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Contact: Dr. B.C. Sun (435) 787 1303 littlebloomsbury@gmail.com http://littlebloomsbury.blogspot.com/
Little Bloomsbury 4th Annual Celebration of Art, Literature, & Music 
Statewide Call for Artwork & Poster Competition 
CACHE VALLEY, UTAH – The 4th Annual Celebration of
Little Bloosmbury will take place on 23 – 25 April in Logan
with the theme of “Shared Prosperity for the Employment-
Challenged”. Today Little Bloosmbury Foundation issues a
statewide and free-and-open-to-all call for original creative
works of all subjects and all media (e.g. art, music, poetry,
fiction, plays, audio arts, short films), with a special interest
in that which inspires solution and planning for individuals
and families facing employment challenges or that which
motivates employment preparedness among youngsters and
careerists alike in an uncertain global economy.

The Foundation announces at the same time the first annual

poster competition with a distinguished panel of judges for
whom pressing socioeconomic issues are at the forefront of
lifelong philanthropic pursuits: Herm Olsen, Logan Municipal
Council Member, Utah Bar Commissioner & Utah Pro Bono
Attorney of the Year; Afton Smith, Feature Artist & Poet at
Little Bloomsbury’s 2006 inauguration; and Bart & Kathy      TM
Cardon, humanitarians and honorary patrons of the art show.
       

  Scenic artist Anne Benson’s logo designs reflect 

The poster competition requires artists to come out of their the alternative views and range of statewide
initiatives of Little Bloomsbury Foundation in
comfort zone to collaborate with fellow artists, writers, and “promoting peace and hope in an uncertain world.” 
poets and to develop empathy with on-the-ground research
that involves reaching out to people with employment adaptability and flexibility in career
challenges and absorbing their realities like actors and management and in turn, use their
actresses would as an important part of their preparation for a artistic power to influence and
role. Top prizes include Power Lunch for four at Elements educate the public mind on the same.
and dinner or lunch for four at Jack’s Wood Fired Oven, all The spring art festival will include
with gift cards from Fuhriman Framing and Smokin’ Blues. workshops on preventive mental
health and employment in support of
Dr. Brenda C. Sun, Executive Director of Little Bloomsbury Bear River Mental Health, Cache
Foundation said, “We hope teamwork and empathy will Valley Business Resources Center,
result among the artists and that such a development will add NAMI, Options for Independence,
momentum to the annual festival as our statewide initiatives Small Business Development Center
continue to emphasize the importance of community at USU and USU Career Services. To
outreach and shared prosperity.” A behavioral economist and help artists get started, two free
formerly Assistant Professor of Global Business Strategy at “creative process workshops” will be
USU, Basil Blackwell Fellow at London School of held at 11:00 am – 12: 30 pm on
Economics, and Vice President of Marketing at Citibank- Saturday, February 27 and March 6.
Citicorp, Dr. Sun added that no one else but we as citizens Details at tel (435) 787 1303, email
are in the best position to bail ourselves out of the current littlebloomsbury@gmail.com, and
recession, the most severe and longest of all nine recessions http://littlebloomsbury.blogspot.com.
since WW II, by way of “creative economic self-reliance”.
Little Bloosmbury is named after
When  asked  about  the  connection  between  art  and  Bloomsbury of London, noted for its
society,  Dr.  Sun  explained,  “Both  the  creation  of  and  squared gardens, parks, and literary
appreciation  for  art  can  help  enhance  adaptation  to  connections to the Bloomsbury Group
uncertainty  because  it  is  ambiguity  that  heightens  with writer Virginia Woolf, painters
interest  and  makes  art  intriguing.”  The  2010  event  is  Roger Fry and Duncan Grant, and
intended   to   awaken   artists   on   the   need   to   develop   economist John Maynard Keynes.