A! Magazine for the Arts Archive

Summer Camps

From the time school closes for summer break until it begins again in the fall, children and teens can still continue learning.

In This Issue

• Summer Camps: Art Art: One of a Kind Gallery & Root Studio School
• Summer Camps: Dance DANCE: Bristol Ballet, Highlands Ballet, and Kingsport Ballet
• Summer Camps: Music MUSIC: ETSU Piano Camp, King College Choral Arts Camp, Mountain Music School, Myers Piano Studio, Peach Bottom Farm Fiddle & Strings Camp, and Virginia Suzuki Institute.
• Summer Camps: Theatre THEATRE: Barter Theatre, Kingsport Theatre Guild
• Summer Camps: Multiple Disciplines MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES (Art, Digital Media, Literature, Music, Theatre)
• Youth Spotlight: "Banjo Joe" Bevins He may be young, but he's already making a name for himself — a nickname, anyway.
• Tribute to Women: Arts-Related Honorees Several women were recognized during the YWCA's annual Tribute to Women on April 19, 2012.
• Arts Commission Appoints New Director A native of Kingsport has been appointed executive director of the Tennessee Arts Commission (TAC). Anne B. Pope will begin her new job on May 14. She comes to the Commission with a wealth of experience — not only in all areas of government, but in the pr

A! Extra

• Look for JUNE A! Magazine on Wednesday, MAY 30 Expect your JUNE A! Magazine on Wednesday, MAY 30, 2012. And plan now to submit press releases and to advertise in the JULY 2012 print edition of A! Magazine for the Arts.
• Book Club Kits Available The Johnson City Public Library recently added three new titles to its Traveling Tales: Book Groups to Go service.
• Young Artists Perform at Heartwood Folks were up and dancing to the strains of "Rocky Top" at the Heartwood center Saturday, despite being some 14 miles from the Tennessee state line.
• VI Theatre in London Following Kennedy Center Success Virginia Intermont College (VI) theatre students have embarked on an adventure to one of the world's most significant and exciting theatrical centers – London, England.
• David Massengill Returns to Bristol Caught! Musician David Massengill is deep amid the throes of a lifelong love affair. With Bristol. "Bristol was a big, big influence on me," said Massengill.
• Local Musician Pursues Dream Josh Housewright settles onto the bar stool, props his hand on the counter, and grins. He is wearing cowboy boots, jean,s and a short-sleeved button-up over a black T-shirt. A camera is pointed at his face.
• BCMA Cultural Heritage Center Update A highly anticipated downtown project appears ready to finally take flight.
• ETSU Reece Museum wins Award of Excellence Recently it's been hard to miss the large construction fence, work vehicles and activity buzzing around the Reece Museum on the campus of East Tennessee State University.
• Mayors' Awards of Distinction: Arts-related Honorees Two arts-related honorees were recognized when the Mayors of Bristol Virginia and Bristol Tennessee presented their Award of Distinction medals on Sunday, April 22, 2012 at the Paramount Center for the Arts in downtown Bristol.
• ETSU Jazz Program Marks 10th Anniversary When Dr. David Champouillon came to East Tennessee State University in 2002, he knew he was going to teach trumpet and concert band. But the plan included other possibilities, as well.
• Heartwood More Than Showcase for Artisans Heartwood, the new "artisan gateway" heralded as a key to unlocking Southwest Virginia's potential, offers a striking facility with an ambitious mission — and, with any luck, a touch of magic.
• "Creative Industries in the South" South Arts has released "Creative Industries in the South," a research report which includes analysis of the region in aggregate, as well as creative industries profiles for the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
• ETSU Professor Editor of The Hills Remember Dr. Ted Olson, a professor in East Tennessee State University's Department of Appalachian Studies, has edited The Hills Remember: The Complete Short Stories of James Still, recently released by the University Press of Kentucky.
• Public Art Coming to Johnson City
• Retiring Music Professor Honored with Scholarship Endowment When Dr. Thomas Jenrette retires, he will leave a legacy of thousands of East Tennessee State University alumni and students who have benefited from his teaching and direction.
• Concert Supports Homeless Program Music ranging from classical to Broadway to popular culture filled the Paramount Center for the Arts as young musicians joined in to support a new organization trying to aid homeless families.
• Writer Riding High When Adriana Trigiani comes home, people show up. The best-selling author of Big Stone Gap grew up in Southwest Virginia, and a crowd of her friends and family from home turned out to hear her speak at the Paramount Center for the Arts in Bristol
• "Returning to Barter Theatre was on My Bucket List" Barter Theatre is known for drama and famous alum. On April 3, 2012, the famed professional theatre combined the two with a special one-night event.
• NEA Report Shows Arts Education Effects on At-Risk Youth At-risk students who have access to the arts in or out of school also tend to have better academic results, better workforce opportunities, and more civic engagement, according to a new NEA report, The Arts and Achievement in At-Risk Youth: Findings f