In the latest stage of a fruitful eight-year partnership, feeding those in need the Academy Center of the Arts has given a $5617.71 check to Lynchburg Daily Bread, a local non-profit that provides meals to the hungry, a sum coming out of this year’s Empty Bowls event. For the past eight years, the Academy and Daily […]
Archives for April 2016
Mixing the Beats
The Academy just completed a six-week collaboration with local DJ Jack Edma aka DJ ED as well as One Community Church and its youth ministry program, Unchained, that brought arts programming directly to the community. The class resulted from a shared desire between the Academy, DJ ED, and One Community Church’s student pastor Tyler Cash […]
National Juried Art Awards
The Annual National Juried Art Exhibition at the Academy Center of the Arts opened on Friday, April 1. The juror, Siobhan Byrns, Department Chair of Art at Lynchburg College, selected 51 artists from 20 states. The exhibition of 66 pieces encompasses a wide variety of media: including oil paintings, cast paper, clay, stainless steel, wood, […]
The Art of Words
Poetry is another art form that creates beautiful pieces and the Academy strives to provide a way for the community to enjoy it. On April 8 the Academy, along with Riverview Art Space, hosted the Poetry Group Reading Series. This event is held twice a year in the Lynchburg community. Guests heard from published poets, […]
