Bluff Park in Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Bluff Park Art Association/ Bluff Park Art Show

Bluff Park Art Association Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by City of Hoover, September 28, 2026

1. Bluff Park Art Association Marker

Inscription.
In October 1963, the Bluff Park Art Association began as a fundraiser for the Bluff Park Elementary School Library and was incorporated November 2, 1965. The founding members included: Dorothy Copeland, Pres • Jack A Pearson. Treas • Lizette F Kimbrell, Vice Pres • Geneva H Myers, Sec • Frances L Billows; Jack G Gray; Sally W Johnson; Peggy McAlisters; Cary L Moore; Travis Plunkett; Elizabeth Wilson

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Bluff Park Community Park Show site since 1963. Originally a fundraiser for the Bluff Park Elementary School library, it became a leading fine arts event in Alabama. The all-volunteer Bluff Park Art Association hosts and exhibits its permanent "Best in Show” works, supports Birmingham Museum of Art, funds sculptures in Hoover, and provides art resources to schools. More info at bluffparkartassociation.org

Erected 2026 by Hoover Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Education • Parks & Recreational Areas • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1963.

Location. 33° 24.429′ N, 86° 51.08′ W. Marker

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is in Birmingham, Alabama, in Jefferson County. It is in Bluff Park. It is at the intersection of Cloudland Drive and Hawksbury Ln, on the left when traveling south on Cloudland Drive. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 535 Cloudland Dr, Birmingham AL 35226, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hale - Joseph Home (approx. ¼ mile away); Bluff Park Elementary School / Hoover Community Education (approx. 0.3 miles away); Lover’s Leap (approx. 0.4 miles away); Shades Crest Road Historical District (approx. half a mile away); The Park Avenue Historical District (approx. half a mile away); Overseer’s House (approx. 0.7 miles

Bluff Park Art Association/ Bluff Park Art Show Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by City of Hoover, September 28, 2026

2. Bluff Park Art Association/ Bluff Park Art Show Marker

away); a different marker also named Shades Crest Road Historical District (approx. 1½ miles away); Oxmoor Iron Furnaces (approx. 1.6 miles away).

More about this marker. The marker was dedicated September 28, 2026.

Bluff Park Art Association/ Bluff Park Art Show Marker Covered image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, September 7, 2026

3. Bluff Park Art Association/ Bluff Park Art Show Marker Covered

Credits. This page was last revised on October 6, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 6, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. This page has been viewed 6 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 6, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.