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JULY 2017 Vol. 24, No. 7Visit us online: www.artsmagazine.info

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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

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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!

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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 artsmagazine@aamearts.org

Reserve advertising space email advertising@artsmagazine.info

Submit digital-ready advertising artworkemail artsmagazine@aamearts.org

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.

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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.