Artist of the month: "Art is something that can never bore me"
Sophia Smucker is the Bluffton Icon's Bluffton High School artist of the month.
The BHS senior has taken many art courses including art 1, Design 1, Design 2, and now Art Seminar.
"After high school I planto attend Goshen College to pursue a major in social work," she said. "I enjoy art as a way to express myself and while doing so, I'm able to spend time with my friends. Art is something that can never bore me."
Vickie Garmon is the Bluffton High School art teacher.
Stories Posted This Week
Thursday, October 29, 2026
- Bluffton chamber welcomes six new members in October 2026
- Scam talk with Chief Ryan Burkholder
- Apollo Career Center honored as Gold Star Institution
- Peanut brittle time at the Senior Center begins Nov. 9
- Bluffton University Forum explores faith, hope and care for creation
- Business Collective networking night, Nov. 5
- Radio play staging of It's a Wonderful Life on Nov. 29
- Test-to-Treat not Trick-or-Treat
- If only we could put these fall days on pause
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Monday, October 26, 2026
- Beavers sports roundup, October 19-25
- Ada Icon headlines, October 26
- November 13 fish fry at Emmanuel UCC
- Citizens National Bank customer appreciation day, October 30
- Bluffton University offers free agricultural and environmental field trips
- Trinity Trunk or Treat, October 31
- Public invited to Bluffton Lions program with President Sider