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Magazine for the Arts Magazine for the Arts Award-winning 2003: Tennessee Governor’s Award for Arts Leadership 2007: Pinnacle Award: Print Edition, Website, E-mail Digest 2009: Three awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Tri-Cities Regional Chapter JULY 2017 Vol. 24, No. 7 Visit us online: www.artsmagazine.info A publication of Winner of the 2006 Award for Arts Leadership from the Arts Council of Greater Kingsport AAME is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in the arts. AAME does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age or national origin. Visit us online: www.aamearts.org GLORIA OSTER, PRESIDENT P.O. Box 94 • Bristol, TN 37621 Email: [email protected] AAME Goals • To support artists and arts organizations throughout the Mountain Empire • To promote collaboration among artists, arts organizations and the community • To improve recognition of the aesthetic, educational and economic value of the arts A! Magazine for the Arts wishes to thank our Pulitzer Prize-winning community partner, Bristol Herald Courier! THE COVER Jeremiah Caleb in “Criminal Minds Beyond Borders” Made In... Season 2, Episode 5 Playing the role of Unsub. 2 July 2017 Magazine www.artsmagazine.info A! Magazine for the Arts partially funded by TENNESSEE ARTS COMMISSION NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS We thank the volunteers who deliver additional copies of A! Magazine throughout Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. In addition to members of the A! Magazine committee, they include Robin Benke, Gayle Brown, Courtney Connor, Monica Cook, Ellen Corbett, Charlie Garnett, Pattie Hale, Carol Jackson, Lindsey Kinkaid, Janice Lowe, Charles Webb and David Winship. A! MAGAZINE COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS: BEN JENNINGS (276) 628-5960 & GLORIA OSTER (423) 646-3024 EMAIL: [email protected] WRITER / ART DIRECTOR LESLIE GRACE (423) 383-4495 • [email protected] CIRCULATION DIRECTOR: BRUCE MATHEWS (276) 623-2144 • [email protected] PAUL CONCO T. J. DEWITT SARAH ERNST SUE FULMER BONNY GABLE LINDA GARNETT ANN HOLLER ANN MATHEWS BRUCE MATHEWS ANN MCALLISTER GLORIA OSTER JAMIE SMYTH CONTENTS PAGE Cover Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Virginia Highlands Festival . . . 8 Youth Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . 9 Auditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Call for Entries . . . . . . . . . . 10 Camps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Comedy . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Festivals . . . . . . . . . . 13 Film . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Fundraisers . . . . . . . . . 13 Lecture . . . . . . . . . . 13 Literature . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Storytelling . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Youth & Family . . . . . . . . . . 18 FL3TCH3R Exhibit . . . . . . 19 Writers’ Day . . . . . . . . . 20 Achievements . . . . . 19 & 21 Storytelling Live . . . . . 21 AAMA Gala . . . . . . . . 22 & 23 Deadlines for August 2017 Print Edition Submit press releases & digital photos email [email protected] Reserve advertising space email [email protected] Submit digital-ready advertising artwork email [email protected] Look for the August issue on July 26. If your press release misses the deadline for our print edition, we’ll still consider it for our online edition and email digest. Although every effort is taken to ensure accuracy, A! Magazine for the Arts cannot be held responsible for opinions expressed or facts supplied by its contributors. We welcome photographs and other material accompanied by a SASE, but cannot guarantee their return. © 2016 Arts Alliance Mountain Empire. All rights reserved. JUNE 27 JULY 5 JULY 7 Wertz photos sought The Historical Society of Washington County, Virginia, is seeking pictures by renowned portrait photographer George Wertz, who oper- ated Wertz Photographic Studio on Main Street, Abingdon, Virginia, from 1875 to 1924. The Historical Society is compiling memorabilia of his life and his contribution to photography. Wertz’ pictures of children were his most popular photographs. His most famous photograph is a panoramic view of Abingdon, Virginia, taken in 1915, which is housed in the Library of Congress. The Wertz family were members of St Thomas Episcopal Church in Abingdon. Their daughter, Katie Wertz, married Henry Clay Bondurant of Bristol, and they were members of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Katie and Henry were both born in 1880 and died in 1957. The Bondu- rants had four children James H. Bondurant, George Newton Bondurant, H.C. Bondurant and Katherine Bondurant Hays. Anyone with knowledge of the Bondurant fam- ily or old photographs by Wertz is asked to contact the Historical Society of Washington County at 276-623- 8337. Photographs will be digitally recorded and returned to own- er or can be donated to the society, which is located at Depot Square, Abingdon.
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Magazine for the ArtsMagazine for the ArtsAward-winning
2003: Tennessee Governor’s Award for Arts Leadership2007: Pinnacle Award: Print Edition, Website, E-mail Digest2009: Three awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Tri-Cities Regional Chapter
JULY 2017 Vol. 24, No. 7Visit us online: www.artsmagazine.info
A publication of
Winner of the 2006 Award for Arts Leadershipfrom the Arts Council of Greater Kingsport
AAME is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in the arts. AAME does not discriminate on the basis
of race, color, religion, age or national origin.
Visit us online: www.aamearts.orgGLORIA OSTER, PRESIDENT
P.O. Box 94 • Bristol, TN 37621Email: [email protected]
AAME Goals • To support artists and arts organizations
throughout the Mountain Empire • To promote collaboration among artists,
arts organizations and the community • To improve recognition of the aesthetic,educational and economic value of the arts
A! Magazine for the Arts wishes to thank our
Pulitzer Prize-winning community partner,
Bristol Herald Courier!
THE COVERJeremiah Caleb in
“Criminal Minds Beyond Borders”Made In...
Season 2, Episode 5Playing the role of Unsub.
2 July 2017 Magazine www.artsmagazine.info
A! Magazinefor the Arts
partially funded by
Tennessee ArTs commission
nATionAl enDoWmenT
For THe ArTs
We thank the volunteers who deliver additional copies of A! Magazine throughout Northeast Tennessee and
Southwest Virginia. In addition to members of the A! Magazine committee, they include Robin Benke, Gayle Brown,
Courtney Connor, Monica Cook, Ellen Corbett, Charlie Garnett, Pattie Hale, Carol Jackson, Lindsey Kinkaid,
Janice Lowe, Charles Webb and David Winship.
A! MAgAzine COMMITTEEco-cHAirs: Ben JenninGs (276) 628-5960
& GloriA osTer (423) 646-3024emAil: [email protected]
WriTer / ArT DirecTorleslie GrAce
(423) 383-4495 • [email protected]
circulATion DirecTor: Bruce mATHeWs(276) 623-2144 • [email protected]
PauL CoNCoT. J. DEWITTSaRaH ERNSTSuE fuLMERBoNNy GaBLELINDa GaRNETT
aNN HoLLERaNN MaTHEWSBRuCE MaTHEWSaNN MCaLLISTERGLoRIa oSTERJaMIE SMyTH
CONTENTS PAGE
Cover Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Virginia Highlands Festival . . . 8
Youth Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . 9Auditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Call for Entries . . . . . . . . . . 10
Camps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Comedy . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Festivals . . . . . . . . . . 13
Film . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Fundraisers . . . . . . . . .13
Lecture . . . . . . . . . .13
Literature . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Storytelling . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Youth & Family . . . . . . . . . . 18
FL3TCH3R Exhibit . . . . . . 19
Writers’ Day . . . . . . . . . 20
Achievements . . . . . 19 & 21
Storytelling Live . . . . . 21
AAMA Gala . . . . . . . . 22 & 23
Deadlines for August 2017 Print Edition Submit press releases & digital photos
email [email protected]
Reserve advertising space email [email protected]
Submit digital-ready advertising artworkemail [email protected]
Look for the August issue on July 26.
If your press release misses the deadline for our print edition, we’ll still consider it for our online edition and email digest.
Although every effort is taken to ensure accuracy, A! Magazine for the Arts cannot be held responsible for opinions expressed or facts supplied by its contributors.
We welcome photographs and other material accompanied by a SASE, but cannot guarantee their return. © 2016 Arts Alliance Mountain Empire. All rights reserved.
JUNE 27
JULY 5
JULY 7
Wertz photos soughtThe Historical Society of Washington County, Virginia, is seeking
pictures by renowned portrait photographer George Wertz, who oper-ated Wertz Photographic Studio on Main Street, Abingdon, Virginia, from 1875 to 1924.
The Historical Society is compiling memorabilia of his life and his contribution to photography. Wertz’ pictures of children were his most popular photographs. His most famous photograph is a panoramic view of Abingdon, Virginia, taken in 1915, which is housed in the Library of Congress.
The Wertz family were members of St Thomas Episcopal Church in Abingdon. Their daughter, Katie Wertz, married Henry Clay Bondurant of Bristol, and they were members of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Katie and Henry were both born in 1880 and died in 1957. The Bondu-rants had four children James H. Bondurant, George Newton Bondurant, H.C. Bondurant and Katherine Bondurant Hays. Anyone with knowledge of the Bondurant fam-ily or old photographs by Wertz is asked to contact the Historical Society of Washington County at 276-623-8337.
Photographs will be digitally recorded and returned to own-er or can be donated to the society, which is located at Depot Square, Abingdon.
