Ice carving instruction and programs

Paul Germain's
Academy of Ice Carving and Design - AICD
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Associate Ice Carver Program
For highly motivated cooks and culinary students
who want to "jump start" their career goals


Corporate Ice Carver Program

Now enrolling!

Intensive, multi-level ice carving instruction is available. Over the past 30 years, Paul Germain has developed, researched, and perfected the "best of the best" design and ice carving techniques from his own experience - and from around the world! Condensed into comprehensive training formats, each program includes dynamic, hands-on, intensive training in the art of ice carving.

This instructional program is available year-round.




AICD
Associate Ice Carver Program


AICD's comprehensive one-day (10 hours) Associate program of private instruction is for cooks and culinary students who need professional training fast! This intensive one-day program will equip the carver with the most critical techniques available from our two-day Professional Ice Carver Program.

Through intensive hands-on lessons, Paul Germain's unique and rigorous training system will give you confidence in a broad range of beginning, intermediate, and advanced ice carving skills in just one day.

The savings in time, tuition, meals, and lodging make our Associate Ice Carver Program the most popular program of choice for companies who wish to offer comprehensive and immediate instruction for their most talented and motivated cooks and culinary students.


Our goal is bold:
to make it possible for you to learn more
professional ice carving skills through hands-on experience
than has ever been possible in such a short time period of time!

After a very full day of intensive instruction, Nick Monaccio from the North Ranch Country Club in Bakersfield, California, displays his new found skills with inexhaustible enthusiasm.

Note:
This program requires that the carver be in excellent health,
and must be capable of working with heavy materials
and equipment for prolonged periods of time.

Features Private, Highly Interactive Instruction

The most important and innovative techniques of professional ice carving have been condensed into a single 10 hour program. Due to the fast-paced intensity of this custom program, it is best suited for private instruction of students who are capable of optimum concentration and physical stamina. Our unique program includes hands-on training in many of the highly specialized, "secret ice carving techniques" developed throughout Paul's 25 years of experience in the ice sculpting industry.

AICD's Associate Ice Carver Program is ideally suited for any culinary school, hotel, country club, caterer, or restaurant that is in need of immediate ice sculpture instruction within as short of time frame as possible.

The AICD Associate Ice Carver Program includes a full day (10 hours) of intensive, hands-on, private ice carving instruction.

Course topics from our Professional
Ice Carver Program have been adapted to help beginning carvers gain the essential skills needed to create and display traditional buffet sculptures and detailed engraved logos.

This program includes lunch and use of
all equipment, materials, 20 ice carving books, computer, 900 lbs. (3 blocks) of crystal clear ice, and many other resources.


The AICD Associate Ice Carver Program is designed to teach a broad range of ice carving skills and technologies needed for beginning ice carvers. As with our other programs, ice carving instruction includes hands-on experience with many of the celebrated techniques used by professional ice sculptors around the world today.


Corporate Ice Carver Program

Each graduate will receive an embossed "Associate Ice Carver Program" certificate.


Location, Travel Assistance, Accomodations
Note: AICD can also provide training anywhere in the world


One Full Day (10 hours) of Private Instruction - $1,695
Our private, one-on-one instruction is available for highly motivated ice carvers who want to advance at a rate that is optimum for their learning style, skill, and level of experience. Private instruction is adapted to suit the individual carver's needs.

Tuition includes the use of all
equipment, materials, 20 ice carving books, computer, 900 lbs. (3 blocks) of crystal clear Clinebell ice blocks, and many other resources.


Note: All tools, ice, artwork, resources, and supplies used for instructional purposes are considered the property of AICD and are to remain at the AICD facility. AICD reserves the sole right to discard, donate, or raise funds for any ice sculpture completed through its courses of instruction.

Culinary Student Discounts, ACF/PCA Discounts, and sponsored Memberships in NICA are also available. See below for detailed information.


AICD also offers the following programs of instruction:


We encourage and honor membership in the National Ice Carving Association (NICA). When you have a written recommendation from a NICA representative, AICD will sponsor and pay for a Student/Carver Membership in NICA for one full year upon successful completion of the AICD Master Ice Carving Program or the AICD Professional Ice Carver Program.

Special Scholarships and Discounts

We also encourage and honor membership in the American Culinary Federation (ACF), and the Professional Chef's Association (PCA), as well as other organizations committed to the promotion of ice carving in the hospitality and culinary insdustries.

When you recieve a written recommendation from a representative of the American Culinary Federation, Professional Chef's Association, or other professional culinary association, a 10% Scholarship for tuition is available for the Master Ice Carver Program and the Professional Ice Carver Program at AICD. This scholarship cannot be used in conjunction with other scholarships or discounts.

A Culinary Student Scholarship of 10% for tuition is available for the Master Ice Carver Program and the Professional Ice Carver Program at AICD. This scholarship is available for carvers who recieve a written recommendation from a representative of one of the schools on our Top 65 Culinary Schools list. This scholarship cannot be used in conjunction with other scholarships or discounts.

Discounts for enrollment in two or more levels - AICD offers a 10% discount for pre-paid enrollment in two or more levels of its Master Ice Carver Program. This discount cannot be used in conjunction with other discounts or scholarships.


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About the Director/Founder
View a sampling of Paul Germain's commercial ice sculptures at
www.icesculptureworld.com

Paul Germain is a professional ice sculptor and art educator. He has been developing and researching innovative ice carving techniques and instructional methods for over 30 years.

Paul (who also owns Ice Sculpture World) has masterfully combined his years of experience in the ice carving and hospitality industry with 20 years of teaching as an award-winning, professional art educator. His highly developed curriculum and dynamic hands-on training methods have created a modern standard for professional ice carving instruction.

Paul’s unique qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree featuring the university’s highest honors in Art. He is professionally credentialed by the state of California to teach Art/Design, and has also earned a Master’s degree in Instructional Leadership - which originally provided the skills needed for creating the curriculum standards of the Academy of Ice Carving and Design over 17 years ago.

As an art educator, his students' art works have been critically acclaimed, and have been displayed in venues such as the Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art. They have also been honored with "Best of Show" awards for two years running in the Congressional Art Exhibit in Washington, D.C.






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