April 17, 2013. It’s official – well, almost. The Watauga County Arts Council will be leasing the New River Behavioral HealthCare for the next two years at $1 per year. It’s been a hectic past year for the organization after exiting the Jones House in downtown Boone. As Commissioner Perry Yates said, “You’ve been thrown from pillow to post.”
BY JESSE WOOD
Oct. 29, 2012. The Watauga County Arts Council will sponsor Celebrate Singing on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. at the Boone United Methodist Church, located at 471 Market St., Boone. The event will feature a number of singing styles and groups from the Triad and the High Country.
Sept. 13, 2012. The Watauga County Arts Council (WCAC) has been creating ways to sponsor local artists for the last 31 years and will be introducing their newest project this fall, a Christmas Card Competition, which they intend to make annual.
BY SAMANTHA HUDSON
Sept. 6, 2012. The Avery Arts Council (AAC) 35-year run is over. This comes roughly two years after its inaugural exhibit in Linville, which the town was being dubbed an “emerging arts district” after moving across the county.
BY JESSE WOOD
May 15, 2012. After months of uncertainty, the Watauga County Arts Council (WCAC) finally moved out of the Jones House Community Center in downtown Boone last night at 11:30 p.m.
BY JESSE WOOD