A! Magazine for the Arts Archive

Richard Kirby has a studio in downtown Bristol, Tennessee, called Golden Rule Tattoo.

Dave Calvelli, owner of Gold Cross Tattoo Company, Johnson City, Tennessee, is an artist, painter, musician, a photographer and a tattoo artist.

The Highlands Writers Fair returns Saturday, April 9, to the Washington County Public Library in Abingdon. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and spotlights writers from around the region.

Tanya Tucker, Del McCoury Band and Asleep at the Wheel are among the second round of lineup additions headlining the 2022 Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion music festival, which takes place Sept. 9-11 in historic downtown Bristol, Virginia-Tennessee.

Austin Leonard began exploring his artistic side by working in traditional media — watercolor and gouache.

The Arts Alliance Mountain Empire announces the 2022 winners of its eighth annual Arts Achievement Awards. They are Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Katy Brown, Rick McVey, Rob Simis and Suzanne Stryk.

The annual “Celebration of Regional Poetry” sponsored by the Friends of the Washington County Virginia Public Library is held Sunday, April 10, at 3 p.m., in the conference room at the Abingdon Library.

Theatre Bristol announces the upcoming production and cast of the giant fairy tale classic coming to the ARTspace stage April 1-10, “Jack and the Giant Beanstalk,” under the direction of Cindi Brooks.

The long rifle was a surprise factor in winning American independence. A distinctive product of the backcountry of Pennsylvania and the Southern colonies, this celebrated rifle was essential for survival on the frontier.

The Friends of the Washington County Public Library presents writers Lisa Alther and her brother John Shelton Reed, Kingsport natives, in an afternoon event Sunday, April 24, at 3 p.m. at the Abingdon, Virginia, library.

Arts Alliance Mountain Empire thanks our winter donors.

Virginia Highlands Community College’s Arts Array Film Series show times are Monday and Tuesday evenings at 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Abingdon Cinemall.

Jack Hinshelwood has been working for two years on a recording of old-time, blues and bluegrass music, entitled “50 Years in the Making.”

King University’s Institute for Faith & Culture welcomes poet, priest and author Malcolm Guite as the 2021-22 speaker series, “Listen to Your Life,” continues Thursday, April 7 and Friday, April 8.

King University’s Institute for Faith & Culture 2021-22 speaker series, “Listen to Your Life,” concludes with the annual Frederick Buechner Lecture, presented by Jeffrey Munroe Monday, April 11.

East Tennessee State University is officially a player in the digital badging world with the completion of the first cohort of the Brand Storytelling Brand Film Certification powered by the ETSU Research Corporation.

The artisans committee of the 2022 Gathering in the Gap Music Festival invites regional artisans to create, display and sell their works at the annual festival on Saturday, May 28.

Theatre Bristol announces its 2022 children’s summer camp The StART of Adventure, running July 11-15 at 512 State Street, Bristol, Tennessee.

It's show time once again at one of the country’s longest-running, professional theaters. Barter Theatre continues its reopening with its first, in-person Spring Season since the pandemic’s onset.

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. –The Reece Museum at East Tennessee State University was the recipient of two Tennessee Association of Museums Awards of Excellence at the recent TAM conference.