Arts Council of Greater Kingsport
Kingsport Art
Guild provides opportunities to
the community to study, practice, and exhibit the
visual arts and promotes interest in the arts to
the general public. The Guild manages an art gallery
located on the 2nd floor of the Kingsport Renaissance
Center. The gallery features exhibitions on a rotating
basis of fine arts, fine crafts and photography
from area artists and is open to the public weekdays,
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Art Guild also offers art
classes for children and adults in a variety of
media, weekly “paint-in” sessions, and various
competitive art shows including the Appalachian
Art Show held each April.
www.kingsportartguild.org/
423-246-1227
Kingsport Cultural
Arts Division The City of Kingsport’s
Cultural Arts Division offers a range of services
including concerts (indoor and outdoor), special
events and fitness classes. Offices are on the
second floor of the Kingsport Renaissance Center.
The facility serves the community as a center for
the arts, senior citizens activities and can be
rented for business meetings, parties, receptions,
showers, classes, and seminars.
www.kingsportparksandrecreation.org
423-392-8416
Kingport Ballet is a classical ballet school and
company with a Vaganova curriculum. The organization
is directed by ballet mistress and artistic director
Valeria Sinyavskaya and presents The Nutcracker
the first weekend in December and a full-length
ballet such as Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and Coppelia
each spring. Students also perform in a Spring
Concert each May as well as in various education
outreach and collaborative community performances.
A yearly summer workshop is held in July, featuring
master teachers from around the world. The organization
is housed in a spacious, renovated facility with
mini-theatre in downtown Kingsport.
www.kingsportballet.org
423-378-3967
Kingsport Theatre
Guild In continuous operation
since 1947, Kingsport Theatre Guild is one of the
oldest community theatres in Tennessee. Kingsport
Theatre Guild offers a year-round schedule of musicals,
dramas, comedies, thrillers and children’s theatre,
including some curriculum-related school day performances
for school groups. Volunteer performers and technicians
work closely with theater professionals and staff
to ensure high-quality productions and valuable
educational experience for all who participate.
www.kingsporttheatre.org
1200 East Center Street, Kingsport, TN 37660
PHONE (423) 392-8427
FAX (423) 392-8427
Symphony of
the Mountains The 2006–2007 season
marks the sixtieth year of symphonic music for
the Northeast TN – Southwest VA region. From its
beginnings as a small, volunteer community orchestra
performing in school auditoriums and gymnasiums
to its growth as a professional symphony, drawing
musicians and patrons from a 100-mile radius, Symphony
of the Mountains has always had the musical enrichment
of the entire region as its primary goal.
This musical enrichment includes compelling classical
concerts, entertaining pops and light music offerings,
captivating soloists, and empowering opportunities
for young musicians.
www.symphonyofthemountains.org/
423-392-8423
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