Arts Council of Greater Kingsport
Kingsport Art Guild provides opportunities
to the community to study, practice, and exhibit the visual
arts and promotes interest in the arts to the general public.
The Guild manages an art gallery located on the 2nd floor of
the Kingsport Renaissance Center. The gallery features exhibitions
on a rotating basis of fine arts, fine crafts and photography
from area artists and is open to the public weekdays, 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. The Art Guild also offers art classes for children
and adults in a variety of media, weekly “paint-in” sessions,
and various competitive art shows including the Appalachian
Art Show held each April.
www.kingsportartguild.org/
423-246-1227
Kingsport Cultural Arts Division The City
of Kingsport’s Cultural Arts Division offers a range of services
including concerts (indoor and outdoor), special events and
fitness classes. Offices are on the second floor of the Kingsport
Renaissance Center. The facility serves the community as a
center for the arts, senior citizens activities and can be
rented for business meetings, parties, receptions, showers,
classes, and seminars.
www.kingsportparksandrecreation.org
423-392-8416
Kingport Ballet is a classical ballet
school and company with a Vaganova curriculum. The organization
is directed by ballet mistress and artistic director Valeria
Sinyavskaya and presents The Nutcracker the first weekend in
December and a full-length ballet such as Swan Lake, Sleeping
Beauty and Coppelia each spring. Students also perform in a
Spring Concert each May as well as in various education outreach
and collaborative community performances. A yearly summer workshop
is held in July, featuring master teachers from around the
world. The organization is housed in a spacious, renovated
facility with mini-theatre in downtown Kingsport.
www.kingsportballet.org
423-378-3967
Kingsport Theatre Guild In continuous
operation since 1947, Kingsport Theatre Guild is one of the
oldest community theatres in Tennessee. Kingsport Theatre Guild
offers a year-round schedule of musicals, dramas, comedies,
thrillers and children’s theatre, including some curriculum-related
school day performances for school groups. Volunteer performers
and technicians work closely with theater professionals and
staff to ensure high-quality productions and valuable educational
experience for all who participate.
www.kingsporttheatre.org
1200 East Center Street, Kingsport, TN 37660
PHONE (423) 392-8427
FAX (423) 392-8427
Symphony of the Mountains The 2006–2007
season marks the sixtieth year of symphonic music for the Northeast
TN – Southwest VA region. From its beginnings as a small, volunteer
community orchestra performing in school auditoriums and gymnasiums
to its growth as a professional symphony, drawing musicians
and patrons from a 100-mile radius, Symphony of the Mountains
has always had the musical enrichment of the entire region
as its primary goal.
This musical enrichment includes compelling classical concerts,
entertaining pops and light music offerings, captivating soloists,
and empowering opportunities for young musicians.
www.symphonyofthemountains.org/
423-392-8423
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