A! Magazine for the Arts Archive

In This Issue

• Steven Cregger excites kids about art When you walk into Steven Cregger’s art classroom at High Point Elementary School, you’ll find yourself surrounded by colors and energy.
• Steven Cregger’s art is on display at school Steve Cregger was a doodler when he was a child. His parents used it to keep him quiet during church.
• McGlothlin Awards honor teachers Stephen Cregger is one of several local public school teachers in the region to win one of the prestigious McGlothlin Foundation for Excellence in Teaching Awards.
• Storytelling Live continues in September Storytelling Live!, the International Storytelling Center’s celebrated teller-in-residence series, continues its season.
• Arts for Youth Spotlight — Isaiah Young Isaiah Young had a friend who got him interested in theater at Tennessee High School, Bristol, Tennessee.
• Fall season at Mary B. Martin School of the Arts mixes cross-continental music, classic theater, contemporary issues Artists and audiences this fall explore troubled youth, embattled and grieving families, endangered shorelines, World War II losses and discoveries.
• Arts Array film series announces fall season Virginia Highlands Community College kicks off the Fall 2018 Arts Array Film Series.
• Milligan’s new musical theater professor brings stage, classroom experience It’s almost show time for Milligan College’s new musical theater program, which launches this fall.
• New musical theater major coming to Milligan in the fall Combining its strengths in music and theater, Milligan plans to launch a new major in musical theater in the fall.
• Joyful spirits sing in the region The Appalachian Men’s Ensemble kicks off its sixth season with a concert titled, “Joyful Spirits Sing” Friday, Sept. 28.
• Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion held in late September The Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion is Sept. 21-23 throughout downtown Bristol.
• IBMA award nominees include ETSU alumni, students & faculty Nine individuals associated with East Tennessee State University’s Bluegrass, Old-Time and Country Music Studies program are nominees for 2018 International Bluegrass Music Association awards.

A! Extra

• Airbrush artist to set up at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion BRISTOL, Va.: Willie Nelson hangs out in the Bristol, Virginia, home of Richard Mink.
• Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion starts Sept. 21 Bristol’s got a tiger by the tail.
• Paramount’s fall season line-up announced The days are getting shorter, but the nights are getting brighter as Paramount Bristol kicks off its star-studded fall season.
• ETSU’s storytelling, communication studies grad students enjoying new curriculum Graduate students in East Tennessee State University’s Storytelling and Communication Studies programs this fall are enjoying a newly revised curriculum that will help them develop skills applicable in a wide segment of the job market.
• Teaching Artist Roster and AIEx The Virginia Commission for the Arts is accepting applications for the Teaching Artist Roster and AIEx (Artists in Education Express).
• McKinney Center in Jonesborough “Graduates” Eight New Story Collectors Will Hold New Training Session The McKinney Center in Jonesborough, which now houses the Jonesborough Story Initiative, just completed the first training series focused on teaching the basic tools in how to collect oral stories from members of the community.
• Bristol gallery will host Rogue Artist Night to promote arts community An upcoming evening at an art gallery in downtown Bristol will celebrate less traditional arts, promote local interest in establishing an arts community in Bristol, and give the public a sneak peek at two new works by the owner of Benjamin Walls Gallery.
• Teresangela Schiano Scholarship announced Bristol Ballet announces that Senior Company member Callee-Scout Love, 14, is the 2018-19 recipient of the Teresangela Schiano Memorial Scholarship.