Artwork Souvenirs

Artist Sofia Smith is a senior at Tandem Friends School. For as long as she can remember, there has been marker smudged on her fingers or paint speckled on her arms. Everywhere she’s been, art has been there with her. As a young child, she was always highlighted in her school art shows. She takes great pride in her  involvement with the art community in Charlottesville, such as being exhibited at the High School Art Show at McGuffey Art Center and attending and assisting the Virginia Governors School Reflections Program. As a young artist, a large focus in her art has been teaching other young people about the power of art. Her current artistic pursuit is her Art for Charity club. The Art for Charity club is a community service club that partners with local organizations and charities to serve the community through creative expression of art. She has led the club in designing and painting a mural to bring awareness to the local food drive at the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank and many other similar projects. She drew specific inspiration for her work exhibited at the Fall Fiber Festival from a drawing she did as a young girl on the back of a diner menu. The drawing displayed a group of animals playing instruments and singing. She found joy in playing off of this idea from so long ago. Her design of fiber animals playing bluegrass instruments is a tribute to her childhood memories and the bluegrass culture of central Virginia.