Community Event
Bloomin’ Arts Student Exhibit
Date: March 5th & 6th, 2022
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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Student Art Show sponsored by SouthState Bank
Teachers from both public and private schools have been invited to display the best artwork of their students in kindergarten through twelfth grade both days of the show. Homeschooled students were also invited to submit art.
All students’ work will be judged by artist Vicky Luffman. Each elementary school will receive a First, Second, and Third Place Award, and one Best Display Award of $100 with a ribbon will be awarded to the art teacher for that collective display. We appreciate the teachers who take their time to showcase the artwork of their students and support the student art show.
One middle school student’s art will be selected by the judge as Best of Show and receive a cash award and ribbon. High school artists will compete for monetary show awards: Best of Show $300, 4 Awards of Distinction at $100 each, and 4 Awards of Achievement at $50 each.
All awards will be presented at a ceremony Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Students are encouraged to stay both days and offer their artwork for sale.
Student Art Judge, Vicky Luffman
Vicky Luffman, who will be judging student art this year, is a painter and surface design artist in Lakeland, and past president of the Lakeland Art Guild.
She is the owner of Brick Street Gallery and Studio, where she regularly teaches painting, textile and fiber arts, bookmaking, advanced dyeing techniques and weaving.
Ms. Luffman has taught for more than 20 years, and teaches at the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina and The Polk Museum of Art. She has shown her work in juried festivals, currently participating in gallery shows.
Ms. Luffman’s work has won numerous awards and is in private collections. She looks for specific sets of rules driven by her background in mathematics, trying for balance and spatial relationships, repetition in theme and design as well as creative composition, color, texture, and pattern.
When viewing and judging work, she looks for an original approach by artists who reach for elements often ignored, while keeping an eye on skillful techniques.
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, City of Bartow, 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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The festival events include:
Children’s Art Tent sponsored by Mosaic
Saturday Car Show sponsored by Kelley Buick GMC
Student Art Exhibit sponsored by SouthState Bank
Entertainment sponsored by Bartow Ford
Food Trucks sponsored by Citizens Bank & Trust
Media Sponsors: DR Media & Investments, LLC
Patrons: Clear Springs Land Co., Michell Githens State Farm and the Polk County History Center.
HOSTED BY BARTOW ART GUILD, GREATER BARTOW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, CITY OF BARTOW, MAIN STREET BARTOW