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2010
Little Bloomsbury 4th Annual Celebration of Art, Literature, & Music 
Statewide Call for Artwork & Poster Competition 
LOGAN, UT - Sponsored by Cache Valley Visitors Bureau,
Little Bloomsbury Foundation issues today a statewide, free-
and-open-to-all call for original creative works of all media
(e.g. art, music, poetry, fiction, audio arts, plays, short films)
for the 4th Annual Celebration to open on 23 – 25 April. In
addition to all other subjects, there is a special interest in
artwork that supports the 2010 theme of “Shared Prosperity
for the Employment-Challenged” in inspiring solution and
planning for individuals and families facing employment
challenges or in motivating employment preparedness among
youth and careerists alike in an uncertain global economy.
The Foundation also announces the first annual poster
competition with a distinguished panel of judges for whom
pressing socioeconomic issues are at the forefront of their
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  

The poster competition requires artists to come out of their
comfort zone to collaborate with writers, poets, and/or other
artists and to develop empathy with on-the-ground research
that involves reaching out to fellow citizens with
employment challenges and absorbing their realities like
actors would as an important part of their preparation for a
role. Top prizes include Power Lunch for four at Elements
alternative views and range of statewide initiatives of
Little Bloomsbury Foundation in “promoting peace
and hope in an uncertain world” via mass media, art,
and culture education.
two free pre-festival creative process
workshops are offered by a productive
nonconformist & Emeritus Professor of i

and dinner or lunch for four at Jack’s Wood Fired Oven, all
with gift cards from Fuhriman Framing and Smokin’ Blues.
Dr. Brenda C. Sun, Executive Director of Little Bloomsbury
Foundation said, “We hope teamwork and empathy will
result from this exercise and that it will add momentum to the
annual festival as our statewide initiatives continue to place
an emphasis on community outreach and shared prosperity.”
A transition economist & China strategist and formerly
Assistant Professor of Global Business Strategy at USU,
Basil Blackwell Fellow at London School of Economics, and
Vice President of Marketing at Citicorp-Citibank, Dr. Sun
stated that none but we citizens can bail us out of the current
recession, the most severe and longest of all nine recessions
since WWII. “Of all Asian goods, there is one America has
yet to import and import urgently, and that is the time-
honored Asian consumer model of reserve-accumulating (vs.
debt-based) resource management,” she said.
“Creation as well as appreciation of art can help enhance
Art at 11:00 am – 12: 30 pm on
Saturday, February 27 and March 6.
Bookings at Tel: (435) 787 1303, Email:
littlebloomsbury@gmail.com. Visit
http://littlebloomsbury.blogspot.com for
entry guidelines, event details, and
special accommodation offer.   
The spring festival is free and open to
all ages, with a free workshop series on
preventive mental health, career
planning, and self-employment in
support of Bear River Mental Health,
Cache Business Resource Center,
NAMI, Options for Independence,
Small Business Development Center at
USU, and USU Career Services. Little
Bloomsbury is named after Bloomsbury
of London, which is notable for its
gardened squares and parks, U of 1

adaptation because it is ambiguity that heightens interest and London colleges, and literary
makes art intriguing,” Dr. Sun explained. The 2010 event is connection to the Bloomsbury Group
intended to awaken artists of all ages on the need for with writer Virginia Woolf, painters
adaptability in career planning and wisdom in building long- Roger Fry and Duncan Grant,
term reserves, and in turn have the artists inspire the public psychologist Adrian Stephen, and
through power of their creation. To help artists get started, economist John Maynard Keynes.