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High Country Watermedia Society: Meets the second Saturday of each month (June through October) at Cheap Joe’s in Boone. Whether you are an experienced painter or just getting started, you’ll find the group interesting and workshops informative. For more information, contact Cathy Taylor at 828-759-1427.

Twin Rivers Artist’s Association (TRAA) is one hundred members strong. It is an association whose purpose is to “encourage the promotion, production, education, and appreciation of Fine Art in North Carolina”. We meet at Art And Materials, 219 Middle Street, New Bern, NC 28560, 252-514-2787 on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Miniature artist Vicki Vitale (she’s not miniature, her artwork is) will be doing our next program on April 2 called "Small Talk".

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creative Designs of Blowing Rock © 2008

Art Mart, 188 Boone Heights Dr., Boone, NC 28607, (828) 264-3135.

John Bond, owner of Art Mart in the Boone Heights shopping center and a 1992 Appalachian alumnus, provides an opportunity for art students to work and learn in an art education environment. Art Mart hosts a variety of classes for children and adults on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to noon.  Bond has been donating awards to Art Expo since he first opened Art Mart in late 2000. Each academic year the Art Mart awards an Annual Scholarship for art materials and student tuition funds.

Appalachian Summer Festival. If possible, visit Boone in July for An Appalachian Summer Festival. This month-long festival features the finest in music, dance, theatre and visual arts, and has been named one of the "top 20 events in the southeast" by the Southeast Tourism Society for many years. The Turchin Center sponsors visual arts workshops for all ages.

 

Highlights for 2008 include the Charlie Daniels Band, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, the Reduced Shakespeare Company, the Eastern Philharmonic Orchestra, André Watts, Midori, the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Phoebe Snow, Cherish the Ladies, Doug Varone and Dancers, Judy Collins and much more. Call 1/800-841-ARTS or visit http://www.appsummer.org for more information.

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