Since 2004 Art Shanty Projects has created whimsical, weird and joyful winter art experiences for grown adults and kids of all ages. Inspired by pop-up ice fishing villages, artists use the frozen lake as a public platform to create a temporary, interactive community. With few regulations and no building codes – and against intense and unpredictable winter weather conditions – artists have the freedom and challenge to create wild and wonderful work that can’t be experienced anywhere else. Together, with our visitors, Art Shanty Projects celebrates, champions, and embraces the extreme winter sport of art making.

Art Shanty Projects uses art to create immersive, social experiences in a landscape usually occupied by cis white men – a frozen lake – inviting everyone from frozen lake first-timers to seasoned adventurers to find their connection to creativity, one another, and the outdoors.