and shops at 20 locations.
Ice sculpting will be part of the Jan. 6 First Friday event in downtown Canton. Sculpting will be performed outside businesses and shops at 20 locations.

Necklace making and free group ballroom dancing class

Other First Friday activities will include a make-and-take Japanese Marimo Moss necklaces at Boomdyada starting at $20. The shop, which offers terrariums and terrarium jewelry, is at 332 Fourth St. NW.

R&J Ballroom, 401 Tuscarawas St., Suite 302, inside the Canton News Building, will offer a free group ballroom dancing class 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. The class is open to both beginners and more experienced dancers. Reservations and a partner are not necessary.

January's First Friday this week in downtown Canton features an ice theme. The popular movie "Frozen" will be played on the large video screen at Centennial Plaza. Ice sculpting demonstrations also will be happening.
January's First Friday this week in downtown Canton features an ice theme. The popular movie "Frozen" will be played on the large video screen at Centennial Plaza. Ice sculpting demonstrations also will be happening.

First Friday art fun

Other activities include creating ice castle artwork at BZTAT Studios, 209 Sixth St NW. The make-it-take-it artwork is $2. Gifts and artwork also will be for sale.

Patina Arts Centre, 324 Cleveland Ave. NW, will host an exhibition of work by the gallery and studio's resident artists, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and mixed-media works.

Ice sculpting will take place at 20 locations in downtown Canton during January's First Friday activities this week. The event is 5 to 9 p.m.
Ice sculpting will take place at 20 locations in downtown Canton during January's First Friday activities this week. The event is 5 to 9 p.m.

Admission also will be free from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Canton Museum of Art in conjunction with First Friday. Four new winter exhibitions will be on display. Hands-on art activities also will be featured in the museum's education space.

Live art demonstrations also will take place 5 to 10 p.m. Friday at The Hub Art Factory, 336 Sixth St. NW.

Ice sculpting has become a tradition for Canton First Friday in January. This week's event features ice sculpting demonstrations at 20 locations.
Ice sculpting has become a tradition for Canton First Friday in January. This week's event features ice sculpting demonstrations at 20 locations.

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