A! Magazine for the Arts Archive

Portraits are Steven Reeves' passion

"Crayons were among my earliest of friends," Steven Reeves, Bristol, Tenn., says. He created his first portrait in the ninth grade, a pastel of his oldest nephew.

In This Issue

• Tracy Ference began her career at neighbor's kitchen table "I have always enjoyed drawing, coloring and creating things with my hands for as long as I can remember," she says
• Tom Root works primarily with live models Tom Root, Johnson City, Tenn., has been a full-time artist for almost 30 years.
• Price begins sculpting after children grown Lynn Price didn't began sculpting until the age of 50.
• Book Review: "Long Man" by Amy Greene If you like to read a heart-racing thriller, "Long Man" by Amy Greene is a must-read.
• Arts for Youth Spotlight: Tatum Spears Tatum Spears loved to sing from the time she was old enough to talk.
• ETSU Professor awarded Hoffman Prize East Tennessee State University's Dr. Robert Sawyer, a professor in the Department of Literature and Language, has been named co-winner of the 2013 Hoffman Prize.
• The Arts Array Film Series showcases important foreign, documentary and independent American films The Arts Array Film Series showcases important foreign, documentary and independent American films.
• Liz Lerman speaks twice in area Choreographer Liz Lerman speaks at King University's Memorial Chapel, Bristol, Tenn., Monday, March 3 at 9:15 a.m. and again that evening at Southwest Virginia Higher Education at 7 p.m. in Abingdon, Va

A! Extra

• Mountain Music Museum: Icon "Papa Joe' honored Appalachian music icon "Papa Joe" Smiddy held court Monday at the downtown Mountain Music Museum, sharing stories, hugs and handshakes with family, friends and well-wishers.
• Ahoy! There be Sea Chanters coming The sounds of sea shanties and patriotic songs will soon fill the Paramount Center for the Arts, courtesy of the U.S. Navy.
• General Shale announces donation to ETSU fine and performing arts center Officials with General Shale announced a donation of 250,000 bricks to the proposed fine and performing arts center that East Tennessee State University hopes to build in the near future.
• BCM Museum Gets $100k Gift from Bank of Tennessee A press conference held in the atrium of the Birthplace of Country Music Museum announced a $100,000 gift by Bank of Tennessee to the museum. Bank of Tennessee CEO, Roy Harmon, and Bank of Tennessee Market President, David Wagner, presented the check to B
• Every quilt has a story: Second Holston Mountain Artisans party set for April The artisan cooperative's second annual Quilt Block Party is scheduled for next month, and more than 400 quilts will be displayed at various businesses throughout Abingdon.
• Take a 'wild ride' with Highlands Ballet Ballet was not on the mind of Lewis Carroll when he wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" in 1865.
• Artistic volunteering: Lorene Lowe Lorene Lowe believes that the U.S. would fall apart without volunteers.
• BVU approves $150,000 for concert BRISTOL, Va. — The city appears poised to host a major outdoor concert later this year, following Monday's sponsorship approval by BVU Authority.
• Milligan students earn ADDY awards Milligan College students earned three ADDY awards this year at the annual American Advertising Federation Northeast Tennessee awards banquet.
• Bluegrass Legend Ralph Stanley celebrates 87th birthday It was a toe-tapping party at Heartwood: Southwest Virginia's Artisan Gateway as Southwest Virginia celebrated the 87th birthday of bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley.
• Review: McVey dazzles as Man of La Mancha Although not as Dali-estally skeletal as originally depicted by Miguel De Cervantes, Rick McVey's interpretation of Don Quixote de la Mancha in the Barter Theatre's "Man of La Mancha" is a superlative display of talent in a production that, itself, elevat