Daniel Moore and daughter Brittany Brain collaborated on a special design for the 60th anniversary of the Bluff Park Art Show.
Artist Brittany Brain, known professionally as Brittany Carol Moore, with her grandmother Cary Moore, who was one of the founding members of the Bluff Park Art Association.By June Mathews
Brittany Brain’s connection to the Bluff Park Art Association was established long before she was born. Her grandmother, Cary Moore, was one of its founding members. Her father, Daniel Moore, later served on its board and participated in its Bluff Park Art Show.
Now with Brain, known professionally as Brittany Carol Moore, comes a third-generation connection to the Bluff Park Art Association.
“I’ve been honored to have shown my art in the Bluff Park Art Show since 2011 and to be on the association’s board since 2021,” said Brain, whose medium is fine art photography. “I’m glad to be carrying on my grandma’s legacy in and passion for both the show and the association.
“Many of my BPAS memories include attending the show with not only my immediate family, but also with my uncles, aunts and cousins, walking with them to the show from my grandma’s house, just up the hill from the park.”
Granddad Gus Moore was also a proud supporter of the show, volunteering to put signs up all over Shades Mountain and often involving his four sons in the task. After his passing in 1990, Daniel, David, Richard and Billy established the August A. Moore Memorial Purchase Award in their father’s honor, to which mother Cary was added when she passed in 2020.
So for the Moores, the art association is more than a mere connector; it’s one of the ties that bind the family together in their mutual love of art.
At the 60th Annual Bluff Park Art Show on Oct. 7, a piece of family artistry will be on display throughout the show – on T-shirts, posters and other items – in a special 60th anniversary design that Brain and her father collaborated to create.
Though creating the anniversary design was Brain’s idea, her dad was all for it and agreed to help. Once the association’s board approved, the project began in earnest.
“Having designed a number of shirts and posters for the show a long time ago, this opportunity meant a lot to me,” said Moore, widely known for his realistic sports art. “I wanted to invest time to help make a special piece of art for the 60th show.”
The idea for the design, said Brain, was to take something familiar about Bluff Park, combine it with something that typically memorializes things, and turn it into something worthy of a significant milestone.
“Hence, the stylized view from the bluff in a stained-glass motif,” she said. “It’s also a wave to the beautiful stained-glass windows of Bluff Park United Methodist Church, where my grandparents attended church for most of their lives.”
Since Brain and her dad treasure the spectacular sunset views from the bluff, as do many, they decided to highlight that feature and title the art “Aftershow Afterglow.”
“It conveys the feeling one typically gets after a day at the show – satisfied and full of good memories to cherish,” she said.
Close Collaboration
Brain and Moore have collaborated on projects in the past, including a giant wall mural of one of Brain’s photos of the Alabama Theatre for a downtown Birmingham law firm. They also brainstorm ideas on occasion, and every so often, they critique each other’s work.
With similar eyes for design, color, and composition, the father and daughter function well as a team. And as detail-oriented individuals who strive for perfection, they understand each other. Those very qualities, however, mean that working together can become a time-consuming proposition.
Nevertheless, said Brain, the time they spent on the 60th anniversary project was worth every minute.
“I really enjoyed working with my dad on this, as the Bluff Park Art Show is very near and dear to us,” she said. “My dad and his brothers grew up in Bluff Park and attended the show every October as a tradition, as me and my sisters would also grow up in Bluff Park into that same family tradition and hold many beloved memories of the show.
“The design was nostalgic and fun for my dad to work on,” she continued, “and I was honored to be able to contribute a design for the first time.”
The 60th Annual Bluff Park Art Show will take place Oct. 7 at Bluff Park Community Park, 517 Cloudland Drive in Hoover. For more information, visit bluffparkartassociation.org and follow the Bluff Park Art Association on Facebook and Instagram.
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