Locals gatheredat the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences’ Deep Freeze Festlast Friday night to support and celebrate community arts in the dead of winter.

Outside, ceramics manager and instructor Jeff Ruemeli tended the fire pits for marshmallow roasting. “I started volunteering at this event four years ago,” he said. “My responsibility has been the fire tender. As the resident potter who fires the kiln, I’m no stranger to heat,” he joked.