Jamison named president of the Bluff Park Art Association

Rachael Jamison

The Bluff Park Art Show has been a fixture of Rachael Jamison’s entire life, starting with her childhood growing up in Bluff Park just a block away from the park. She grew up not only attending the show, but also helping out behind the scenes; her parents, Liz and Larry Hicks, have both been members of the BPAA since the 70s, each serving as president, show chair, and in numerous other roles over the years. Even as a young child, after hearing her parents field phone calls from artists, it wasn’t long before she was answering most of their questions herself.

Though she left Alabama for over a decade, her family moved back to the area in 2015, at which point she jumped straight back into the BPAA. Over the years, she’s served as volunteer coordinator, been a juror for the Show, helped with designing and decorating the Association’s tree for Ho Ho Hoover, and, most importantly, been a long-time member of the Permanent Collection Committee, helping to get art into local schools, libraries, and other public spaces. The seeds of this were planted when, as a student at Bluff Park Elementary, she sat in the school library and looked up at the art on the walls, knowing that those raccoons and cabbages and the bright, bursting strips of paper had all been placed there by the BPAA.

Both arts and education - and especially art education -  have always been important to Rachael. Her home is full of a wide array of art, much of which she purchased at the Bluff Park Art Show over the years. She holds a degree in music education, and has worked as a pianist, choir director, and private music teacher. She also has her Montessori Elementary II certification, and previously taught 4th-6th grade at Joseph Bruno Montessori. She has far more hobbies than she does free time, including photography, crochet, opera, reading, and games of all types. You may have seen her perform as a long-time member of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra Chorus.

Rachael is excited to bring her love of the arts, and of the Bluff Park Art Show, to her term as president.