Schedule of events

Show Day Details

Shoppers check out Candy Mayer’s booth of Helena, Alabama at the 2025 Bluff Park Art Show

Thank You To Our 2026 Sponsors:

2026 GOLD SPONSORS

The Crawford and Marlene Taylor Family Fund

2026 SILVER SPONSORS

2026 BRONZE SPONSORS

2026 FRIENDS OF BLUFF PARK ART ASSOCIATION

2026 Show Info

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2026
9:00 AM TO 5:00 PM
HOOVER, ALABAMA

Parking & Transportation Details

BUSES
Hoover Board of Education school buses on a continuous loop from/to Shades Mountain Plaza, Bluff Park United Methodist Church & Shades Mountain Community Church. ADA compliant

SHUTTLES
City of Hoover shuttles on a continuous loop from/to Shades Crest Baptist Church.
ADA compliant

DOGS ARE WELCOME

PARKING LOTS
Show signs posted at each lot!

Shades Mountain Plaza
2400 Mountain Dr, Hoover, AL 35226
Show buses pick up & drop off at the far end of the lot.

Bluff Park United Methodist Church
733 Valley Street, Hoover, AL 35226
Show buses pick up & drop off in the lower lot on Valley St. closest to Tyler Road.

Shades Crest Baptist Church
452 Park Avenue, Hoover, AL 35226
Show shuttles pick up & drop off in the front lot off Park Ave.

Shades Mountain Community Church
2281 Old Tyler Road, Hoover, AL 35226
Show buses pick up & drop off in the front lot furthest from the church.

Food Truck Alley

G.R.s Smokehouse
Travelin' Tom's Coffee
Kona Ice
Nettie B's Grill
Domi Empanadas
Sweet Claire's Caboose
Alabama Peanut
Cookie Fix
South Fizz Soda
The Park Nutrition

Music & Entertainment

Coming Soon

Scholarship

Each year, the Bluff Park Art Association presents a $2,500 scholarship to a graduating Spain Park or Hoover high school student who intends to pursue a career in the visual arts. Applicants compete through portfolio presentations.

In addition to the scholarship, BPAA awards the recipient’s teacher $250 for classroom supplies. Learn more about 2026’s recipient.

Show Judge

Minkyu Lee is a multimedia artist whose practice centers on vessel and furniture making, working primarily with ceramics and wood. Born and educated in South Korea, he relocated to the United States in 2006. He holds a BFA (2002) and MFA (2006) from Seoul National University, as well as a second MFA (2008) from the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Lee has exhibited his work widely at both national and international venues, including the Kips Bay Design House Show (2024), Design Miami (2021–2023), New Orientalia in Taiwan (2018), Art Wynwood (2016), the Eighth Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale in Korea (2015), ZONA MACO Mexico Arte Contemporáneo (2014), SOFA Chicago (2013), Ceramic Space & Life in Korea (2009), the 28th International Ceramics Competition of L’Alcora in Spain (2008), the First Jingzhe International Ceramics Exhibition in China (2007), and the Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramic Art Award in Australia (2006).

In 2007, he was a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Montana. He is a lifetime member of the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC), an honor recognizing his sustained contributions to the global ceramics field. Lee also maintains an ongoing professional relationship with Mindy Solomon Gallery in Miami, Florida, through which he continues to gain national and international visibility.

In addition to his studio practice, Lee has held academic positions at the Savannah College of Art and Design (2008–2009) and the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay (2009–2025), where he served as Chair of the Art Program from 2017 to 2023.