The Music Education Initiative, in partnership with the Pine Bluff Advertising and Promotion Commission and the Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, will announce two upcoming exhibits, A Cast of Blues and Freedom & Blues, at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Loft Gallery at The ARTSpace, 623 S. Main St., according to a news release.
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A total of eight local music-oriented nonprofit groups were formed into a cohort Wednesday and will collectively receive $1.2 million over the next two years in a new program funded by the Creative Arkansas Community Hub and Exchange (CACHE).
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Orson Weems got the best education in the music industry under "the instruction, tutelage and mentorship of the legendary Al Bell," he says. Working alongside the former owner of Stax Records and owner of Al Bell Presents the man who launched the careers of the Staple Sisters and Isaac Hayes and so many more Weems gained the know-how to train others in the music business.