A! Magazine for the Arts Archive

Jackie Dolpp wants her work to give joy

Jackie Dolpp has always enjoyed art — whether it was crayons and construction paper as a child or her recent work in watercolor and pastels.

In This Issue

• Renee Pitts encourages artists' communities

  Valerie Renee Pitts, watercolor artist, has been surrounded by creativity throughout her life.

• Sheri Chaffin’s art is more than self expression Sheri Chaffin has used her art for far more than self expression. It’s also been her comfort through the loss of her identical twin and her son.
• Arts for Youth Spotlight Hahna Kaleigh Bowyer Theater brought Hahna Kaleigh Bowyer’s parents together and has been a part of her entire life.
• Rhythm and Roots line-up announced Wynonna & The Big Noise and St. Paul & the Broken Bones are slated to headline the 19th annual Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion music festival in historic downtown Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia this September.
• Scenes from the Arts Achievement Awards Gala More than 100 people gathered to celebrate the winners of the AAME Arts Achievement Awards.
• ETSU Chorale competes in Wales The East Tennessee State University Chorale is gearing up to join competitors from all over the world in the prestigious Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, which is held July 1-7 in Wales, United Kingdom.
• Storytelling Live continues teller in residence programming Storytelling Live!, the International Storytelling Center’s teller-in-residence series, continues its season with an outstanding line-up in June.
• Thursday Night Jams continue in June The Abingdon Music Experience, a program of the town’s tourism department, began in 2013. It organizes January Jams at Barter Theater, Abingdon Main Street Buskerfest in September and Thursday Night Jams from May through July.
• Mountains of Music Homecoming celebrates regional heritage The Crooked Road, Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail, announces plans for the fifth Annual Mountains of Music Homecoming, June 7-15.
• Bristol Music Club announces winners On Saturday, May 4, 30 young musicians ranging from fourth grade to 12th grade competed for more than $5,000 in scholarship funds awarded by the Bristol Music Club.

A! Extra

• REVIEW: "Church Basement Ladies" serve a casserole of laughter and memories Step into Barter’s Smith Theatre, formerly Stage II, and you can almost smell the coffee brewing and pies baking.
• REVIEW: Enter for a Wild Ride . . . Exit Laughing Wouldn’t life be so much more fun if only you could dance like no one is watching, sing like no one is listening, and speak your mind like no one cares a fig what you say?
• BCM Earns Guidestar Platinum Seal of Transparency The Birthplace of Country Music earned the Platinum Seal of Transparency from Guidestar, the world's largest source of nonprofit information.
• Tusculum University's provost returns to Harvard for research fellowship on lithographs A widely recognized interdisciplinary scholar, Dr. Sowell received the Howard D. Rothschild Visiting Fellowship in dance.
• Rocky Mount: Different historic eras to share spotlight for upcoming festival “Time travel lite” could serve as a theme for an upcoming festival that seeks to offer visitors glimpses into various periods in American history.
• Railroad an important theme in Bristol, Johnson City sessions in 1920s When a big city record producer came to Bristol and Johnson City in the 1920s to discover new Appalachian region talent, local performers sang about love, death, religion and the railroad lifestyle.
• Sounds of Summer concert series revving up with a hot line-up Bristol is known for its plentiful and diverse music scene and most concerts are free to the public — just like the Sounds of Summer concert series.
• Student pianist takes third in international competition Jianzhi Wu, a freshman at East Tennessee State University, recently took third prize at the Monolov International Piano Competition held in Garden City, New York.
• Barter Theatre dedicates stage to Smith family Barter Theatre’s Stage II was renamed and dedicated to Steve and Debbie Smith and the Smith family at the official opening night performance of "Shrek The Musical" at Gilliam Stage.