2014 Bedford County High School Art Exhibit - Education through the Arts

A sampling of the outstanding art work
in the 2014 Education through the Arts
exhibit at Bower Center in May

A record number of over 600 works of art by Bedford County High School art students (Jefferson Forest HS, Liberty HS and Staunton River HS) was recently exhibited at Bower Center. The high caliber of the art work is a tribute to the talented students and the instruction in the schools to nurture their creativity. The Center was packed with students and parents for the awards that were presented at the Second Friday reception on May 9.

Botanical II exhibit is now open to the public

Art Work L to R:
"Silhouette" by Leah Thompson, "Bursting with Life" by Leslie Santapaul
and "Midnight Garden" by Lennie Richardson

The artists' reception for Botanical II will be Second Friday, April 11, 5pm-8 with awards being presented at 6pm.


Exhibit dates: March 25 - May 3, 2014

The exhibit, judged by Beverly Rhoads, artist and an associate professor at Lynchburg College, is in the Performance Hall Gallery, Main Lobby Gallery and Terrace Gallery on the lower level.

Another component to this exhibit is the addition of floral arrangements by area floral designers. They will be viewing the exhibit entries and make selections of art works that inspire floral designs. These will be on view the last weekend of the exhibit on May 2 and 3. There will be a reception on Friday May 2, 2pm-4 to recognize those designers. Artists who created the art currently exhibited as well as the general public is invited to this May 2 reception at Bower Center.