Yesterday, February 2, the artists of the 22nd International Ice Sculpture Festival arrived in Jelgava. 30 professional sculptors from seven countries - Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Finland - have been selected for the competition. As usual, sculptors will demonstrate their skills in two categories - individual and team.

A total of 45 sculpture competition sculptures will be created during the festival.

The artists will start working on the creation of the ice artwork already on Monday, February 3, continuing until the opening of the festival on February 7.