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Hendersonville Arts Council - P.O. Box 64 - 109 Monthaven Blvd. - Hendersonville, TN 37077 - 615-822-0789 SPRING 2008

From the Director

It has been a busy time for the Hendersonville

Arts Council. Classes for adults and children have started back and are in full swing. The children’s drama classes recently performed for their parents.

Plans are underway for the 9^th Annual Festival of Artisans & Performers that will be in early May. Entertainment will offer a variety of performances that the entire family will enjoy.

If you have attended any of our activities, you know that all our concerts, gallery exhibits, and festival are free. The HAC has tried to keep class fees as reasonable as possible with most of the fees going to the teachers/instructors and make the classes affordable for all.

Recently the Board of the Hendersonville Arts Council decided to not have a fund raiser this year but to seek contributions that will go directly for general operating dollars (heat, electricity, utilities, supplies, etc.) Through these contributions you will be keeping the arts in our community alive and a historic site open to the public.

To those of you who are current contributors we thank you. If you are a past contributor we hope you will support us again this year. And to those of you who have never contributed we hope you join and become an arts patron. Your contribution is tax deductible and should be mailed to the Hendersonville Arts Council P.O. Box 64, Hendersonville, TN 37077-0064.

Emma Dye, Executive Director

Festival of Artisans & Performers 2008 Scrapbook
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Calendar/Gallery 2008

Classes coming up at the Hendersonville Arts Council, (historic Monthaven) 1154 W. Main Street, 822-0789, Pre-registration required for all classes

Gallery hours are Monday thru Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There is no admission fee for viewing gallery exhibits.

Visit “Haven Gifts” for one of kind artistic creations for your gift giving.

About the Calligraphy/ Creative Teacher

Louise Thompson will be the teacher for the Calligraphy and Creative Classes. She is a graduate of Alverno College with a BA in Studio Arts and Religious Studies. She is a member of the Nashville Calligraphers Guild. Her work has been exhibited in Wisconsin and Tennessee, most recently at the Centennial Art Center, Elmer Hinton Memorial Library and Leu Gallery-Belmont University. She teaches with an enthusiastic style and encourages students to use their artistic abilities. She continues her learning by attending workshops and seminars.

Hendersonville Community Singers

The Hendersonville Community Singers will present Music in May featuring Dr. Darryl Nettles on Tuesday, May 13 at 7:30 p.m. at Bluegrass Baptist Church on Indian Lake Road. The program will feature a delightful blend of spirituals, ballads, and love songs.

Dr. Nettles, the current Director of the Singers will perform several selections on the piano. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and children.

Nettles, a native of New York, was granted a Doctorate in Vocal Performance and Literature from the University of Illinois. He is currently coordinator of vocal/choral studies in the Department of Music at Tennessee State University. Nettles has written countless vocal, choral, and instrumentals works. He has appeared on stage in productions in Buffalo, New York and Miami, Florida and as a tenor soloist with the Nashville Symphony.

Hendersonville Arts Council takes Music to the Schools

For a number of years the Hendersonville Arts Council has taken different art programs into the school. Recently the Council took music to the schools that provided an educational component for the students. The students experienced meeting and hearing a group of percussionists who shared the different aspects of their music with a variety of their instruments. The vibraphone, acoustic congas and shakers, Steel Pans or Steel Drums and more modern electronic percussion were demonstrated.

The musicians were Jerry, Tachoir, Tom Roady, Todd London and Roy Voght. Tachoir on vibraphone is an active artist/clinician for the Ludwin/Musser division of Conn-Selmer Company and a graduate of Berklee College of Music. Roady, an independent multi-percussionist and active as a recording session musician, played acoustic congas and various percussion instruments along with a relatively new electronic device called the “Hand Sonic” which can be programmed to play any type of the 1000 internal sounds from percussion to sounds of birds and thunder. London is a steel drummer/multi-percussionist and a faculty member of Belmont University and plays mostly the steel drums in this group. Vogt plays bass and is a faculty member of Belmont University.

Schools that participated were Station Camp High School, Merrol Hyde Magnet School, Knox doss Middle School, Hendersonville High School, and Pope John Paul II High School. The Music in Schools program was done with the help of the Tennessee Arts Commission and the Musicians Performance Trust.

Did You Know?

* That students who are exposed and exper-
ience the arts as a part of their education test
higher in every other subject and develop
superior problem-solving skills.

* Gallery exhibits at the Hendersonville Arts
Council change each month and most of the
work is for sale. Check it out!

* The HAC is open every day Monday
through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The HAC needs your support!
Become a Contributor

The Hendersonville Arts Council invites you to become a contributor by sending your tax deductible donation to P.O. Box 64, Hendersonville, TN 37077-0064. With your contribution you are helping the HAC to preserve a historic site, have ongoing exhibits that change about every six weeks, have free concerts, a Showcase of Arts & Crafts, and have ongoing programs that are creative and artistic. You will continue to receive the News d’Art as well as invitations to all the exhibits. With your support you will be helping us to keep the arts in our community alive. If you are already a contributor, we thank you for your support.