A! Magazine for the Arts Archive

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• Artist Gained From 'Being Treated Like A Colleague' A lust-for-more painter who lives in the studio is a fitting description of David A. Douglas — now and also back in college.
• 'Inspire Your Heart with Art Day' The first time I walked onto the VI campus, I knew. I knew this was the only place where I would experience college.
• Behind the Scenes at Barter Theatre What is a "repertory" theatre? What does the stage crew do in between performances? Where do the actors go for costume fittings?
• Olson named editor of "Journal of Appalachian Studies' Dr. Ted Olson of East Tennessee State University's Department of Appalachian Studies has been named editor of the Journal of Appalachian Studies, a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary scholarly publication.
• Community Storytelling Program Launched in Jonesborough The International Storytelling Center's new program,"Telling Jonesborough's Stories," will celebrate what's special about the community and its people.
• Arts Commission adds Videos to Web Site The Tennessee Arts Commission has added four new streaming videos to their Web site from the Working Together In Tough Times conference.
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• Kingsport Artists and Arts Advocates in Nashville "Specialty license plate tags that individuals choose to put on their cars provide the bulk of grant dollars for Tennessee, so we join with all arts supporters and encourage Tennesseans to get creative and end bumper boredom!"
• Local Women in the Arts Honored Several local women in the arts were recognized during a reception held on March 6 at The Barter Café in Abingdon.
• Artist Co-op Opens in Bristol The music was soothing, the floors glistening and the bright walls were alive with bold colors and visions inside the new 606 State Street Art Gallery Monday afternoon, and Sam Samuel sounded just as upbeat and vibrant.
• High Note: Morrell Music Celebrates 50 Years Joe Morrell picked a good year to open a music store when he christened Morrell Music's original East State Street location in downtown Bristol.
• When the Stars Align Abingdon's Eric McClure has attracted his share of fame since entering the NASCAR world in 2003.
• BCMA Tracks Fundraising with 'Banjometer' On March 11, 2010, officials from the Birthplace of Country Music Alliance (BCMA) unveiled a "Banjometer" showing the fundraising goal and progress-to-date on its Cultural Heritage Center project.
• Virginia Intermont Alumna Publishes Poetry Collection Award-winning poet Adrian Blevins, a 1986 graduate of Virginia Intermont College, has published a new collection, Live from the Homesick Jamboree.
• Are Riding and Music Genetically Connected? Virginia Intermont College junior Kate McManis is trying to determine a connection between musical talent and horseback riding.
• The Making of 'Alice in Wonderland'
• Cuts Could Strip Half of Region's Funding for the Arts Belt-tightening proposals that include funding cuts of as much as 50 percent to the Virginia Commission for the Arts will lead to job losses and program reductions across Southwest Virginia, the Barter Theatre's artistic director said Tuesday.
• Review of 'Dead Man's Cell Phone' "How did you die so quietly?" That's the question that Jean (Ashley Campos) has for the dead man, Gordon, and for the audience as well. It is Gordon's untimely death that acts as the play's inciting incident and motivates Jean's search for some meaning to
• 'Crazy Heart' Bristol couple watched as the film directed by their son, Scott Cooper, an Abingdon High School graduate, competed for three Academy Awards. The film won two — a Best Actor for Jeff Bridges and the Original Song award for "The Weary Kind."
• Review of Barter Theatre's 'Diary of Anne Frank' Barter's production ofThe Diar
• Review of Barter Theatre's 'Alice in Wonderland'

• Local Groups Rely on Arts Commission Funding The time has come for all good men and women to come to the aid of the Virginia Commission for the Arts.
• The Future of the Non-Profit Internet In February 2010, Pew Internet released its annual Future of the Internet report. The survey of 900 leaders forecasts the future direction of online media. In turn, non-profit strategists may glean insights into the future and how to steer their individua
• Young Theatre Bristol Director Tames 'The Shrew' Meet Emily Glover by way of William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew."
• Behind the Scenes: "Chaps!" The play combines a motley mix of Monty Python-styled humor with cowboy songs amid war-blitzed Britain circa 1944.
• Review of Barter Theatre's 'Dead Man's Cell Phone' To paraphrase the slogan for my favorite brand of seedless blackberry preserves, with a name like "Dead Man's Cell Phone," the Barter Stage II's latest production has got to be good – and it is.
• Private Sector Funding for the Arts Securing private funding is more competitive than ever given this current recession. So, how do we make the case for supporting the arts and how do we maintain a vital relationship with the private sector in spite of the funding downturn? How do we define
• ACMA Establishes Leon Kiser Scholarship at ETSU The Appalachian Cultural Music Association (ACMA) recemtly announced their newly established Leon Kiser Scholarship at East Tennessee State University.
• National Arts Dialogue Needs Your Voice To celebrate the successes of the past 50 years in the arts field, Americans for the Arts has partnered with more than 20 national arts service organizations and peer groups representing different disciplines to collect Green Papers.
• Author Determined to Film 'Big Stone Gap' Locally "The people who raised the money want it made in Canada. And I am just flat out saying no....Everybody who is involved in it wants it to happen here, so we're making it happen here,"Trigiani said.