A! Magazine for the Arts Archive

History Through Storytelling

Explore the art of historical interpretation at Rocky Mount and The Muster Grounds.

In This Issue

• History Through Stories in Abingdon In Abingdon, Va., visitors to The Muster Ground tells the story of the Overmountain Men and the Battle of King's Mountain.
• History Through Stories in Piney Flats If you follow the march of the Overmountain Men, you'll arrive at Rocky Mount Museum, where the focus shifts to everyday life.
• Backcountry Makers: Potter C.A. Haun It was Dec. 11, almost Christmas, when Christopher Alexander Haun was hanged for his part in burning a bridge in Greene County, Tenn.
• Arts for Youth Spotlight: Blake Patrick Blake Patrick and his fellow photography students at King College are giving many in the community a special gift this holiday season – family portraits.
• Paper windows Session Seven Winners Announced The seventh session winners of the City of Bristol's Paper Windows project have been named. This session was titled "Event Bristol."
• Project Storefront offers Opportunity to Display Art and Help Kingsport KingsportARTS, along with Urban Synergy, is organizing Project Storefront: Downtown Kingsport.
• Town of Abingdon Awards Inaugural recipients of Community Service Award The Abingdon Town Council recently held a banquet to award the inaugural recipients of the Arthur Campbell Community Service Awards, the highest honors given by the council.

A! Extra

• Milligan donates Concert proceeds to Ronald McDonald House The Milligan College music department donated $4,603, the proceeds of its Dec. 2 community Christmas concert, to the Southern Appalachian Ronald McDonald House in Johnson City, Tenn.
• Applications being accepted for first Jenrette Vocal Scholarships at ETSU Applications are available for the inaugural Dr. Thomas Jenrette Vocal Scholarship Competition at East Tennessee State University.
• Two Milligan professors awarded ACA fellowships Milligan College professors Simon J. Dahlman and Noah DeLong are among the recipients of the 2013-2014 Appalachian College Association Faculty Fellowship.
• BCMA gathers third Moss print At a prestigious art school in New York, P. Buckley Moss wanted desperately to play the fiddle. Across the Hudson River, she plucked strings and practiced as she traveled by ferry to her Staten Island home.
• Theatre Bristol founder dead at 86 BRISTOL, Tenn. –– The woman undeniably at the heart of the theater movement in Bristol was remembered Saturday as an active, beautiful soul who had the gift of working with children.
• Abingdon's Garret Mathews Releases New Football Book Both Brenda Croan and Garret Mathews have left home and moved to Indiana. Yet both must long for the hills of Southwest Virginia, with the recent releases by these writers making references to Abingdon and Saltville.
• Christmas Concerts Ring in the Season Go tell it on the mountain. Scream, holler or better yet sing out loud and to the masses of the Mountain Empire that Christmas is on its way.
• Battle Student to play in All-American Band BRISTOL, Va. –– After marching and playing the trombone for seven years, John S. Battle High School student Aaron Lester is preparing to march in the biggest show of his life.
• Rhythm & Roots Organizers to announce 12 Acts for 2013 Over 12 Days BRISTOL, Tenn. — Bristol's Rhythm & Roots Reunion is tuning up for the holiday season by unveiling during the 12 days leading up to Christmas the identities of a dozen artists scheduled to perform at its 2013 festival.
• EXTRA Governor McDonnell announces VCA Director Virginia Commission for the Arts Chairman Deborah H. Wyld announced that Foster Billingsley, deputy director and interim executive director of the Virginia Commission for the Arts, has been appointed executive director of the commission by Governor Robert
• The Crooked Road Receives "Bluegrass Innovator" Grant Award The Crooked Road received a Foundation For Bluegrass Music "Bluegrass Innovator" grant award for 2013.
• AIPP Launches First Sculpture Photo Contest Art in Public Places is pleased to announce its first Sculpture Photo Contest. Photographers are invited to submit photographs of Art in Public Places sculptures, which are currently on display in downtown Bristol.
• ETSU Digital Media Students receive iDMAa Student Showcase Award Students from East Tennessee State University's digital media program received the Student Showcase Award at the recent International Digital Media and Arts Association conference.
• Event helps Families make Holiday Picture Perfect BRISTOL, Va. –– "Say "cheese pants!'" The children complied, grinning widely at the camera. All four were clad in purple, and the girls had sparkly bows in their hair, which their mother had made just that morning.