A! Magazine for the Arts Archive

Costume Designers bring Character to Life and Set the Mood

In a way, anyone who has ever put on an interview outfit or worried about whether they're dressed appropriately has thought about their clothes as a costume.

In This Issue

• Costume Designers: Andrea and Garry Wakely Andrea and Garry Wakely at Twin Roses Designs in Bristol, Va., provide costumes for film, theatre and television. They also design costumes for individuals.
• Backcountry Makers: Hiram Starnes, Farmer and Cabinetmaker Pie safes are a favorite with many antique collectors.
• Arts for Youth Spotlight: Brianna Casey Brianna Casey has her second mother-daughter art exhibit at the Arts Depot in Abingdon, Va.
• Robin Mullins appears in "Safe Haven" Watch for Abingdon actress Robin Mullins in a significant role in the new film "Safe Haven," based upon the bestseller by Nicholas Sparks.
• Paper Windows Session 9 Winners The City of Bristol's Paper Windows Photography announces its session nine winners. The theme of the session was "Grateful." The photographers were asked to shoot something for which they were grateful.
• Kingsport creates Office of Cultural Arts A reorganization of the City of Kingsport's Leisure Services Division resulted in the creation of a stand-alone Office of Cultural Arts, highlighting Kingsport's focus on economic as well as cultural opportunities provided by the promotion of all forms of

A! Extra

• Look for MARCH A! Magazine on Wednesday, FEB. 27 Expect your MARCH A! Magazine on Wednesday, FEB. 27, 2013. And plan now to submit press releases and to advertise in the APRIL 2013 print edition of A! Magazine for the Arts.
• VHCC Music Director wins Songwriting Contest Local songwriter Mary Munsey has another award to hang on her wall, after she picked up first place at the Neuse River Music Festival's songwriting contest.
• ETSU launches New Arts Initiative Plans for the construction of a new arts center as well as an expansion of all arts programs across campus are part of a major arts initiative announced by East Tennessee State University officials.
• Review: Gone with the Wind spoof Thoroughly Skewers Mitchell's Epic Okay, I admit it, I have never read "Gone With the Wind," Margaret Mitchell's 1,037 page (first edition) concerning the late North-South "unpleasantness."
• Art in Public Places announces 2013 — 2014 Juror Now in its eighth year of placing public sculpture in downtown Bristol, Art in Public Places announces that its juror for the 2013-14 exhibit is Emily Smith.
• TBR Chancellor's, Regents' awards for philanthropy presented to Martins, Thomases Tennessee Board of Regents member Paul Montgomery of Kingsport and Chancellor John Morgan bestowed the Chancellor's and Regents' Awards for Excellence in Philanthropy upon individuals who have helped East Tennessee State University and their communities i
• Jonesborough Bluegrass Series kicks off The Historic Jonesborough Bluegrass Series 2013 season will kicked off Saturday, Feb. 9.
• Imagination engineers WKM exhibit ABINGDON, Va. — Leila Cartier climbed aboard the over-sized, pedal-driven contraption with the easy chair at its nose. "This is a curatorial playground," cooed Cartier, the curator of exhibits the William King Museum in Abingdon, Va.
• Annabelle's Curse to record Second Album Annabelle's Curse to record second album "Hollow Creature" with producer David Mayfield
• Hail the Hermesians E&H revives literary society gone since 1960s; stages debate.
• King Alumna Katherine Paterson Wins 2013 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award King Alumna Katherine Paterson ('54) is the recipient of the 2013 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award honoring an author or illustrator, published in the United States, whose books have made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.