Growing art: Art to sprout on high school lawn

This year’s Lynchburg Art Festival, which covers the lawn of E.C. Glass with art each fall, has attracted some new artists plus a few returnees after a few years absence.

So, it will be “quite a bigger show,” says David Eakin, co-chair of the event. He says he had to add a new fence wall to accommodate the extra works.

The total number of artists showing is 132, up from the average of 120.

“Isn’t it amazing?” says Rosalie Loving Short, the other co-chair.

Short isn’t exactly sure what led to the increase. But, she says, “When I go to shows in other communities, people know about our show.”

Now in its 37th year, the outdoor art show is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, with a rain date on Sunday.

Members of the Lynchburg Art Club started the show in 1973.

This year, awards totaling more than $5,000 will be handed out by Charlottesville artist Richard Crozier, a University of Virginia professor.

A student show, for high school artists in grades 9 through 12, will be judged by Lynchburg artist Rosalie Day White, who teaches at Amherst Middle School, the Lynchburg Art Club and the Academy of Fine Arts.

All profits go to the club’s scholarship program, which, each year, awards $1,000 to a student planning to major in fine art at a four-year college.

For more information, visit http://www.lynchburgartclub.org