DECEMBER
1-31... “Tree Fest” exhibit, Ashe Arts Center
1-20... Jingle All The Way, Barter Theatre, Abingdon, VA
1-21... Holiday Memories, Barter Stage II, Abingdon, VA
1-28... A Modern Christmas Carol, Barter Theatre, Abingdon, VA
1-31... Wolfahrt Haus’ Holiday Spectacular, Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner
Theatre, Wytheville, VA
4... Ashe County Choral Festival, 7:00 pm, Ashe Civic Center
5... Summit Strings in concert, 3pm, Ashe County Library
5... Holiday Scholarship Concert, 7:30 pm, Schaefer Center, ASU
5... Christmas Crawl and reception for “Tree Fest” artists, 5-8 pm, Ashe Arts Center
6... Saturday With Santa, 8:30-11:15 am, Ashe Arts Center
6... Holiday Open House, 11:30-4 pm, Ashe Arts Center
6... An Olde English Christmas with Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone,
8 pm, Walker Center, Wilkesboro
6... Mountainhome Music: An Appalachian Christmas, 7:30 pm, Grace
Lutheran Church, Boone
11... Shapenotes Singers meet, 7 pm, Ashe Arts Center
14... The Joyous Sounds of Christmas, 3:00 pm, West Jefferson UMC
14... Bethany Ding-A-Lings Handbell Concert, 7:00 pm, Bethany UMC
20... Wordkeepers Salon, 3 pm, Ashe Arts Center
JANUARY
2... Art Reception, 4:00 pm, Ashe County Library
7-31... “Centennial Celebration” exhibit, Ashe Arts Center
8... Shapenotes Singers meet, 7 pm, Ashe Arts Center
9... Artists’ reception for “Centennial Celebration” exhibit, 5-7 pm, Ashe
Arts Center
13... Ashe County Arts Council meets, 6:30 pm, Ashe Arts Center
15... Windsync in concert, 7:30 pm, Ashe Arts Center
19... Martin Luther King Holiday Celebration with Donna Washington, 7 pm, Ashe Arts Center
24... WKSK’s Old Time and Bluegrass Show featuring Hard Tymes, 11:00 am,
Ashe Civic Center
30... Travis LeDoyt: A Tribute to the King, 8 pm, Walker Center, Wilkesboro
ARTS/DATES
No. 177
The Gallery & Gallery Shop
303 School Avenue, Downtown West Jefferson
Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. thru December 27
We will resume Saturday hours in April!
FEBRUARY
December 2014 – January/February 2015
Publication of the Ashe County Arts Council
1-13... “Centennial Celebration” exhibit, Ashe Arts Center
7... Music at the Library: Connie Woolard, 1:30 pm, Ashe County Library
7... Amy White and Al Petteway, 7:30 pm, Ashe Arts Center
10... Ashe County Arts Council meets, 6:30 pm, Ashe Arts Center
12... Shapenotes Singers meet, 7 pm, Ashe Arts Center
13... Art Reception, 4:00 pm, Ashe County Library
13... Todd Wright’s Valentine Evening, 8 pm, Rosen Concert Hall, ASU
15... Appalachian Symphony Orchestra, 8 pm, Schaefer Center, ASU
18-28... “Possibilities” exhibit, Ashe Arts Center
20... Artist’s reception for “Possibilities” exhibit, 5-7 pm, Ashe Arts Center
21... Wordkeepers Salon, 3 pm, Ashe Arts Center
24... Yesterday and Today: The Interactive Beatles Experience, 7:30 pm, Ashe Civic Center
28... WKSK’s Old Time and Bluegrass Show featuring Surefire, 11:00 am,
Ashe Civic Center
STAFF: Jane Lonon, Executive Director Linda Dreyer, Director of Operations Rebecca Williams, Program Director
Zaneeta, Santa’s Little Helper
Web site: www.ashecountyarts.org
E-mail: [email protected]
303 School Avenue, West Jefferson, NC 28694
336.846-ARTS
YESTERDAY AND TODAY:
THE INTERACTIVE BEATLES
EXPERIENCE
Rock to the music of the Beatles in an all new interactive
concert experience where the audience creates the playlist
for the night! Everyone has a Beatles song attached to an
event in their life. Through laughter and personal stories,
Yesterday and Today: The Interactive Beatles Experience
will connect the audience and performers in a way like
none other.
Join brothers Billy, Matthew & Ryan McGuigan at 7:30
P.M. on Tuesday, February 24 at the Ashe Civic Center for a unique and remarkable concert event. With
dead-on musical precision and stunning set designs, the Civic Center will be immersed in the sights, sounds
and memories of the 1960’s.
Reserved seating tickets are $22 for adults and $5 for students and are available in
advance at the Ashe Arts Center of by calling 336.846-2787. Mastercard, Visa and
Discover accepted. Corporate sponsor for the concert is LifeStore Bank and Insurance.
AL PETTEWAY & AMY WHITE IN CONCERT
Grammy-Winning Guitarist and Indie-Award Winning Duo Al Petteway and
Amy White will appear in concert at the Ashe Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. on
Saturday evening, February 7. Seating is limited. Al and Amy offer an intoxicating blend of musical styles. Their repertoire includes original, traditional,
contemporary Celtic and Appalachian-influenced music with occasional nods
to rock and jazz. Their performances feature acoustic guitar, mandolin, Celtic
harp, piano, banjo, lap dulcimer, world percussion, and a touch of vocals.
Al and Amy’s music was featured throughout the soundtrack of Ken Burns
EMMY-winning documentary, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea. And
in 2010 their album, Caledon Wood (which includes
the main theme of the national Parks documentary),
was counted among the essential albums of the past 20 years in the Acoustic
Guitar Magazine 20th anniversary issue.
Happy Holidays to
you and yours from
the Ashe County Arts
Council. To celebrate
the upcoming holidays,
the Ashe Arts Center
will close at 2:00 on
December 24 and will
be closed December 25
and January 1.
Tickets for the concert are $12 for Adults and $5 for students. Advance sales may
be made at the Ashe Arts Center or by calling 336.846-2787.
Look for this symbol throughout
the mountains and enjoy traditional
music at its best!
Does your name in your mailing address have a black dot beside it? If so, it means this may be your last issue of ARTS/DATES. Because of increased printing and postage
costs, we need to announce the following: If you live outside the immediate Ashe County region, if you’ve been receiving our newsletter for a year or more, and it we have not
received a fund drive contribution from you, we must assume you are no longer interested in keeping up with the arts in Ashe County. Please let us hear from you by December
31 if you’d like to continue receiving ARTS/DATES. If you prefer, we can send you the newsletter electronically. And next time you’re in West Jefferson, please stop by the Ashe
Arts Center. We’d love to renew our acquaintance with you!
PERMIT # 212
HICKORY NC
PAID
Ashe County Arts Council
303 School Avenue
West Jefferson, NC 28694
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S. POSTAGE
FEBRUARY
DECEMBER
POSSIBILITIES
CHRISTMAS MINIATURES
Good things come in small packages!
And that definitely applies to art! The
Christmas Miniatures exhibit challenges artists to create new works of art
no larger than twelve inches square.
The miniature works in oil, watercolor, acrylics, photography, and fibers
A Christmas Visitor are from artists Joanie Bell, Lea Booth,
by Scot Pope
Berkeley Brown, Doug Butler, Kelly
Clampitt, Marion Cloaninger, Theresa Curd, Dale Forrest,
Lori Grindrod, Evalynn Halsey, Diane LaBonte, Judy
Mitchell, Bruce Pettyjohn, Scot Pope, Cher Shaffer, Susan
Van Wyk, Dawn Wicklow, Emma Jean Wilson, and others.
Christmas Miniatures will be on display through January
2. Celebrate the season with a new work of art – they make
great gifts, too!!
HOLIDAY
OPEN HOUSE
Ashe Arts Center
11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Saturday, December 6
Refreshments will be served!
THE GALLERY
Tree Fest includes seven artfully-decorated theme Christmas trees and
“Christmas Miniatures,” new works by area artists.
THE GALLERY SHOP
Christmas Marketplace brings you the finest in handmade holiday crafts and gifts. Complete your
holiday shopping locally with the finest in jewelry…pottery…baskets…paintings and
photography…books…wooden bowls…ornaments…stained glass…silk scarves…quilted goods…
CDs… rug hooking...weaving...note cards and much more!
ASHE COUNTY CHORAL FESTIVAL
The eighth Ashe County Choral Festival will be held Thursday, December
4 at 7:00 at the Ashe Civic Center. The Festival will showcase the high
quality choral programs available in Ashe County schools and will feature
an evening of individual choruses and massed choir selections all with a
holiday theme.
Participating choruses and their directors include Blue Ridge Elementary
(Rachel Nave-Lewis), Mountain View Elementary (Pat Lanno), Westwood
Elementary (Mary Greene), Ashe County Middle School (Paula Carlton),
and Ashe County High School (Andrea Gardner.) Each school chorus
will perform a selection. There will be an elementary mass selection,
Winter Fantasy, middle school and high school mass selection, Let It Go,
and the final all school mass selection will be Christmas in Three Minutes.
Other selections will include Siyahamba and Grown-Up Christmas List.
Funding for the Choral Festival is made possible with a Grassroots Arts
Program Grant from the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources,
with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and is sponsored locally by the Ashe
County Arts Council. Admission is $4 per person. Tickets are available in advance from the Ashe
County Arts Council or by calling 336.846-ARTS.
Artists from neighboring Alleghany County will be featured
in exhibition at the Ashe Arts Center February 18 through
March 20. Many of the artist craftsmen have been honing
their craft for 30+ years, have won awards nationally and
have been pushing the boundaries in their respective mediums.
REGIONAL ARTIST PROJECT
GRANT AWARDS
Regional Artist Project Grant Awards for 2014-2015 were
announced recently. Eight grants were given to artists in
Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, and Wilkes counties. This project was supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of
the Department of Cultural Resources, with funding from
the National Endowment for the Arts and has served local
A possibility is that you’ll learn what creative energies the artists for seventeen years. Pictured below are this year’s
artists in Alleghany County nurture with their supportive winners:
group: North Carolina Mountain Arts Adventure. This tour
of artist/craftsmen studios started four years ago, happens
twice a year, and their members make up this exhibition of
Possibilities.
Exhibiting artists include:
Dan Abernathy – handcrafted heritage carved birds
John Brady – handmade furniture
Daniel and Robin Cater – clay and metal sculptures and
decorative functional stoneware
Chris Davis – fine art, paintings
Tina Duffy and Sarah Harper – paintings, pottery, quilts
Chris Durgin – handcrafted guitar and banjo
Joe Edwards - oil paintings, wire wrapped jewelry
Ronnie Hughes – lampworked glass wildflower sculptures
Allen Joyce and Gary Medley – stained glass designs for
panels and windows
Robin Mangum – pottery and ceramic art
Jessie Simpson – wheel thrown and handbuilt pottery
Pam Sundstrom – limited series fine jewelry and sculpture
Meet the artists at the opening reception from 5 – 7 p.m. on
Friday, February 20, 2015.
James Woods (Ashe, Visual Arts, Folk Art)
Scott Ludwig (Watauga, Visual Arts, Print Making)
Becky Henderson-Gow (Watauga, Pottery)
Jennifer Waterman (Watauga, Literary Arts)
Kathryn Cook (Watauga, Visual Arts, Sculpture)
Stephen Hill (Watauga, Visual, Photography)
Tyler Deal (Watauga, Visual Arts, Pottery)
WORDKEEPERS SALON SETS UP FOR 2015
Wordkeepers, an afternoon salon featuring writers reading their latest
prose and poetry works in five-minute open microphone time slots, began in 2010
by local writers Chris Arvidson, Scot Pope and Julie Townsend.
Held at the Arts Center, Henry Doss and Scot Pope warm-up the audience with their musical story telling at 3:00 p.m. Readings begin at 4:00 p.m.
Refreshments are provided. Wordkeepers is free and open to the public. Writers
interested in reading from their work should email Chris Arvidson at [email protected] to secure their first-come, first-served spot on the bill, and to receive guidelines for reading.
The final Wordkeeper session for this year will be held on Saturday, December 20, and the following
dates have been set for 2015: February 21, April 18, June 20, August 15, October 17, and December 19.
WKSK GARY POE RADIO SHOW
Mark your calendars for the popular WKSK Gary Poe Radio Show broadcast live from the
stage of the Ashe Civic Center. Beginning “a little after 11:00” Gary will bring the best in
bluegrass and old time music to the stage on January 24 with the Hard Tymes and February
28 featuring Surefire. Admission is free!
JANUARY
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY
CELEBRATION
The ensemble is recognized internationally
for dramatic and adventurous programing
in venues ranging from concert halls to
museums, universities and schools. The
young, energetic group plays exclusively from memory, including elements of
staging and choreography, and focuses
on building connections with audiences
through dynamic concert programming
and charismatic stage presence.
Admission is $12 for adults and $5 for
students; tickets are available at the Ashe
Arts Center in advance or at the door. Call
336.846-2787 for more information.
The Ashe County
Arts Council will
sponsor a community celebration in
honor of Dr. Martin
Luther King at 7
p.m. on Monday,
January 19th at the
Ashe Arts Center
in West Jefferson.
Included in the evening’s activities will be readings and tributes from local
leaders with special music presented under the direction
of Diane Bryan-Leeper.
Donna Washington will be the featured performer for
the celebration. Ms. Washington is a storyteller, performer, and author. She will also present programs for
students at Ashe County Middle School, Ashe County
High School, and the elementary schools on January
20th and 21st.
The evening program is free and open to the public.
Funding for the Celebration is made possible by a
Grassroots Grant from the N.C. Arts Council, a division
of the Department of Cultural Resources, with funding
from the National Endowment for the Arts and is sponsored locally by the Ashe County Arts Council. For
more information, call 336.846-2787.
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
1915
TM
West Jefferson turns 100 years old in 2015 and what better way to kick off
the year-long celebration than with an art exhibit! Centennial Celebration
will feature paintings and photography created by local artists to commemorate the storied past, vibrant present, and promising future of this great,
little town.
J
N
W EST
OO
Ashe County’s favorite
evening of great dining,
a gourmet dessert
buffet, and a surprise
silent auction returns to
the Arts Center on
June 13, 2015.
Mark your calendars!
Deadline for host homes
to sign up is April 1st.
Start planning your
menu and guest list
now.
For more information
and to find out how
you can get involved,
call the Arts Council at
336.846-ARTS.
FERSO
Centennial Celebration opens on January 7th and will remain in the
Gallery of the Ashe Arts Center until February 13, 2015. Featured artists
include Mike Acquesta, Joan Bell, Ed Booth, Joy Campbell, Dale Carlson,
Brenda Carson, Pat Considine, Karen Gross, Sharon Kasel, Kelly Clampitt, Diane LaBonte, Pegge
DeLaney Laine, Christine McCarty, Judy Mitchell, Scot Pope, Ed Reed, Stephen Shoemaker, Debra
Speas, Audrey Spencer, early works by Florence Thomas, Susan Van Wyk, James Wood, and others.
Join the Arts Council for the opening reception from 5 – 7 P.M. on Friday evening, January 9th at
the Ashe Arts Center. Help share in West Jefferson’s celebration!
ADVANCE TICKETS
Advance tickets for Arts Council sponsored events go on sale one month prior to the event and
may be purchased at the Ashe Arts Center or by calling 336.846-ARTS during regular business
hours. Cash, checks, and Visa/Mastercard/Discover are accepted.
dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
CHRISTMAS CRAWL
Promoting West Jefferson’s Arts District
Mark your calendars for Friday, December 5 when galleries, studios,
and craft shops in downtown West Jefferson will be open for
extended hours from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. for the annual Christmas
Crawl. Patterned after the popular seasonal gallery crawls, enjoy new
artwork, music, refreshments, and an opportunity to jumpstart your
holiday gift giving by finding original, handcrafted works of art.
Arts District Galleries: Acorn Gallery, Ashe Arts Center,
Ashe Custom Framing & Gallery, Backstreet Beads, Bohemia Gallery,
Broomfields Gallery, Catchlight Gallery, Everything Has a Story,
Florence Thomas Art School and Gallery,Frenchy’s Gallery,
Originals Only Gallery, Quilt Square Girls, RT Morgan Art Gallery,
Stephen Shoemaker Studio and Gallery, The Artists’ Theatre
The Crawl is sponsored by the Ashe County Arts Council in cooperation with the West Jefferson Business Association, the West Jefferson
TDA and is funded, in part, through a Grassroots Arts Program Grant
of the North Carolina Arts Council. For more information, call the
participating galleries or the Arts Center at 336.846-2787.
dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
Hailed by the Houston Chronicle as “revolutionary chamber musicians,” WindSync
has distinguished itself among classical
music ensembles as North America’s foremost emerging wind quintet. WindSync
will appear in concert at the Ashe Arts
Center at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, January 15.
The concert is sponsored by the Ashe
County Arts Council.
FEAST FOR
THE ARTS!
dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
WINDSYNC
EF
~ SAVE THE DATE ~
dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
Thank you! Thank you! To a great
group of volunteers! Thank you to
ticket takers, movers and haulers,
bakers, mailers and hard working
committee members.
David Alff, Chris Arvidson, Tab and Eileen Bell,
Nancy Breen, Fowler and Jennie Bush, Joy
Campbell, Mary Cannon, Melissa Caudill, Kelly
Clampitt, Kathy Chefas, Jane Davis, Jeff Dreyer,
Joy Dollar, Dave and Lynne Eastburn, Jim and
Jan Gambill, Connie and Neal Hardison, Kathy
Howell, Charna Howson, Kim and Richard
Isler, Carolyn Johnson, Dana and Donnie
Johnson, Diane and Wayne Johnson, Jane
Johnson, Matthew Lonon, John MacConnell,
Becky and Kent Marsten, Caroline Mickalitis,
Judy and Sandy Mitchell, Barbara Miller, Edie
Miller, Susanne Moore, Pat Morrison, Bill and
Barb Naser, Allyson Perlman, Ed and Ellie
Perzel, Susan Powers, Carley Richardson,
Barbara Sears, Becky Stragand, John Smyre,
Pam Tapp, June Weaver, and Jim Williams.
Thank you to all of our hard working Literary
Festival committee members, housing folks
and handlers….you are the best!
The Ashe Arts Center
celebrates the holiday season
and Ashe County Christmas
trees with beautifully
decorated trees.
This winter wonderland
has been created with
something for
everyone and
represents
community
involvement
with the arts.
Tree Fest
November 24 through
December 31, 2014
•
The ReTree
The ReTree was inspired by
the concept of Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle to bring awareness to over consumption in our culture and to spark creativity and enthusiasm in finding neat ways
to utilize previously used materials. Members
of Ashe Schools of Home Education have created
ornaments out of materials that were once something
else. The tree includes the whole rainbow spectrum!
My Favorite Things
The Ashe County Arts Council’s tree with
handcrafted holiday decorations from local
artists Linda Bruce, Beverly Clayton, Julie
Greene, Ronnie Hughes, Betsy Isaacs,
Paulette Lawrence, Jane Maddocks,
Theresa McGrath, Judy Mitchell, Pat
Morrison, Cathey Purvey, Cheryl
Roberts, Cher Shaffer, Ellen Sinford,
Cheryl Williams, and others. The
original ornaments by these artists include works in wood,
clay, metal, glass, paper and
fabric. The ornaments are
for sale and make great
presents!
•
The Sweet Treat of Christmas
Holly Roten has crafted the Sweet Treat of Christmas Tree
using pink, silver and white mesh. The inspiration for the tree
comes from a Southern Christmas Show Tree Decorating Contest.
No sweet treat would be complete without a cherry on top!
•
Stars and Stripes Forever
Stars and Stripes Forever is a military tribute tree decorated by Robin King.
It celebrates the U.S. armed service branches with a large flag banner, stars and
framed insignias of the five military branches, and lotsof red, white and blue. •
The Dancer’s Tree
April’s School of Dance presents The Dancer’s Tree! It represents the children that dance with
April! The ornaments are either handmade or special to the child in some way. Dancing is an art and a way of expressing oneself, and the pink ribbons that wind through the tree remind
everyone to “dance as though no one is watching!”
•
Feliz Navidad from Mexico
The Feliz Navidad Tree pays homage to the people of Mexico with a tree representing their homeland. Handcrafted decorations
include hand-painted tin ornaments and wooden, fabric, and paper ornaments. Symbols of Mexican culture, maracas, mariachi hats, and
poinsettias, along with the colors of the Mexican flag as the garland, complete the tree decorated by Barbara Sears. As in all
countries in which Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion, the crèche or nativity is used prominently in Christmas decorating. •
Top Dog
Ed and Ellie Perzel honor the role dogs play in our lives with a fun tree celebrating working dogs, military dogs, and man’s best friend, our pet!
These four legged creatures that we live with, play with, share our food and beds with, are celebrated in a tree of red and gold. Decorations
include dog chains, tennis ball ornaments, dog collars, dog biscuits, and dog houses. Icicles add a shimmer to the tree!
Trees donated by Hudler Carolina Tree Farms
Wreath donated by Omni Farms
The Ashe County Arts Council exists to enrich the cultural life of Ashe County by nurturing and supporting the arts.
Your contribution is an investment in the future of your community. Our 2014-2015 Fund Drive continues with lots of
community support. The Ashe County Arts Council is grateful to the following business and individual contributors
who make our program possible. These donations were made between July 1 and November 17, 2014:
ARCHANGEL $5000-up
North Carolina Arts Council
ANGEL $2500-4999
Anonymous
Ashe County Little Theatre
SPECIAL $1000-2499
Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff
Lynne & Dave Eastburn
Edmund & Betsy Gant
LifeStore Bank & Insurance
John MacConnell
Ed & Ellie Perzel
Barbara Sears
SPONSOR $600- 999
Michael & Carole Acquesta
Chip & Judy Anderson
Buffalo Tavern B&B
John & Kathy Chefas
Rudy & Theresa Early Curd
Walt & Jane Davis
Jane & Grady Lonon
BENEFACTOR $350- 599
Anonymous
Chris Arvidson & Henry Doss
Ashe County Cheese
Ashe Custom Framing
Steve & Laura Blalock
Blue Ridge Electric Memb. Corp.
Mimi & Pete Brandt
Fowler & Jennie Bush
Mary Cannon
Timothy & Debra Davis
Mannon & Lee Eldreth
Chris & Jane Glass
Debbie Handy
Thomas & Kathy Howell
Irby & Roy Hutchins
Carolyn & Phillip Johnson
Clint & Barb Johnson
Don & Jane Johnson
Donnie & Dana Johnson
Wayne & Diane Johnson
Christopher & Anne Jones
GW & Karin Kalmus
Tom & Sharon Kasel
Kent & Becky Marsten
Tom & Linda McLintock
Calvin & Katrina Miller
Jack & Pat Moncrief
Bill & Anita Pangle
Parker’s Electrical Service
BENEFACTOR continued
Harold & Wanda Parks
Janet & Louis Pittard
Linda Stanley & Ray Podd
Howell & Becky Pruett
Quilt Square Girls
Tim Rector
Frank & Nancy Sherrill
SkyLine Membership Corp.
Jerry Smith
Gaylord & Ann Snyder
Sue & Bill Stiles
Peter & Becky Stragand
Jim & Pam Tapp
Dr. Jane K. Testerman
Tim Varner
Janet Warner
Joel & June Weaver
Yardy & Barbara Williams
Barbara Young
PATRON $250- 349
Jeff Alexander
Gerald & Irene Bebber
Judi Brown
Wayne & Becky Burgess
Bill & Kathy Cissna
Kelly Clampitt
Alice Atwood & Pat Considine
Jeff & Linda Dreyer
Frank & Carole Gailor
Melinda Hamrick
Neal & Connie Hardison
Gene & Vickie Johnson
Libby’s
Tuck & Wilma McClure
Susan Meredith
Russ & Jean Moxley
Wade & Sarah Sanders
Felicitas Bugarin Santos
Steve Stutts
Charles & Bonnie Supin
Harry & Susan Van Wyk
Oren & Betty Wagner
Stephen Lowe Young
FRIEND $50-249
Anonymous
David Alff & Eloise Shepard
Chuck & Judy Atwell
Scott & Beckie Ballard
Jane Bennett,
In honor of Jim & Pam Tapp
Orna Bentor
Blue Ridge Art Clan
Bruce & Cynthia Bortz
Douglas & Dorena Boike
FRIEND continued
Tonya Bottomley
Bess Boudrow
Joan & Elliott Byrd
Joy Campbell
Al Cheatham
Bob & Susan Cole
Art & Ruth Collins
Lon & Carol Coulter
Sam & Jeanne Coward
Creative Printers
Cindy Fowler & Ken Crouse
Kermit & Judy Dancy
Ralph & Jerrie Dearborn
Luther & Carolyne DeVaun
Edd & Betsy Dickens
John & Cynthia Dixon
James & Pamela Dodd
Carol & Rick Dynesius
Bluferd & Shirley Eldreth
Roy & Mary Caryl Elmore
Bob & Dianne Ferree
Peter & Catherine Finch
Ina Wallace & Ugo Goetzl
Doug & Lynn Gordon
Kenneth & Arlinda Graham
Reece & Judy Graham
Gene & Laurie Greene
Karin Griffiths
Miriam Haddad
Gene Hafer
Mark & Lu Hagel
Evalynn Halsey
Howard & Anne Hanson
Janice Henson
Ron & Peg Hofstetter
Laurie Holloway
Lou Holmes
The Hotel Tavern
Ted Humphrey
Clyde & Eva Ingle
Jack & Karen James
Charlotte & Ray Jenkins,
In honor of Artie McGlohon’s
birthday
Patsy Kanagy
Craig & Carol Kennedy
Bob & Joyce Kilby
Ed Kline
William & Dorothy Korb
Diane LaBonte
Fred Lamphere
Sheila Levine
Ellie Lyne
Marilyn & Joe Maloney
Stuart & Allison Malter
Mangum Pottery
FRIEND continued
Carol Williams
Kaye Miller & Bill Womble
Bob & Bobbie Worley
James Max Yates
Rosemary & Ted Yiengst
FRIEND continued
Terri Marshall
Wayne & Myrna Mason
Lloyd & Nina Maynard
Haskell & Anne McGuire
Charles & Kathy Meyers,
In Memory of Nancy Meyers
Belva Miller
Dick & Barbara Miller
Stephen A. Miller
Eileen & Gil Millsaps
Joyce Mize
Barbara Land Moncrief
Vaughn & Beth Morrison
Skip & Patricia Nash
Michele Obenchain
Sherry Parratt
Mary Pauley
C.Baker & J. Pegram
Dr. Mark & Allyson Perlman
Ann & David Permar
Peter & Joni Petschauer
Harry & Donna Phillips
RDR Kennels
Nancy & John Reeves
Sara W. & I.S.K. Reeves V
Ruth Renfro
Phil & Karen Rea
Rest-More Properties
Lee & Annette Rogers
Arvill Scott
Donald & Bonita Scott
Judy & Bill Scurry
Ward & Helen Sexton
Nancy & James Shannon
Keith & Beverly Shaver
David Sheets
Sam & Linda Shumate
Norm & Lois Sprinthall
Robert & Judith Statnick
Allison Lord Stuart
Norma & Jack Suddreth
Dr. & Mrs. Brett T. Summey
Elizabeth Taylor
Jim & Pat Taylor
Suzanne Taylor
Judy & Paul Tobin
Jim Trice
Joanne Underwood
Wade & Dorothy Vannoy
Sharon & John Vodenicker
Penny Harless Ward
John & Audrey Wasner
Joan Weaver
Patty & Al Wheeler
John Wieland & Karen Bell
Don Willey & Charlotte Blake
Please take this opportunity to contribute to the Ashe County Arts Council.
Name
Phone
Address
Amount Pledged
Payment Enclosed
Send your tax-deductible contribution to 303 School Avenue, West Jefferson, NC 28694.
Online donations may be made at www.ashecountyarts.org.
DONOR $10-49
Anonymous
Dale & Ella Baldwin
Bonnie & Dick Blohm
Charles & Judy Blythe
Robert & Lynda Carver
Joan Croteau
Carol & Don Day
Jen & Cindie Diehl
Garry & Tammy Elliott
Rose Ellen Farrington
Carolina Finley
Mary Foreman
Sharon Gambill
Gem Valley NC
Ann Gilbert
Ken & Lucinda Glover
Laura Green
Myrton & Elsie Hall
Jennie Hallsey
Cynthia Harless
Norman & Nancy Harris
Jan Hershner
Ray & Carrol Howell
John & Janet Jenny
William & Dorothy Jeremiah
Dallas & Sandra Lassen
Barbara Lawrence
Virgie Lyle
Lesa & Pat McClellan
Caroline Mickalitis
Jennifer Miller
Alyce Nadeau
Scott Nicholson
Gerald Park
Wendy Painter
Grace & Charles Parker
Betty Powell
Nancy Reed
Larry & Linda Rousseau
Mary Schwenn
Barbara Sexton
Russ & Janet Trembly
Chsrles & Ellen Vitale
Christina Wagoner
Fay Weaver
Wade Wilmoth
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Wolfe
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
Donor $10-$49
Friend $50-$249
Patron $250-$349
Benefactor $350-$599
Sponsor $600-$999
Special $1000-$2499
Angel $2500-$4999
Archangel $5000-up!
The Ashe Arts Center
celebrates the holiday season
and Ashe County Christmas
trees with beautifully
decorated trees.
This winter wonderland
has been created with
something for
everyone and
represents
community
involvement
with the arts.
Tree Fest
November 24 through
December 31, 2014
•
The ReTree
The ReTree was inspired by
the concept of Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle to bring awareness to over consumption in our culture and to spark creativity and enthusiasm in finding neat ways
to utilize previously used materials. Members
of Ashe Schools of Home Education have created
ornaments out of materials that were once something
else. The tree includes the whole rainbow spectrum!
My Favorite Things
The Ashe County Arts Council’s tree with
handcrafted holiday decorations from local
artists Linda Bruce, Beverly Clayton, Julie
Greene, Ronnie Hughes, Betsy Isaacs,
Paulette Lawrence, Jane Maddocks,
Theresa McGrath, Judy Mitchell, Pat
Morrison, Cathey Purvey, Cheryl
Roberts, Cher Shaffer, Ellen Sinford,
Cheryl Williams, and others. The
original ornaments by these artists include works in wood,
clay, metal, glass, paper and
fabric. The ornaments are
for sale and make great
presents!
•
The Sweet Treat of Christmas
Holly Roten has crafted the Sweet Treat of Christmas Tree
using pink, silver and white mesh. The inspiration for the tree
comes from a Southern Christmas Show Tree Decorating Contest.
No sweet treat would be complete without a cherry on top!
•
Stars and Stripes Forever
Stars and Stripes Forever is a military tribute tree decorated by Robin King.
It celebrates the U.S. armed service branches with a large flag banner, stars and
framed insignias of the five military branches, and lotsof red, white and blue. •
The Dancer’s Tree
April’s School of Dance presents The Dancer’s Tree! It represents the children that dance with
April! The ornaments are either handmade or special to the child in some way. Dancing is an art and a way of expressing oneself, and the pink ribbons that wind through the tree remind
everyone to “dance as though no one is watching!”
•
Feliz Navidad from Mexico
The Feliz Navidad Tree pays homage to the people of Mexico with a tree representing their homeland. Handcrafted decorations
include hand-painted tin ornaments and wooden, fabric, and paper ornaments. Symbols of Mexican culture, maracas, mariachi hats, and
poinsettias, along with the colors of the Mexican flag as the garland, complete the tree decorated by Barbara Sears. As in all
countries in which Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion, the crèche or nativity is used prominently in Christmas decorating. •
Top Dog
Ed and Ellie Perzel honor the role dogs play in our lives with a fun tree celebrating working dogs, military dogs, and man’s best friend, our pet!
These four legged creatures that we live with, play with, share our food and beds with, are celebrated in a tree of red and gold. Decorations
include dog chains, tennis ball ornaments, dog collars, dog biscuits, and dog houses. Icicles add a shimmer to the tree!
Trees donated by Hudler Carolina Tree Farms
Wreath donated by Omni Farms
The Ashe County Arts Council exists to enrich the cultural life of Ashe County by nurturing and supporting the arts.
Your contribution is an investment in the future of your community. Our 2014-2015 Fund Drive continues with lots of
community support. The Ashe County Arts Council is grateful to the following business and individual contributors
who make our program possible. These donations were made between July 1 and November 17, 2014:
ARCHANGEL $5000-up
North Carolina Arts Council
ANGEL $2500-4999
Anonymous
Ashe County Little Theatre
SPECIAL $1000-2499
Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff
Lynne & Dave Eastburn
Edmund & Betsy Gant
LifeStore Bank & Insurance
John MacConnell
Ed & Ellie Perzel
Barbara Sears
SPONSOR $600- 999
Michael & Carole Acquesta
Chip & Judy Anderson
Buffalo Tavern B&B
John & Kathy Chefas
Rudy & Theresa Early Curd
Walt & Jane Davis
Jane & Grady Lonon
BENEFACTOR $350- 599
Anonymous
Chris Arvidson & Henry Doss
Ashe County Cheese
Ashe Custom Framing
Steve & Laura Blalock
Blue Ridge Electric Memb. Corp.
Mimi & Pete Brandt
Fowler & Jennie Bush
Mary Cannon
Timothy & Debra Davis
Mannon & Lee Eldreth
Chris & Jane Glass
Debbie Handy
Thomas & Kathy Howell
Irby & Roy Hutchins
Carolyn & Phillip Johnson
Clint & Barb Johnson
Don & Jane Johnson
Donnie & Dana Johnson
Wayne & Diane Johnson
Christopher & Anne Jones
GW & Karin Kalmus
Tom & Sharon Kasel
Kent & Becky Marsten
Tom & Linda McLintock
Calvin & Katrina Miller
Jack & Pat Moncrief
Bill & Anita Pangle
Parker’s Electrical Service
BENEFACTOR continued
Harold & Wanda Parks
Janet & Louis Pittard
Linda Stanley & Ray Podd
Howell & Becky Pruett
Quilt Square Girls
Tim Rector
Frank & Nancy Sherrill
SkyLine Membership Corp.
Jerry Smith
Gaylord & Ann Snyder
Sue & Bill Stiles
Peter & Becky Stragand
Jim & Pam Tapp
Dr. Jane K. Testerman
Tim Varner
Janet Warner
Joel & June Weaver
Yardy & Barbara Williams
Barbara Young
PATRON $250- 349
Jeff Alexander
Gerald & Irene Bebber
Judi Brown
Wayne & Becky Burgess
Bill & Kathy Cissna
Kelly Clampitt
Alice Atwood & Pat Considine
Jeff & Linda Dreyer
Frank & Carole Gailor
Melinda Hamrick
Neal & Connie Hardison
Gene & Vickie Johnson
Libby’s
Tuck & Wilma McClure
Susan Meredith
Russ & Jean Moxley
Wade & Sarah Sanders
Felicitas Bugarin Santos
Steve Stutts
Charles & Bonnie Supin
Harry & Susan Van Wyk
Oren & Betty Wagner
Stephen Lowe Young
FRIEND $50-249
Anonymous
David Alff & Eloise Shepard
Chuck & Judy Atwell
Scott & Beckie Ballard
Jane Bennett,
In honor of Jim & Pam Tapp
Orna Bentor
Blue Ridge Art Clan
Bruce & Cynthia Bortz
Douglas & Dorena Boike
FRIEND continued
Tonya Bottomley
Bess Boudrow
Joan & Elliott Byrd
Joy Campbell
Al Cheatham
Bob & Susan Cole
Art & Ruth Collins
Lon & Carol Coulter
Sam & Jeanne Coward
Creative Printers
Cindy Fowler & Ken Crouse
Kermit & Judy Dancy
Ralph & Jerrie Dearborn
Luther & Carolyne DeVaun
Edd & Betsy Dickens
John & Cynthia Dixon
James & Pamela Dodd
Carol & Rick Dynesius
Bluferd & Shirley Eldreth
Roy & Mary Caryl Elmore
Bob & Dianne Ferree
Peter & Catherine Finch
Ina Wallace & Ugo Goetzl
Doug & Lynn Gordon
Kenneth & Arlinda Graham
Reece & Judy Graham
Gene & Laurie Greene
Karin Griffiths
Miriam Haddad
Gene Hafer
Mark & Lu Hagel
Evalynn Halsey
Howard & Anne Hanson
Janice Henson
Ron & Peg Hofstetter
Laurie Holloway
Lou Holmes
The Hotel Tavern
Ted Humphrey
Clyde & Eva Ingle
Jack & Karen James
Charlotte & Ray Jenkins,
In honor of Artie McGlohon’s
birthday
Patsy Kanagy
Craig & Carol Kennedy
Bob & Joyce Kilby
Ed Kline
William & Dorothy Korb
Diane LaBonte
Fred Lamphere
Sheila Levine
Ellie Lyne
Marilyn & Joe Maloney
Stuart & Allison Malter
Mangum Pottery
FRIEND continued
Carol Williams
Kaye Miller & Bill Womble
Bob & Bobbie Worley
James Max Yates
Rosemary & Ted Yiengst
FRIEND continued
Terri Marshall
Wayne & Myrna Mason
Lloyd & Nina Maynard
Haskell & Anne McGuire
Charles & Kathy Meyers,
In Memory of Nancy Meyers
Belva Miller
Dick & Barbara Miller
Stephen A. Miller
Eileen & Gil Millsaps
Joyce Mize
Barbara Land Moncrief
Vaughn & Beth Morrison
Skip & Patricia Nash
Michele Obenchain
Sherry Parratt
Mary Pauley
C.Baker & J. Pegram
Dr. Mark & Allyson Perlman
Ann & David Permar
Peter & Joni Petschauer
Harry & Donna Phillips
RDR Kennels
Nancy & John Reeves
Sara W. & I.S.K. Reeves V
Ruth Renfro
Phil & Karen Rea
Rest-More Properties
Lee & Annette Rogers
Arvill Scott
Donald & Bonita Scott
Judy & Bill Scurry
Ward & Helen Sexton
Nancy & James Shannon
Keith & Beverly Shaver
David Sheets
Sam & Linda Shumate
Norm & Lois Sprinthall
Robert & Judith Statnick
Allison Lord Stuart
Norma & Jack Suddreth
Dr. & Mrs. Brett T. Summey
Elizabeth Taylor
Jim & Pat Taylor
Suzanne Taylor
Judy & Paul Tobin
Jim Trice
Joanne Underwood
Wade & Dorothy Vannoy
Sharon & John Vodenicker
Penny Harless Ward
John & Audrey Wasner
Joan Weaver
Patty & Al Wheeler
John Wieland & Karen Bell
Don Willey & Charlotte Blake
Please take this opportunity to contribute to the Ashe County Arts Council.
Name
Phone
Address
Amount Pledged
Payment Enclosed
Send your tax-deductible contribution to 303 School Avenue, West Jefferson, NC 28694.
Online donations may be made at www.ashecountyarts.org.
DONOR $10-49
Anonymous
Dale & Ella Baldwin
Bonnie & Dick Blohm
Charles & Judy Blythe
Robert & Lynda Carver
Joan Croteau
Carol & Don Day
Jen & Cindie Diehl
Garry & Tammy Elliott
Rose Ellen Farrington
Carolina Finley
Mary Foreman
Sharon Gambill
Gem Valley NC
Ann Gilbert
Ken & Lucinda Glover
Laura Green
Myrton & Elsie Hall
Jennie Hallsey
Cynthia Harless
Norman & Nancy Harris
Jan Hershner
Ray & Carrol Howell
John & Janet Jenny
William & Dorothy Jeremiah
Dallas & Sandra Lassen
Barbara Lawrence
Virgie Lyle
Lesa & Pat McClellan
Caroline Mickalitis
Jennifer Miller
Alyce Nadeau
Scott Nicholson
Gerald Park
Wendy Painter
Grace & Charles Parker
Betty Powell
Nancy Reed
Larry & Linda Rousseau
Mary Schwenn
Barbara Sexton
Russ & Janet Trembly
Chsrles & Ellen Vitale
Christina Wagoner
Fay Weaver
Wade Wilmoth
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Wolfe
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
Donor $10-$49
Friend $50-$249
Patron $250-$349
Benefactor $350-$599
Sponsor $600-$999
Special $1000-$2499
Angel $2500-$4999
Archangel $5000-up!
JANUARY
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY
CELEBRATION
The ensemble is recognized internationally
for dramatic and adventurous programing
in venues ranging from concert halls to
museums, universities and schools. The
young, energetic group plays exclusively from memory, including elements of
staging and choreography, and focuses
on building connections with audiences
through dynamic concert programming
and charismatic stage presence.
Admission is $12 for adults and $5 for
students; tickets are available at the Ashe
Arts Center in advance or at the door. Call
336.846-2787 for more information.
The Ashe County
Arts Council will
sponsor a community celebration in
honor of Dr. Martin
Luther King at 7
p.m. on Monday,
January 19th at the
Ashe Arts Center
in West Jefferson.
Included in the evening’s activities will be readings and tributes from local
leaders with special music presented under the direction
of Diane Bryan-Leeper.
Donna Washington will be the featured performer for
the celebration. Ms. Washington is a storyteller, performer, and author. She will also present programs for
students at Ashe County Middle School, Ashe County
High School, and the elementary schools on January
20th and 21st.
The evening program is free and open to the public.
Funding for the Celebration is made possible by a
Grassroots Grant from the N.C. Arts Council, a division
of the Department of Cultural Resources, with funding
from the National Endowment for the Arts and is sponsored locally by the Ashe County Arts Council. For
more information, call 336.846-2787.
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
1915
TM
West Jefferson turns 100 years old in 2015 and what better way to kick off
the year-long celebration than with an art exhibit! Centennial Celebration
will feature paintings and photography created by local artists to commemorate the storied past, vibrant present, and promising future of this great,
little town.
J
N
W EST
OO
Ashe County’s favorite
evening of great dining,
a gourmet dessert
buffet, and a surprise
silent auction returns to
the Arts Center on
June 13, 2015.
Mark your calendars!
Deadline for host homes
to sign up is April 1st.
Start planning your
menu and guest list
now.
For more information
and to find out how
you can get involved,
call the Arts Council at
336.846-ARTS.
FERSO
Centennial Celebration opens on January 7th and will remain in the
Gallery of the Ashe Arts Center until February 13, 2015. Featured artists
include Mike Acquesta, Joan Bell, Ed Booth, Joy Campbell, Dale Carlson,
Brenda Carson, Pat Considine, Karen Gross, Sharon Kasel, Kelly Clampitt, Diane LaBonte, Pegge
DeLaney Laine, Christine McCarty, Judy Mitchell, Scot Pope, Ed Reed, Stephen Shoemaker, Debra
Speas, Audrey Spencer, early works by Florence Thomas, Susan Van Wyk, James Wood, and others.
Join the Arts Council for the opening reception from 5 – 7 P.M. on Friday evening, January 9th at
the Ashe Arts Center. Help share in West Jefferson’s celebration!
ADVANCE TICKETS
Advance tickets for Arts Council sponsored events go on sale one month prior to the event and
may be purchased at the Ashe Arts Center or by calling 336.846-ARTS during regular business
hours. Cash, checks, and Visa/Mastercard/Discover are accepted.
dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
CHRISTMAS CRAWL
Promoting West Jefferson’s Arts District
Mark your calendars for Friday, December 5 when galleries, studios,
and craft shops in downtown West Jefferson will be open for
extended hours from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. for the annual Christmas
Crawl. Patterned after the popular seasonal gallery crawls, enjoy new
artwork, music, refreshments, and an opportunity to jumpstart your
holiday gift giving by finding original, handcrafted works of art.
Arts District Galleries: Acorn Gallery, Ashe Arts Center,
Ashe Custom Framing & Gallery, Backstreet Beads, Bohemia Gallery,
Broomfields Gallery, Catchlight Gallery, Everything Has a Story,
Florence Thomas Art School and Gallery,Frenchy’s Gallery,
Originals Only Gallery, Quilt Square Girls, RT Morgan Art Gallery,
Stephen Shoemaker Studio and Gallery, The Artists’ Theatre
The Crawl is sponsored by the Ashe County Arts Council in cooperation with the West Jefferson Business Association, the West Jefferson
TDA and is funded, in part, through a Grassroots Arts Program Grant
of the North Carolina Arts Council. For more information, call the
participating galleries or the Arts Center at 336.846-2787.
dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
Hailed by the Houston Chronicle as “revolutionary chamber musicians,” WindSync
has distinguished itself among classical
music ensembles as North America’s foremost emerging wind quintet. WindSync
will appear in concert at the Ashe Arts
Center at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, January 15.
The concert is sponsored by the Ashe
County Arts Council.
FEAST FOR
THE ARTS!
dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
WINDSYNC
EF
~ SAVE THE DATE ~
dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
Thank you! Thank you! To a great
group of volunteers! Thank you to
ticket takers, movers and haulers,
bakers, mailers and hard working
committee members.
David Alff, Chris Arvidson, Tab and Eileen Bell,
Nancy Breen, Fowler and Jennie Bush, Joy
Campbell, Mary Cannon, Melissa Caudill, Kelly
Clampitt, Kathy Chefas, Jane Davis, Jeff Dreyer,
Joy Dollar, Dave and Lynne Eastburn, Jim and
Jan Gambill, Connie and Neal Hardison, Kathy
Howell, Charna Howson, Kim and Richard
Isler, Carolyn Johnson, Dana and Donnie
Johnson, Diane and Wayne Johnson, Jane
Johnson, Matthew Lonon, John MacConnell,
Becky and Kent Marsten, Caroline Mickalitis,
Judy and Sandy Mitchell, Barbara Miller, Edie
Miller, Susanne Moore, Pat Morrison, Bill and
Barb Naser, Allyson Perlman, Ed and Ellie
Perzel, Susan Powers, Carley Richardson,
Barbara Sears, Becky Stragand, John Smyre,
Pam Tapp, June Weaver, and Jim Williams.
Thank you to all of our hard working Literary
Festival committee members, housing folks
and handlers….you are the best!
FEBRUARY
DECEMBER
POSSIBILITIES
CHRISTMAS MINIATURES
Good things come in small packages!
And that definitely applies to art! The
Christmas Miniatures exhibit challenges artists to create new works of art
no larger than twelve inches square.
The miniature works in oil, watercolor, acrylics, photography, and fibers
A Christmas Visitor are from artists Joanie Bell, Lea Booth,
by Scot Pope
Berkeley Brown, Doug Butler, Kelly
Clampitt, Marion Cloaninger, Theresa Curd, Dale Forrest,
Lori Grindrod, Evalynn Halsey, Diane LaBonte, Judy
Mitchell, Bruce Pettyjohn, Scot Pope, Cher Shaffer, Susan
Van Wyk, Dawn Wicklow, Emma Jean Wilson, and others.
Christmas Miniatures will be on display through January
2. Celebrate the season with a new work of art – they make
great gifts, too!!
HOLIDAY
OPEN HOUSE
Ashe Arts Center
11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Saturday, December 6
Refreshments will be served!
THE GALLERY
Tree Fest includes seven artfully-decorated theme Christmas trees and
“Christmas Miniatures,” new works by area artists.
THE GALLERY SHOP
Christmas Marketplace brings you the finest in handmade holiday crafts and gifts. Complete your
holiday shopping locally with the finest in jewelry…pottery…baskets…paintings and
photography…books…wooden bowls…ornaments…stained glass…silk scarves…quilted goods…
CDs… rug hooking...weaving...note cards and much more!
ASHE COUNTY CHORAL FESTIVAL
The eighth Ashe County Choral Festival will be held Thursday, December
4 at 7:00 at the Ashe Civic Center. The Festival will showcase the high
quality choral programs available in Ashe County schools and will feature
an evening of individual choruses and massed choir selections all with a
holiday theme.
Participating choruses and their directors include Blue Ridge Elementary
(Rachel Nave-Lewis), Mountain View Elementary (Pat Lanno), Westwood
Elementary (Mary Greene), Ashe County Middle School (Paula Carlton),
and Ashe County High School (Andrea Gardner.) Each school chorus
will perform a selection. There will be an elementary mass selection,
Winter Fantasy, middle school and high school mass selection, Let It Go,
and the final all school mass selection will be Christmas in Three Minutes.
Other selections will include Siyahamba and Grown-Up Christmas List.
Funding for the Choral Festival is made possible with a Grassroots Arts
Program Grant from the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources,
with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and is sponsored locally by the Ashe
County Arts Council. Admission is $4 per person. Tickets are available in advance from the Ashe
County Arts Council or by calling 336.846-ARTS.
Artists from neighboring Alleghany County will be featured
in exhibition at the Ashe Arts Center February 18 through
March 20. Many of the artist craftsmen have been honing
their craft for 30+ years, have won awards nationally and
have been pushing the boundaries in their respective mediums.
REGIONAL ARTIST PROJECT
GRANT AWARDS
Regional Artist Project Grant Awards for 2014-2015 were
announced recently. Eight grants were given to artists in
Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, and Wilkes counties. This project was supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of
the Department of Cultural Resources, with funding from
the National Endowment for the Arts and has served local
A possibility is that you’ll learn what creative energies the artists for seventeen years. Pictured below are this year’s
artists in Alleghany County nurture with their supportive winners:
group: North Carolina Mountain Arts Adventure. This tour
of artist/craftsmen studios started four years ago, happens
twice a year, and their members make up this exhibition of
Possibilities.
Exhibiting artists include:
Dan Abernathy – handcrafted heritage carved birds
John Brady – handmade furniture
Daniel and Robin Cater – clay and metal sculptures and
decorative functional stoneware
Chris Davis – fine art, paintings
Tina Duffy and Sarah Harper – paintings, pottery, quilts
Chris Durgin – handcrafted guitar and banjo
Joe Edwards - oil paintings, wire wrapped jewelry
Ronnie Hughes – lampworked glass wildflower sculptures
Allen Joyce and Gary Medley – stained glass designs for
panels and windows
Robin Mangum – pottery and ceramic art
Jessie Simpson – wheel thrown and handbuilt pottery
Pam Sundstrom – limited series fine jewelry and sculpture
Meet the artists at the opening reception from 5 – 7 p.m. on
Friday, February 20, 2015.
James Woods (Ashe, Visual Arts, Folk Art)
Scott Ludwig (Watauga, Visual Arts, Print Making)
Becky Henderson-Gow (Watauga, Pottery)
Jennifer Waterman (Watauga, Literary Arts)
Kathryn Cook (Watauga, Visual Arts, Sculpture)
Stephen Hill (Watauga, Visual, Photography)
Tyler Deal (Watauga, Visual Arts, Pottery)
WORDKEEPERS SALON SETS UP FOR 2015
Wordkeepers, an afternoon salon featuring writers reading their latest
prose and poetry works in five-minute open microphone time slots, began in 2010
by local writers Chris Arvidson, Scot Pope and Julie Townsend.
Held at the Arts Center, Henry Doss and Scot Pope warm-up the audience with their musical story telling at 3:00 p.m. Readings begin at 4:00 p.m.
Refreshments are provided. Wordkeepers is free and open to the public. Writers
interested in reading from their work should email Chris Arvidson at [email protected] to secure their first-come, first-served spot on the bill, and to receive guidelines for reading.
The final Wordkeeper session for this year will be held on Saturday, December 20, and the following
dates have been set for 2015: February 21, April 18, June 20, August 15, October 17, and December 19.
WKSK GARY POE RADIO SHOW
Mark your calendars for the popular WKSK Gary Poe Radio Show broadcast live from the
stage of the Ashe Civic Center. Beginning “a little after 11:00” Gary will bring the best in
bluegrass and old time music to the stage on January 24 with the Hard Tymes and February
28 featuring Surefire. Admission is free!
DECEMBER
1-31... “Tree Fest” exhibit, Ashe Arts Center
1-20... Jingle All The Way, Barter Theatre, Abingdon, VA
1-21... Holiday Memories, Barter Stage II, Abingdon, VA
1-28... A Modern Christmas Carol, Barter Theatre, Abingdon, VA
1-31... Wolfahrt Haus’ Holiday Spectacular, Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner
Theatre, Wytheville, VA
4... Ashe County Choral Festival, 7:00 pm, Ashe Civic Center
5... Summit Strings in concert, 3pm, Ashe County Library
5... Holiday Scholarship Concert, 7:30 pm, Schaefer Center, ASU
5... Christmas Crawl and reception for “Tree Fest” artists, 5-8 pm, Ashe Arts Center
6... Saturday With Santa, 8:30-11:15 am, Ashe Arts Center
6... Holiday Open House, 11:30-4 pm, Ashe Arts Center
6... An Olde English Christmas with Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone,
8 pm, Walker Center, Wilkesboro
6... Mountainhome Music: An Appalachian Christmas, 7:30 pm, Grace
Lutheran Church, Boone
11... Shapenotes Singers meet, 7 pm, Ashe Arts Center
14... The Joyous Sounds of Christmas, 3:00 pm, West Jefferson UMC
14... Bethany Ding-A-Lings Handbell Concert, 7:00 pm, Bethany UMC
20... Wordkeepers Salon, 3 pm, Ashe Arts Center
JANUARY
2... Art Reception, 4:00 pm, Ashe County Library
7-31... “Centennial Celebration” exhibit, Ashe Arts Center
8... Shapenotes Singers meet, 7 pm, Ashe Arts Center
9... Artists’ reception for “Centennial Celebration” exhibit, 5-7 pm, Ashe
Arts Center
13... Ashe County Arts Council meets, 6:30 pm, Ashe Arts Center
15... Windsync in concert, 7:30 pm, Ashe Arts Center
19... Martin Luther King Holiday Celebration with Donna Washington, 7 pm, Ashe Arts Center
24... WKSK’s Old Time and Bluegrass Show featuring Hard Tymes, 11:00 am,
Ashe Civic Center
30... Travis LeDoyt: A Tribute to the King, 8 pm, Walker Center, Wilkesboro
ARTS/DATES
No. 177
The Gallery & Gallery Shop
303 School Avenue, Downtown West Jefferson
Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. thru December 27
We will resume Saturday hours in April!
FEBRUARY
December 2014 – January/February 2015
Publication of the Ashe County Arts Council
1-13... “Centennial Celebration” exhibit, Ashe Arts Center
7... Music at the Library: Connie Woolard, 1:30 pm, Ashe County Library
7... Amy White and Al Petteway, 7:30 pm, Ashe Arts Center
10... Ashe County Arts Council meets, 6:30 pm, Ashe Arts Center
12... Shapenotes Singers meet, 7 pm, Ashe Arts Center
13... Art Reception, 4:00 pm, Ashe County Library
13... Todd Wright’s Valentine Evening, 8 pm, Rosen Concert Hall, ASU
15... Appalachian Symphony Orchestra, 8 pm, Schaefer Center, ASU
18-28... “Possibilities” exhibit, Ashe Arts Center
20... Artist’s reception for “Possibilities” exhibit, 5-7 pm, Ashe Arts Center
21... Wordkeepers Salon, 3 pm, Ashe Arts Center
24... Yesterday and Today: The Interactive Beatles Experience, 7:30 pm, Ashe Civic Center
28... WKSK’s Old Time and Bluegrass Show featuring Surefire, 11:00 am,
Ashe Civic Center
STAFF: Jane Lonon, Executive Director Linda Dreyer, Director of Operations Rebecca Williams, Program Director
Zaneeta, Santa’s Little Helper
Web site: www.ashecountyarts.org
E-mail: [email protected]
303 School Avenue, West Jefferson, NC 28694
336.846-ARTS
YESTERDAY AND TODAY:
THE INTERACTIVE BEATLES
EXPERIENCE
Rock to the music of the Beatles in an all new interactive
concert experience where the audience creates the playlist
for the night! Everyone has a Beatles song attached to an
event in their life. Through laughter and personal stories,
Yesterday and Today: The Interactive Beatles Experience
will connect the audience and performers in a way like
none other.
Join brothers Billy, Matthew & Ryan McGuigan at 7:30
P.M. on Tuesday, February 24 at the Ashe Civic Center for a unique and remarkable concert event. With
dead-on musical precision and stunning set designs, the Civic Center will be immersed in the sights, sounds
and memories of the 1960’s.
Reserved seating tickets are $22 for adults and $5 for students and are available in
advance at the Ashe Arts Center of by calling 336.846-2787. Mastercard, Visa and
Discover accepted. Corporate sponsor for the concert is LifeStore Bank and Insurance.
AL PETTEWAY & AMY WHITE IN CONCERT
Grammy-Winning Guitarist and Indie-Award Winning Duo Al Petteway and
Amy White will appear in concert at the Ashe Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. on
Saturday evening, February 7. Seating is limited. Al and Amy offer an intoxicating blend of musical styles. Their repertoire includes original, traditional,
contemporary Celtic and Appalachian-influenced music with occasional nods
to rock and jazz. Their performances feature acoustic guitar, mandolin, Celtic
harp, piano, banjo, lap dulcimer, world percussion, and a touch of vocals.
Al and Amy’s music was featured throughout the soundtrack of Ken Burns
EMMY-winning documentary, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea. And
in 2010 their album, Caledon Wood (which includes
the main theme of the national Parks documentary),
was counted among the essential albums of the past 20 years in the Acoustic
Guitar Magazine 20th anniversary issue.
Happy Holidays to
you and yours from
the Ashe County Arts
Council. To celebrate
the upcoming holidays,
the Ashe Arts Center
will close at 2:00 on
December 24 and will
be closed December 25
and January 1.
Tickets for the concert are $12 for Adults and $5 for students. Advance sales may
be made at the Ashe Arts Center or by calling 336.846-2787.
Look for this symbol throughout
the mountains and enjoy traditional
music at its best!
Does your name in your mailing address have a black dot beside it? If so, it means this may be your last issue of ARTS/DATES. Because of increased printing and postage
costs, we need to announce the following: If you live outside the immediate Ashe County region, if you’ve been receiving our newsletter for a year or more, and it we have not
received a fund drive contribution from you, we must assume you are no longer interested in keeping up with the arts in Ashe County. Please let us hear from you by December
31 if you’d like to continue receiving ARTS/DATES. If you prefer, we can send you the newsletter electronically. And next time you’re in West Jefferson, please stop by the Ashe
Arts Center. We’d love to renew our acquaintance with you!
PERMIT # 212
HICKORY NC
PAID
Ashe County Arts Council
303 School Avenue
West Jefferson, NC 28694
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S. POSTAGE