A! Magazine for the Arts Archive

Gala celebration of Arts Achievement Awards winners to be held

A celebration in honor of the AAME Arts Achievement Awards winners is held Saturday, May 16 at 6 p.m., at the Holiday Inn in Bristol, Virginia.

In This Issue

• Deanna Cole-Roberts overcomes obstacles Deanna Cole-Roberts has faced challenges throughout her career – professional and personal – and believes that the discipline of ballet has helped her through them.
• Charles Goolsby inspires students and art lovers Like many children, Charles Goolsby loved to draw; unlike many children he has carved out a successful career with his art.
• Val Lyle is from here and of here I am an artist from here. Sounds simple, but that is the most influential element of my work.
• Laura Ann Warner gives credit to others Laura Ann Warner gives her parents credit for providing opportunities, her students credit for enriching her life, her husband credit for keeping her sane and her children credit for keeping her in touch with popular music.
• Rick Rose leads Barter to new heights Not many communities are lucky enough to have a professional repertory theater; Abingdon, Virginia, is fortunate to have Barter Theatre, the state theatre of Virginia, and its artistic director, Richard Rose.
• Sara Reese creates plaque for AAME Arts Achievement Awards The plaque pictured on the front of this magazine was created especially for the Arts Alliance of the Mountain Empire's Arts Achievement Awards by Sara Reese.
• Arts for Youth Spotlight: Paxton Adkins When Paxton Adkins was 4, her mom took her to see Bristol Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker," and she was hooked on the magic. "I told her I wanted to do it. I haven't stopped since," Paxton says.
• Graves wins award for poetry Dr. Jesse Graves, an assistant professor in East Tennessee State University's department of literature and language, has been named the recipient of the Weatherford Award in Poetry for his latest poetry collection, "Basin Ghosts.
• King students receive recognition King University seniors Trevor Wentt and Trung Phan are finalists in the 35th Annual College and High School Photography Contest held by Photographer's Forum, a magazine for the emerging photography professional.
• ETSU professor wins awards for liner notes Dr. Ted Olson, an East Tennessee State University faculty member in Appalachian studies, served as co-producer and co-writer of the liner notes for the Bear Family Records' boxed set of "The Johnson City Sessions 1928-1929: Can You Sing or Play Old-Time M

A! Extra

• Diverse offerings at Gathering in the Gap
• PUSH! Film Festival partners with BVU for free Movie in the Park PUSH! Film Festival is partnering with BVU to host a free movie in the park as part of the first-year festival over the weekend of June 12 – 14, in historic eowntown Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia.
• Ground broken for construction of $300K Northeast State amphitheater BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — Northeast State Community College broke ground Monday on a planned $300,000 amphitheater on the school's Blountville campus.
• Barter Theatre breaks ground for new building Construction has now began on a new building for Barter Theatre.
• Castlewood junior scores at state level with dramatic reading of poem Castlewood junior scores at state level with dramatic reading of poem.
• ETSU's Carter Warden contributes underwater photos to National Geographic Carter Warden, East Tennessee State University's assistant director of student activities, loves underwater photography and videography.
• BCMM dominates at Pinnacle awards It may be less than a year old, but the Birthplace of Country Music Museum dominated the Northeast Tennessee Tourism Association's 18th annual Pinnacle Awards ceremony Thursday at the Foundation event facility in downtown Bristol.
• One man's dream becomes the journey of a lifetime Don't deny yourself the sheer joy of Orthophonic music.
• Virginia High's Rachel Locke youth talent winner at 'Broadway' event to benefit Niswonger Rachel Locke, a 15-year-old freshman at Virginia High School in Bristol, Virginia, was chosen as the winner of this year's youth talent contest at "Broadway Comes to Greeneville,"
• Town Proclamation to honor Charles Vess Abingdon Mayor Ed Morgan will honor award-winning fantasy artist and illustrator Charles Vess with a town proclamation Thursday, May 7 at 5:30 p.m.
• Livin' his dream: Robert Pilk Step inside Robert Pilk's dream, one that he lives daily as a co-owner of Mountain Empire Comics.
• Dane Kinser: Following the Music to national spotlight Dane Kinser photobombed NBC "Today" show's Al Roker. The former resident of Bristol grinned like most anyone would if suddenly cast on national television.
• Biltmore's 19th annual Concert Series heats up the month of August Summer nights are set to sizzle at Asheville's Biltmore when the estate's 19th annual Concert Series begins Friday, Aug. 7. Ticket sales begin May 6.
• Time to get natural on the mountaintop It's time to get natural: On May 8-9, look for lectures and lessons plus hikes highlighted by the flora and fauna of Southwest Virginia's High Country. Dr. Jennifer Frick-Ruppert, an associate professor of ecology and environmental science at Brevard Coll
• Behind the glitz, glamour of Gatlinburg, you'll find the Cliff Dwellers Growing up in Knoxville, Tennessee, Theresa Tyler frequently journeyed to the Great Smoky Mountains.