A! Magazine for the Arts Archive

In This Issue

• New art scholarship created by McKinney Center faculty member Beverly Thomas Jenkins to honor mother Beverly Thomas Jenkins is know for her artistry.
• Vess brings shared vision to 'Earthsea' How do you work with someone whose work you love, but around whom you’ve always been shy? That’s a question that Charles Vess had to answer when he was offered the opportunity to illustrate “Tales from Earthsea” by Ursula K. Le Guin.
• 'Earthsea' artwork on display at William King Museum of Art Beginning Jan. 17 all the illustrations from “Tales of Earthsea” go on exhibit at William King Museum of Art, Abingdon, Virginia. This is the last time they will be on display before they are donated to their permanent home at the University of Oregon
• 'Earthsea' prints available There are five Charles Vess "Earthsea" prints available from Out of Step Arts, Bristol, Virginia.
• What's next for Vess Charles Vess is known for his fantasy illustrations, although he calls it mythic fiction. “I really respond to mythic fiction that’s not dungeons and dragons, or giant armies fighting other giant armies until there’s just pools of blood. I don’t l
• New center opens at William King A new project is in development at William King Museum of Art in Abingdon, Virginia. The former Washington County Administrative Building located on the museum campus will soon experience an extensive renovation to create The Center for Studio Art & Educa
• Arts for Youth Spotlight: Aisling Ringrose Aisling Ringrose has loved to write for as long as she can remember.
• AAME Arts Achievement Awards seek nominations Nominations are being accepted for the fourth annual Arts Achievement Awards, sponsored by the Arts Alliance Mountain Empire. The awards are designed to recognize living individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the arts in the region.
• Burn's Night Dinner benefits ETSU's Thomas G. Burton Scholarship East Tennessee State University’s Appalachian, Scottish and Irish Studies Program hosts a Burns Night Dinner to benefit the Thomas G. Burton Scholarship Fund Friday, Jan. 25, from 7-9 p.m. in the Grand Soldiers Ballroom at the Carnegie Hotel in Johnson
• Annual literary series begins in Abingdon The Friends of the Washington County Public Library celebrate the beginning of the annual Sunday with Friends literary series.
• January Jams is on stage in Abingdon Abingdon Music Experience presents the seventh annual January Jams at Barter Theatre, Abingdon, Virginia. The music series runs three weekends during January.
• AAME presents Nick Koesters in 'Side Effects May Include' Barter Theatre resident actor Nick Koesters presents a special production of “Side Effects May Include” Jan. 8 at 7 p.m. The show is performed in the Performance Theatre at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, Bristol, Virginia. Arts Alliance Mount
• Arts Array film schedule announced Virginia Highlands Community College kicks off the Winter 2019 Arts Array Film Series.
• Tusculum graduate wins National Book Award A Tusculum University alumnus has won the National Book Award for poetry.
• Barter Theatre's 2019 season announced Barter Theatre announced its 2019 season lineup during an event highlighting from various upcoming productions. The season’s theme is “Love, Laughter, and Passion.”
• Mary B. Martin School of the Arts announces spring line-up Rock stars of musical innovation, a quirky Quaker comedian and independent documentaries brimming with whimsy, skateboards and insights into the human condition populate the budding spring season at Mary B. Martin School of the Arts at East Tennessee Stat
• Bristol Music Club fundraiser report The Bristol Music Club held its annual scholarship benefit fundraiser in November at Central Presbyterian Church. Members of the Highlands Youth Ensemble and previous scholarship winners Amy Shi, Emily Cai, and Natalie Lugo performed musical selections.

A! Extra

• Northeast State Theatre students earn KCACTF nominations BLOUNTVILLE, TN — Northeast State Theatre’s fall production of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" garnered several award nominations for the play’s cast and crew.
• Get Your Manuscript Published, Enter Today! Jan-Carol Publishing, Inc., of Johnson City, Tennessee, announces that submissions are open for the 2019 Believe and Achieve Novel Award.
• Rooftop jam: The Bristol Hotel introduces weekly music series BRISTOL, Va. — The bright lights of Bristol twinkled in the twilight as Annie Robinette sang The Beatles’ “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” on Wednesday night.
• The art of Larry Knott: Awakening the imagination through creative use of light and color BRISTOL, Va. — Larry Knott perused his paintings with a curious eye.
• Elmes Gallery first art exhibit of 2019 CEDAR BLUFF, Va. — The first art exhibit of 2019 at Southwest Virginia Community College’s Elmes Gallery features original artworks by 12 former Southwest Virginia Community College art students and art program alumni.
• The Crooked Road announces concert artists for Annual Mountains of Music Homecoming Led by a bluegrass legend, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver will be featured in an all-gospel concert at the historic Slate Mt. Church in Meadows of Dan.
• Wonders of wool: Artist reinventing traditional craft form ABINGDON, Va. — A Bristol, Virginia, artist already known locally for her handmade quilts is reinventing a traditional craft form using wool.
• ‘Round the Mountain and Heartwood Announce Renewed Membership Campaign, Heartwood Hits the Highway ABINGDON, VA — ‘Round the Mountain: Southwest Virginia’s Artisan Network and Heartwood: Gateway to Southwest Virginia, announced a renewed membership campaign and focus on the artisans of Southwest Virginia.
• VMFA installs sculpture by Richmond artist in Robins Sculpture Gallery The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announces the addition of "Neptune Virginia Beach Maquette" by Richmond-based sculptor Paul DiPasquale to the E. Claiborne and Lora Robins Sculpture Garden