Ashe County Arts Council sponsors Studio Tour on Saturday and Sunday August 6&7. Discover thirteen art studios located all over the county.Studios will be open 10:00am-6:00pm on Saturday and noon to 5:00pm on Sunday. Maps and brochures are available at the Ashe Arts Center and online at ashecountyarts.org. For more information please call 336-846-2787.
HIGH COUNTRY â After a topsy-turvy year in 2020 that severely affected businesses, especially the entertainment industry, virtually every usual festival hosted in the High Country was forced to suspend activities in the era of COVID-19.
Following a difficult year of gathering restrictions and heeding health protocols, light is perhaps seen at the end of the tunnel as the proliferation of vaccines and the reopening of counties and states provide hope for festival venues and activities to resume with some level of normalcy.
Traditionally, festivals throughout the High Country are filled with revelers and activities that range from bluegrass and Celtic music to fine arts and symphonies, from hand-created artwork to varieties of performing arts through drama, dance and more. A number of the long-standing festival events look to make their return amid safe guidelines in the summer of 2021.
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WEST JEFFERSON â A holiday staple that touches the hearts of people around the world has made its way through the sound waves as the Ashe County Little Theatre held a radio show performance of A Christmas Carol adapted by Melissa Edmonson.
On Dec. 18, the theater teamed up with Foley sound artists and local actors to create a show which captured audiences around the county. Despite the current state of the world and lack of in-person plays, the Ashe County Little Theatre gave performers the chance to express their love for the stage through nothing but the sense of sound. Rebecca Williams, program director of the Ashe County Arts Council expressed the excitement of this show and how it allowed actors to step out of their normal setting.