A! Magazine for the Arts Archive

In This Issue

• Buckland works in the midst of nature Landscape painter Kyle Buckland is fascinated with translating the beauty of the world around him into artwork.
• Trevor Curtis creates artful landscapes Most artists use paints or ink on canvas or paper, or sculpt in clay or metal.
• Abingdon Garden Tour showcases beauty The 18th Historic Abingdon Garden Tour, sponsored by Abingdon Garden Club, is Saturday, June 17, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. throughout the Abingdon area.
• Thank you to AAME Gala sponsors and donors We are very grateful to our sponsors and other recent donors who helped to underwrite the Gala and other programs of AAME.
• Arts for Youth Spotlight Bryant Denmark comes from a musical family.
• Remembering Sean Sullivan It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Sean O'Sullivan on April 23,
• Sculpture Garden at William King Museum of Art In 1997, the William King Regional Arts Center, now the William King Museum of Art, celebrated the first in a series of outdoor sculpture competitions highlighting the creative diversity of sculptors living and working in the Southeast.
• Theatre Bristol presents Beauty and the Beast Theatre Bristol presents "Disney's Beauty and the Beast" at the Paramount Center for the Arts.
• June brings stellar line-up to International Storytelling Center Storytelling Live!, the International Storytelling Center's teller-in-residence series, continues its season.
• Sharyn McCrumb speaks about her Ballad novels NOTE: This event is held at Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church — not the library as published in the print edition Sharyn McCrumb and Jack Hinshelwood present an afternoon performance, "Readings and Songs from the Ballad Novels" Sunday,
• The Crooked Road Announces Homecoming Concert and Events The Crooked Road, Virginia's Heritage Music Trail, has announced the third annual Mountains of Music Homecoming full event line-up, including concert schedules, artists list and cultural events on the new Homecoming website.
• Keepers of the Tradition opens at The Arts Depot "Keepers of the Tradition," a collaboration between artist, Leslie Gregg and writer, Michael Abraham, opens June 14 at The Arts Depot, Abingdon, Virginia.

A! Extra

• This cottage's a-rocking, so don't come knocking It's June 4, 1923, at a rather nice vacation cottage in the English countryside some 90 minutes outside London.
• "Old-Time' Farewell: ETSU "stick sculpture' dismantled In November 2013, it took about 125 community and campus volunteers – under the guidance of environmental artist Patrick Dougherty. In May, members of the ETSU grounds crew dismantled the "stick sculpture.
• Exhibit spotlights area potters from early-1900s GLADE SPRING, Va. — A unique exhibit in Glade Spring will reflect the history of pottery and the quality and character of the artists who created it.
• Southwest Virginia Museum announces the winners of "Stitch in Time" Quilt Show The Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park congratulates the winners of the 20th Annual "A Stitch in Time" Quilt Show.
• Knoxville Symphony appoints William Shaub as concertmaster The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra has appointed William Shaub as the next KSO Concertmaster.
• Birthplace of Country Music Museum to participate In Blue Star Museums The Birthplace of Country Music Museum announced the launch of Blue Star Museums.
• The Broadcast: Northern soul/southern rock, shaken and stirred Caitlin Krisko sings like the white child that queen of soul Aretha Franklin doesn't know she had.
• Appalachia is fused into art ABINGDON, Va. — Teresa Robinette crushes the coal of the mountains to make her art come alive.