A! Magazine for the Arts Archive

In This Issue

• Photography as Fine Art Nina Rizzo, Neil Staples and Jeffrey Stoner use different techniques, prefer different subjects and have very different artistic visions, but they all agree on one thing: what makes a photograph fine art is very similar to what makes any other medium art:
• Meet Nina Rizzo Nina Rizzo has taught historical and alternative photographic techniques and Metalchrome workshops.
• Meet Neil Staples Neil Staples is an associate professor of photography & digital imaging at Virginia Intermont College.
• Meet Jeffrey Stoner Jeffrey Stoner quit his day job and moved to Kingsport to follow his dream of photography.
• Photo Clubs in Region There are several photo clubs in the area. If you're interested in meeting fellow photographers, check one of them out.
• Youth Spotlight: Maggie Gatley Maggie Gatley is an 11-year-old fiddler and vocalist.
• Winners of Bristol's Art in Public Places Announced Art in Public Places is a community art project.
• In Focus: Reception for Angela Wampler
• VI Photo Students Put Skills to Work Five Virginia Intermont College photography students are working this summer to refine their skills in the real world, while making a contribution to national and community organizations.
• Punches Donates Sculpture to VI Campus Beth Punches, a Virginia Intermont graduate, has donated an original sculpture to her alma mater as a thank you to the college.
• Southwest Virginia Museum Announces Winners of Quilt Show The Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park congratulates the winners of the 15th Annual "A Stitch in Time" Quilt Show.
• Bristol's Paper Windows Project Third Session Winners Announced The Paper Windows third session, "Bristol Painted Green," winners have been announced.

A! Extra

• Rob-Con 27 draws crowd, Costumed Characters to Viking Hall Masked villains, caped heroes and a clear divide between good and evil: There's little wonder that comics have stood the test of time.
• The Paramount Center for the Arts Season offers Something for Everyone Time marches on. From its silver screen youth and the Great Depression, wars abroad and societal shifts at home, passage of time and loved ones, too, Bristol's Paramount perseveres. It dodged the wicked hammer of urban renewal, darkened for a decade or so
• Mary B. Martin School of the Arts kicks off Fourth Year The Mary B. Martin School of the Arts, under the direction of Anita DeAngelis, announces its fall schedule,
• Abingdon Mural Project Begins With Stories The story of a community lives in history books, memory and human spirit.
• CART Schedule announced The 32nd Anniversary Season of Citizens for the Arts opens on Aug. 26.
• Healing Hands Fundraiser For some, the contributions to Healing Hands Health Center started as a personal thing.
• Minds Wide Open: Commitment to the Arts A well-rounded education involves access to the arts. Education has long been part of Barter Theatre's mission.
• Photographer Has Big Hand in Local Memorial An impromptu photo opportunity 20 years ago drew Tim Cox into the story of the Upper Big Branch mine disaster in Whitesville, West Virginia.
• Mountain Songs Recount Cosmic Battles When people are presented negative stereotypes about Appalachia, David St. Clair wants them to be able to refute the labels with knowledge.
• Brit Boys Bring Beat Nearly everyone agreed: It was a different vibe for downtown Bristol.
• UK's Mumford & Sons rock Downtown Bristol Britain's Beatles invaded America in 1964 and asked to hold her hand. England's Mumford & Sons invaded Bristol several days ago in a tally ho to town that continued through Saturday night.
• Another Big Blow to the Arts in Bristol She was one of the area's greatest champions for the arts, colleagues said. She cared for the facility she directed as if it were her own and helped to restore downtown Bristol's most-recognized venue to its former glory.
• Folks You Should Know: Dalton Rhinehart Eighteen-year-old Dalton Rhinehart won his first art award when he was in preschool. His piece, a watercolor painting of a giraffe, was the first inkling of greater things to come.
• "Return of the Killer Shrews" Stars shined Friday night on State Street. Hollywood cast afar its spotlight on the Birthplace of Country Music with the world premiere of the feature film "Return of the Killer Shrews." Bristol's first-ever movie premiere screened at the Foundation Event
• Chrissie Peters publishes Poetry, Prose Collection For Chrissie Anderson Peters, her writing life started in fourth-grade with a poem about Snoopy and snow on his French toast.
• ETSU's Cronin appears on TV show "Army Wives" and in Upcoming Films An episode of the Lifetime network show "Army Wives" that aired earlier this month featured a guest appearance by East Tennessee State University's Pat Cronin.