Frost Law Firm, PA Bartow Bloomin’ Arts Festival

Community Event

Bloomin’ Arts Festival

Date: March 6th & 7th, 2021
Where: Downtown Bartow
Time: Saturday 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Sunday 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Admission Price: Free Community Event
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Jeff Bleitz will be the judge for the Frost Law Firm, PA presents Bartow’s Bloomin’ Arts Festival’s 50th anniversary.

Jeff Bleitz is the Department Head of Graphic Design at Ringling College of Art and Design. He has been Department head since 2015 and a faculty member since 2001. He teaches at every level in the program’s print and interactive classes. He also teaches in the Ringling PreCollege summer program for high school students. He received a BFA in Graphic Design from Iowa State University and an MFA in Visual Communication from The University of Arizona. As a practicing designer he has created work for Audi, Home Depot, Maytag and USA Baseball. His work has appeared in Graphis, HOW and Print magazines. On weekends in his spare time, you may find him on Siesta Key beach with three friends around a vollyball net, attempting to achieve enlightenment by pummeling a volleyball into the earth’s crust.

The Frost Law Firm, P.A. Bloomin’ Arts Festival is a juried Fine Arts festival and is Bartow’s premier event of the year. It is held on the first full weekend each March. Originally called the Spring Art Festival, it has evolved into one of the top festivals in Central Florida and features artists from all across the country.

The festival is a collaboration of the Bartow Art Guild, Bartow Chamber of Commerce, and Main Street Bartow. Event Co-Chairs, Michell Githens and Lara Fredericksen, coordinate an all volunteer staff and workers consisting of members from all areas of the community. These are dedicated, hard working volunteers and truly the backbone of the event.

The festival takes place along several blocks of beautiful, historic downtown Bartow and local businesses and restaurants are open to welcome festival goers.

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50th Annual Bartow Bloomin’ Arts Festival

Presented by Frost Law Firm, P.A.

Schedule of Events

General Festival

Saturday, March 6th and Sunday, March 7th, 9am – 4 pm

Bartow Guild Plein Art Spirit of the Show Quick Draw

Saturday, March 6^th Registration & Preview 8am-9am Art Guild Tent on 100 block of E Main St.

Painting/Drawing 9am-11am located throughout Festival grounds

Judging 12pm-1pm with Awards presented at 1:15pm at Art Guild tent

Bartow Art Guild Artwork by 3 artists – Ticket Sales

An original painting of Bok Tower by renowned Plein Air artist Wayne Chunat; a wind chime by Angel Sims of dazzlingdriftwood.com and a wheel-thrown fruit bowl from shopdirtydogpottery.com are available through a drawing with tickets for sale at the Bartow Art Guild tent (next to the Information Booth). Drawing will be at the Awards Ceremony on Sunday, March 7th at 3:00 pm at the entertainment stage

Bloomin’ Bike Ride – 65 & 35 mile road tours & 17 mile family fun ride to choose from

Saturday, March 6th – 8 am – at Front Page Brewing – Registration opens at 7am

Bartow Garden Club Caladium Sale

Saturday, March 6th 1pm – 4 pm

Outside Main Street Bartow office located on corner of Central Ave. & Parker

Food Trucks

Saturday, March 6th, 9 am – 4 pm and Sunday, March 7^th, 9 am – 4 pm

Wilson Ave. between Davidson and Summerlin

Auntie Anne’s Pretzels
Coach Eddie’s Backyard BBQ
Collin’s Concessions Lemonade
Cray’s Kettle Korn
Kona Ice
Paradise Hot Dogs & Grill
Tallulah’s Table By The Sea

Awards Ceremony

Sunday, March 7th – 3 pm

Entertainment Stage on 100 block of E. Davidson

50th Annual Bartow Bloomin’ Arts Festival

Presented by Frost Law Firm, P.A.

Schedule of Events

Quilt Show

Saturday, March 6th 10 am – 4 pm

Polk County History Center, 2^nd floor

Hosted by the Polk County History Center and Sponsored by CenterState Bank

Children’s Tent

Saturday, March 6h, noon – 3 pm and Sunday, March 7th noon – 3 pm

Includes art activities and balloon designed by Deco-Twist Balloon Art– all free!

100 Block of East Davidson on the north side of the Polk County History Center

Bloomin’ Car Show

Saturday, March 6th, 9 am – 3 pm

Broadway Avenue

Festival sponsored by Frost Law Firm, PA

Children’s Art Tent sponsored by Mosaic

Saturday Car Show sponsored by Kelley Buick GMC

Saturday Quilt Show sponsored by CenterState Bank

Entertainment Saturday sponsored by Bartow Ford

Medial Sponsors: Visit Central Florida and Sun Central Media Group

Patrons: Clear Springs and the Polk County History Center.

Hosted by Bartow Art Guild, City of Bartow, Greater Bartow Chamber of Commerce and Main Street Bartow.

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