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Event Series Combines Music and Art History to Create Your Own Masterpiece

January 6, 2021 by Sally Hubbard

The Academy Center of the Arts has announced a new, covid-19 friendly event series, Tunes + Tones, this week!   Tunes + Tones is a workshop series where participants create easy-to-learn paintings inspired by moments in art history alongside our favorite musical selections from past eras and genres.   “Think of it as a paint […]

Filed Under: Art, Community Outreach

Live! From Lynchburg Raises Both Funds and Spirits

November 11, 2020 by Brittany Griffith

  Written by: Izzi Diaz Live! From Lynchburg … it’s Saturday night! Each year, the Academy Center of the Arts hosts our annual fundraising Gala. This event serves as a way for donors and community members to connect back to the Academy’s mission, experience local, regional, and national touring performances, and to donate to programs […]

Filed Under: Art, Community Outreach, Donors, Events, Local Art, Music, Theatre

‘Plates & Paints’ Prioritizes the Best Things in Life

October 27, 2020 by Brittany Griffith

Written by: Izzi Diaz What happens when you mix a love for the arts and an empty stomach?   The Academy Center of the Arts has partnered with the Virginia Cooperative Extension’s Family Nutrition Program to offer Plates and Paints to families in our community. This program pairs color theory and the Eat Smart Be […]

Filed Under: Art, Community Outreach

Emerging Artists Committee Gives Local Creators’ Voices the Chance to be Heard

October 13, 2020 by Brittany Griffith

Written by: Izzi Diaz Around the world, artists are desperately striving to have their voices heard, especially during a pandemic. Our young artists, who often face more barriers to presenting their art to the community, are on our minds as our gallery spaces continue to bring both artists and art lovers together to experience the […]

Filed Under: Art, Community Outreach, Gallery

Art Supply Drive Provides Kits For Children in the Community

October 6, 2020 by Brittany Griffith

Written by: Izzi Diaz These days, online schooling has become the norm for most students. Because of this, there has been a significant decline in arts accessibility for the children in our community and across the globe.    For the entirety of October, the Academy Center of the Arts has joined forces with the Bank […]

Filed Under: Art, Community Outreach

Local Drummers Unite for New Music Program at the Academy

September 29, 2020 by Brittany Griffith

Written by: Izzi Diaz How can students reconcile with learning that something they once loved, has now turned into a potential risk to their health and safety?    Due to COVID-19 and the unknown of when students may return to a ‘normalized schedule’, many in the surrounding Lynchburg area have assumed and accepted that with […]

Filed Under: Art, Community Outreach, Music

VIRTUAL ART AUCTION OPENS TO PUBLIC BIDDING ON 9/4/20

August 24, 2020 by Sally Hubbard

  As a kick-off to the Academy Center of the Arts’ 2020 Fall Campaign, The Academy is…, the Academy has partnered with local and regional artists to offer a Virtual Art Auction, opening to public bidding 9/4/20-9/18/20.   The Art Auction will raise funds to benefit both the Academy Center of the Arts, funding the […]

Filed Under: Art, Gallery, Local Art

Local Up & Coming Photographer Makes First Gallery Premiere

August 20, 2020 by Sally Hubbard

  Lynchburg native and Old Dominion University Senior Demel Bolden made his first gallery premiere during the Academy’s First Fridays event on August 7th.   “It all began with a photography class my mom made me take at E.C. Glass,” said Demel, “and an old camera with no lens that my grandma gave me, and […]

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12 Year Old Dallas Native Finds Passion in the Pottery Studio

August 3, 2020 by Sally Hubbard

During her summer visit with her grandparents, Evey Fallwell, a 12-year-old Dallas, Texas native, recently discovered her love for pottery after attending a summer pottery camp at the Academy Center of the Arts. Evey’s love of art began by taking courses in school and practicing hand-building with clay at home wherever she could. “I started […]

Filed Under: Art, Youth

Interactive Online Art Classes Now Offered by Academy amid COVID-19

April 27, 2020 by Brittany Griffith

  In response to the current stay-at-home order amid COVID-19, the Academy Center of the Arts and its staff have pivoted their regular education strategies to adjust for online learning, allowing our students and their families the opportunity to enroll in interactive online Zoom courses, beginning in the month of May.   The Academy has […]

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