First Annual Winterlights on the Bluffwalk (2016)

In 2016, the Arts Council created the first annual "Winterlights on the Bluffwalk" event, a project to create vibrant, temporary public art that illuminates the Bluffwalk in mid-to-late winter, attracting visitors to visit downtown by car or on foot from the hour of dusk, 4 PM, until 10 PM each night for four weeks running from February’s First Friday through the March First Friday. 

Cash prizes for the 2016 winners:

Cash prizes were provided for the best three designs chosen by a panel of judges and by popular voting through the Arts Council website and “The Burg,” a division of the News & Advance Newspaper. 

Chosen by panel of judges:         

  • 1st place ($300): The limitation of the body is not the limitation of the spirit, by Bartertown Bobby Fuller
  • 2nd place ($150): Dancer, by Susan Saandholland
  • 3rd place ($50): Imagination, by Paul Clements

Chosen by popularity vote:

  • First place: $300: Making the world a better place, by Girl Scouts Troop 88 / Lynchburg Campbell Service Unit /  Virginia Skyline Council
  • Second place: $150:  The limitation of the body is not the limitation of the spirit, by Bartertown Bobby Fuller
  • Third place: $50: Luminary Imagination cubes (Nebula, DNA& String Theory), by Tayte Soerensen-Roberts

 

Many thanks to our collaborators, sponsors and partners:

  • City of Lynchburg
  • AEP
  • Local Businesses

For more information, please contact:

  • The Arts Council at info@jamesriverarts.net
  • Or call David Neumeyer, Arts Council Vice President, at 434-238-2222

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