Art Comes Into Full Bloom For 48th Bloomin Art Festival by James Coulter As an Alabama native, Kelly Gardner is used to seeing foxes, owls, cows, and other such critters roaming about the landscape of her country home. So it only makes sense that these animals would be chosen as…
Bloomin Art Festival Comes into Bloom in Downtown Bartow for 50th Year by James Coulter As an artist, Stephen Koury ventures out into nature in search of subjects for his paintings. From tall majestic herons to sweeping cypresses, he goes to where the wild things are, studies them, photographs them, sketches them, then returns to his…
His Paintings Are Created "Like A Dream", And They Won HimBest In Show At Bloomin Art Festival by James Coulter An old man drums upon a set of plastic containers, while a young boy behind him plays a drum. Behind them stands a bear. Next to them looms a broken…
Bartow Honey Bee Festival and Craft Fair Celebrates Biggest Event Ever by James Coulter Most people expect to see honeybees at a honey bee festival. But, this year, attendees at the Annual Honey Bee Festival could see butterflies as well. Go Natural Organic Butterflies set up a butterfly tent outside the Historical Center at this year’s event. Attendees…
Bloomin Art Festival Comes Into Bloom For 52nd Year by James Coulter Born in China, Jim Zhang has lived abroad in Japan for three years, in Germany for seven years, and in America where he currently resides. Living in four different countries and cultures has allowed him to broaden his artistic vision, through which he expresses…