The Academy Center of the Arts recently kicked off Youth Art Month, a month dedicated to encouraging support for quality school art programs and promoting art material safety, with a new ACOA Network segment, Art Talks with Ted. The season aired Monday, March 1st, featuring a new episode each day highlighting two local area […]
Featured Artist Transforms Trash into Treasure
Florida native and long-time assemblage artist, Susan Harb, made her second appearance in 7 years in the Ann White Academy Gallery during First Fridays on January 8, 2021. “I think back to where I grew up in a small town in central Florida with less than one thousand people,” said Harb. “With not […]
Event Series Combines Music and Art History to Create Your Own Masterpiece
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 […]
Live! From Lynchburg Raises Both Funds and Spirits
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 […]
‘Plates & Paints’ Prioritizes the Best Things in Life
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 […]
Emerging Artists Committee Gives Local Creators’ Voices the Chance to be Heard
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 […]
Art Supply Drive Provides Kits For Children in the Community
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 […]
Local Drummers Unite for New Music Program at the Academy
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 […]
VIRTUAL ART AUCTION OPENS TO PUBLIC BIDDING ON 9/4/20
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 […]
Local Up & Coming Photographer Makes First Gallery Premiere
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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