A! Magazine for the Arts Archive

In This Issue

• Register Now for January classes at A Likely Yarn
• Bristol native specializes in figurative sculpture Maria Willison didn't discover until college what her artistic medium was, but she sought to make art a part of her everyday life from an early age.
• Crocheted fashions are Kay Grott's passion Crochet may not be the first technique that comes to mind when you think of fashion design, but it is for Bristol native Kay Grott.
• Arts for Youth Spotlight "Music encompasses that which cannot be touched, but can still be felt," Chloe Coulthard says.
• Barter Theatre announces season Barter Theatre unveils the 2016 season filled with comedy, drama and many world-famous shows patrons will recognize from their silver-screen adaptations.
• Sunday with Friends literary series begins The annual Sunday with Friends literary series at the Washington County Public Library, Abingdon, Virginia, begins with a talk from Robert Gipe, Jan. 17 at 3 p.m.
• Art Array announces films for spring The Arts Array Film Series presented by Virginia Highlands Community College opens the Spring 2016 Film Series Jan. 25 and 26 with a performance from Carey Mulligan in "Suffragette."
• ETSU School of the Arts opens season "For the Ear Alone' Nobel Prize-winning poet and playwright W.B. Yeats was very much an Irish nationalist and writer, but his legacy and work are celebrated worldwide with societies, conferences, programs, awards and readings.
• E&H art exhibit invites viewers to see the big picture Ben Sack's exhibit "Atlas of Thought," is sure to fascinate viewers who will want to inch up close and personal to examine the work of tiny, ornately detailed buildings in each of his works.
• January Jams kicks off with New Orleans' brass band For the fourth year, the town of Abingdon has partnered with Barter Theatre and Bonefire Brands to kick off the 2016 Abingdon Music Experience with the January Jams concert series.
• Kingsport Ballet students win scholarships Kingsport Ballet company members performed and won scholarships at the annual Tennessee Association of Dance conference in Murfreesboro.

A! Extra

• New stair riser artwork revealed during library open house King University's latest art project was unveiled Jan. 19, during an open house event hosted by the staff of the E.W. King Library.
• Martin School of the Arts announces spring season Mary B. Martin School of the Arts at East Tennessee State University spring season will open with the mellifluous poetry and drama of revered writer W.B. Yeats.
• Ethnomusicologist to serve as ETSU's Basler Chairholder in spring Dr. Jeff Todd Titon will be in residence at East Tennessee State University as chairholder of the Wayne G. Basler Chair of Excellence in the Arts, Rhetoric and Science during the spring 2016 semester.
• New Strategic Partnership for the Birthplace of Country Music The Birthplace of Country Music announces a strategic partnership with AirPlay Direct.
• VMFA announces Dominion Jazz Café The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's Thursday night performance program has a new name and sponsor.
• Four area students sing their way into national honor choirs GLADE SPRING, Va. — Three students at Patrick Henry High School have sung their way into national honor choirs, a lifetime opportunity for the choral students who plan to put music at the top of their career lists.
• Couples enjoy dinner and dance lessons at downtown cafe BRISTOL, Tenn.- A number of local residents cut a rug into the New Year on Saturday with Latin dance lessons at a downtown Bristol café.