Community Art Events

The Bartram Trail High School 2nd Annual Arts and Crafts Festival needs business sponsors!  Sponsorship funds go towards a scholarship for a BTHS senior studying Art or Design in college.  Depending on level of sponsorship, businesses will receive recognition on the festival t-shirt worn by all artists and crafters on the day of the show or on banners hung in the gymansium the day of the event.  If you are a business leader and you are interested in sponsorship, please email Jennifer Yarbrough at yarbroj@stjohns.k12.fl.us. 

The Festival will take place on Saturday, September 27, 2008 from 10am-4pm at Bartram Trail High School.  Artists and crafters will be set up in the gymansium, while school performance groups, student artwork and food will be in the courtyard.  This is sure to be a celebration of the arts! 

Artists and crafters are needed for the 2nd Annual Bartram Trail High School Arts and Crafts Festival.  The festival will take place at the school on Saturday, September 27, 2008 from 10am-4pm.  Artists and crafters will be set up in the gymnasium and will receive t-shirts to wear the day of the event.  Food vendors, school performance groups and student artwork will be set up in the courtyard.  This is sure to be a celebration of the arts!  Please email Jennifer Yarbrough at yarbroj@stjohns.k12.fl.us to request an application. We look forward to hearing from you!

The beaches community is home to many artists of all shapes and sizes representing various artistic mediums. Many times a gifted artist is stifled by the inability to showcase their work either by lack of opportunity, cost to exhibit or truthfully -- the lack of know how to find the proper venues. Their business is the art of creating -- not the marketing side of managing their artwork.

My personal quest has only just begun on the marketing side -- I too struggle here. I have found two local venues that fully support local art and artists each in their own way. My photographic artwork is on display at both venues -- a solo exhibit at the Ponte Vedra library on display until February 29, 2008 and a black and white piece as part of a mixed media group exhibition at The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach ending February 23, 2008.

The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office reported a shooting incident in the area of Fruit Cove Road and Cheryl Court late Thursday night. Here is the transcript of the news release sent out by Sheriff's Office Spokesman Sgt. Chuck Mulligan:

The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office responded to the intersection of Fruit Cove Road and Cheryl Court following a shooting incident which occurred around 11:30 Thursday night.

The incident began after an off-duty Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer and a passenger reported individuals throwing objects at his personal vehicle in the area of The Julington Creek Bridge.  While providing information to The SJSO Communications Center, the suspect vehicle turned onto Fruit Cove Road and then stopped at the intersection of Cheryl Court.