Piedmont Arts is seeking nominations for the 2021 Clyde Hooker Award.
Nominees should be businesses or individuals that are involved in and support Piedmont Arts and other arts and cultural organizations in Martinsville-Henry County. Award recipients will be honored at a special event in June.
The Clyde Hooker Award was established in 2003 and is named in honor of J. Clyde Hooker, Jr. for his generous support of the arts.
To nominate a business or individual, submit a nomination form by Friday, April 2, 2021.
Nomination Form
Sponsored by Cece Johnson and Bob Davis, Sarah and Richard Franks, Marty Gardner, Paulina Joyce, Ruth and Dan Leeper, Stephanie and Caleb Moore, Susan and David Morris, Holly and Walt Rhea, Bunco Babes, Water Ladies and Lynwood Artists
Join Piedmont Arts for an opening reception in honor of the museum's new exhibits. Free and open to the public. Complimentary wine and light refreshments will be served.
Social distancing and masks required. Limited Capacity. RSVP Required by March 9, 2021.
Admission Free
Sponsored by Susan and Charles Aaron, Dr. Barry Dorsey, Cindy and Steve Edgerton, Jo and Don Grayson, Lynn and Noel Ward and Lynwood Artists
Join Piedmont Arts for a closing reception in honor of the museum's exhibits. Free and open to the public. Complimentary wine and light refreshments will be served.
Social distancing and masks required. Limited Capacity. RSVP Required by February 23, 2021.
Admission Free
Celebrating Black History Month
Sponsored by Carter Bank & Trust
Led by Education Coordinator Sarah Short, this online-only event will highlight contributions by African American artists to American music. Hear the children's book, Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews, and take part in a musical craft using everyday items you can find around the house. Community members will also read excerpts from books, stories and poems by their favorite African American authors.
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Celebrating Black History Month
The performance by Riddick Dance, scheduled for Thursday, February 18, has been canceled.
Sponsored by Carter Bank & Trust
Led by Education Coordinator Sarah Short, this online-only event will feature story time, drawing and an easy craft with items you can find around your house (paper, drawing utensils, scissors, toilet paper rolls), and a performance of the musical, The Little Red Hen, by Virginia Repertory Theatre. Virtual Family Day is appropriate for pre-K to third grade.
How to Watch The Little Red Hen
Virtual Family Day will also kick off the museum's Ansel Adams Photo Contest sponsored by Carter Bank & Trust. Students in grades 6 – 12 may enter their original black and white photos for a chance to win cash prizes and to have their work printed, framed and displayed in the museum's Foster Gallery.
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The Opening Reception scheduled for Friday, January 22, has been canceled. Instead, the museum will host a Closing Reception on Friday, February 26 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm.
The museum's third annual Christmas Tree Lighting is now virtual! Watch from the comfort of home as the Art Garden Christmas tree lights up the night.
Just like the sculptures in its Art Garden, the museum’s Christmas tree will be a work of art. Created by Ian Hogg using more than 3,000 lights, the tree will be lit at sunset on December 3 and brighten the Art Garden through New Year’s Day.
This is a virtual-only event. Watch on Facebook starting at 5 pm on December 3.
This performance was originally scheduled for February 20, but was rescheduled due to inclement weather. Tickets purchased for the previous date may be used at this performance. For questions, please call 276.632.3221.
Tired Souls: King and the Montgomery Bus Boycott opens in Montgomery, Alabama on December 1, 1955 – the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white man. Her determination was the catalyst that inspired Montgomery’s black citizens to abandon all travel on city buses until they were no longer forced to sit in the back or stand when a white person boarded. But there were others who came before Mrs. Parks and laid the groundwork for this pivotal moment. This one-man play by Mike Wiley introduces audiences to Jo Ann Robinson, Claudette Colvin and others instrumental in lighting a fire under the Civil Rights movement and changing the course of U.S. history forever. Reception at 6:30 pm. Performance at 7 pm.
$20 General Admission • $10 Student (K–12)
Online tickets sales will close Saturday, December 7 at 12 pm. Tickets can be purchased at Piedmont Arts during business hours and at MHS Auditorium on Sunday, December 8 beginning at 2 pm.
The most highly anticipated holiday event of the season returns with an all-new matinee performance. There’s no better way to lift your spirits than with the music of the season delivered in full sound and spectacle by the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra. This year, David Stewart Wiley conducts the Holiday Pops with all the magical elements you have come to expect – high energy, familiar carols, and lots of holiday warmth. Altrusa will collect non-perishable food items for Grace Network in the lobby during the symphony's performance.
$25 Reserved • $15 General Admission • $5 Student
Dr. Elliot Engel discusses the life of L. Frank Baum and the reasons for the enduring and endearing fame of his most beloved novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Using anecdotes, analysis, and large doses of humor, Professor Engel brings to life this most fascinating of fairy-tale writers. Optional dinner begins at 6 pm. Reservations required. Talk begins at 7 pm.
Sponsored by King's Grant
Limited tickets.
Call 276.632.3221 to check availability.
$20 Talk Only • $45 Talk + Dinner
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Take Piedmont Arts' Bus to Broadway to Durham Performing Arts Center in Durham, North Carolina for “Hello, Dolly!” starring Tony Award-winning Broadway legend Betty Buckley. Winner of 4 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival, director Jerry Zaks’ “gorgeous” new production (Vogue) is “making people crazy happy!” (The Washington Post). Breaking box office records week after week and receiving unanimous critical raves on Broadway, this “Hello, Dolly!” pays tribute to the original work of legendary director/choreographer Gower Champion – hailed both then and now as one of the greatest stagings in musical theater history. Rolling Stone calls it “a must-see event. A musical comedy dream. If you’re lucky enough to score a ticket, you’ll be seeing something historic. Wow, wow, wow indeed!” Bus leaves Piedmont Arts at 4 pm for a 7:30 pm performance. Boxed dinner optional.
$110 per person • $10 Optional Boxed Dinner
Due to inclement weather, the Roanoke Symphony Holiday Pops concert has been canceled. If you purchased tickets to this event and would like a refund or tax donation receipt, please call or visit Piedmont Arts during regular business hours. Refunds must be requested by December 28, 2018.
The most highly anticipated holiday show of the season – Holiday Pops! There’s no better way to lift your spirits than with the music of the season delivered in full sound and spectacle by the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra. This year, David Stewart Wiley conducts Holiday Pops with all the magical elements you have come to expect – high energy, familiar carols, and lots of holiday warmth, and we’ll throw in a surprise or two. Special guest vocalist Rob Gallagher will join the RSO on stage. Rob made his Broadway debut with the 10th Anniversary company of Les Miserables, eventually assuming the principal role of Inspector Javert. He also appeared on Broadway in the Tony Award winning revival of South Pacific as a Seabee. He understudied and performed the starring role of Emile DeBecque, opposite Tony Nominee Laura Osnes. Additionally, he appeared in the City Center Encores production of Fiorello! at Town Hall. He is also a veteran of the concert stage, ranging from small, one-man cabaret shows to soloing with major symphony orchestras. He performed in concert with the Omaha, Roanoke and Bay Atlantic Symphonies as well as the Long Island Philharmonic.
Altrusa will collect non-perishable food items for Grace Network in the lobby during the symphony's performance. Lobby doors will open at 6 pm for donations.
$25 Reserved • $15 General Admission • $5 Student
Sponsored by King's Grant
Join humorist and historian Dr. Elliot Engel as he illuminates the story of Mount Airy’s favorite son, Andy Griffith. Always entertaining, Dr. Engel is as quick-witted as he is well-researched. While it is true that Griffith was a brilliant movie and Broadway stage actor, he is a Hollywood immortal because of "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960-1968). Dr. Engel will shed light on how Andy's early life led to his television triumph and will reveal little-known facts about the show's production and its enduring and endearing fame. Talk with Dr. Engel begins at 7 pm in the galleries. Optional seated dinner at 6 pm in Frith Performance Hall. Dinner reservations required.
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Tickets available online until noon. Tickets available at Piedmont Arts until 5 pm and the door beginning at 6:30 pm.
Enjoy an intimate concert themed, “Classical Meets Jazz,” with Maestro David Stewart Wiley and members of Roanoke Symphony Orchestra in the Piedmont Arts galleries. Joining Wiley, who will tinkle the ivories, are Julee Hickcox on flute and piccolo and John P. Smith on double bass. The trio will perform works by famed composers like Scott Joplin and George Gershwin, as well as contemporary rock songs by Billy Joel and Jethro Tull, among others. Complimentary beer and wine will be available.
$35 General Admission
Tickets available online until noon. Tickets available at Piedmont Arts until 5 pm and the MHS box office beginning at 6:30 pm.
Richmond Ballet RBII brings energy and flair to an exciting repertory of classical and contemporary ballets. Get ready for dance that comes "highly recommended" by the New York Times.
$25 Reserved • $15 Adult • $5 Student
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Speakers on the Arts Emily Smith Executive Director of 1708 Gallery
Looking at modern art can often be challenging. It always raises questions, even amongst the most knowledgeable viewers: What is an abstract painting "of"? How do you determine if something is “good”? A look at the history of modern art, dating from roughly 1870 through 1950, demonstrates that the changes that occurred, chiefly that art became more abstract, were not arbitrary but rather developed along deliberate paths. Artists were not working in a vacuum but were responding to changes in technology like the development of photography, cultural moments like the industrial revolution and WWI and WWII, as well as the artists and movements that preceded them. Using works from VMFA’s collection, this chronological telling of important moments in modern art provides the context in which to answer questions like those above.
Admission Free • Cash Bar
Online voting open until Saturday, March 10 at 5 pm
Online tickets sales end at noon on Friday, March 9. Tickets will be available at Piedmont Arts until 5 pm on Friday. Tickets and voting will be available at Martinsville High School Auditorium on Saturday, March 10 beginning at 6 pm.
Join Piedmont Arts for Dancing for the Arts, a fabulous fundraiser featuring local "celebrities" dancing in support of the arts in Martinsville-Henry County. This "Dancing with the Stars" style contest features eight teams competing to win the most votes, the highest judges score and the big prize – a gorgeous mirror ball trophy. Your votes raise money to support Piedmont Arts programming in Martinsville-Henry County. Like "Dancing with the Stars," 50% of each team's final score is tallied from votes and 50% is tallied from scores awarded by the judges during the contest.
$10 General Admission • $25 Reserved
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Piedmont Arts’ Bus to Broadway is heading to Durham Performing Arts Center for a spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera. Guests should arrive at Piedmont Arts by 4:30 pm. Bus will depart at 4:45 pm and arrive at DPAC for a 7:30 pm performance. Guests from Danville can board the bus in the parking lot of Kmart on Riverside Drive at 5:15 pm. A boxed dinner is available on the bus (pre-order required) and guests may bring their own snacks, dinner and beverages. Critics are raving that Cameron Mackintosh’s breathtaking production of The Phantom of the Opera is "bigger and better than ever before" and features brilliant new scenic design, Tony Award®-winning costume design, new choreography and new staging by director Laurence Connor. The production boasts many exciting special effects, including the show’s legendary chandelier. The beloved story and thrilling score – with songs like "Music of the Night," "All I Ask Of You" and "Masquerade" - will be performed by a cast and orchestra of 52, making this one of the largest productions now on tour.
$110 • $120 with Boxed Dinner
Civil War to Civil Rights: How African American Artists Engage the Past
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Speakers on the Arts Evie Terrono Professor of Art History, Randolph-Macon College
Through the critical lens of the political, legal, and cultural changes that marked the transition from slavery to the Civil War to the Civil Rights period in the 1960s and 1970s, this presentation will examine depictions of the multifaceted and highly politicized dimensions of “race” and American identity in the artistic production of African American artists. Artists such as Elizabeth Catlett, Faith Ringgold, Kara Walker, Fred Wilson, Kehinde Wiley, and Hank Willis, among many others, will be discussed.
Admission Free • Cash Bar
The Holiday Pops is scheduled to start on time on Sunday (12/10).
Online tickets sales end Friday (12/8) at noon. Tickets are available at Piedmont Arts during regular business hours and at the door the night of the event.
Celebrating 12 years of holiday magic, this year's production of the Symphony’s well-loved holiday concert will feature timeless classics and new holiday favorites, including a popular audience sing-a-long. Martinsville’s own Smith River Singers and "American Idol" star Michael Lynche will join the Symphony in ushering in holiday cheer. Altrusa will be collecting canned goods for Grace Network during the symphony's performance. All non-perishable items will be collected in the lobby. Lobby doors will open at 6 pm for donations.
$25 Reserved • $15 Adult • $5 Student
Master percussionist Tom Teasley performs live in a journey of World Music and innovative percussion techniques. He will showcase his versatility through a number of different instruments to create musical magic. A critically acclaimed, award-winning artist, Teasley has traveled the globe, worked with the National Symphony, and served as artist-in-residence at the Kennedy Center. The Washington Post called him "a percussionist in the widest and most exuberant sense of the word, a musical wizard and multi-instrumental genius."
Admission Free • Cash Bar Related Events
Tom Teasley: Sounds You Can See
On display October 28 – December 30, 2017
SOLD OUT
Professor Elliot Engel tells the moving story of Mark Twain from his early life to his triumphs with Innocents Abroad and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Professor Engel’s presentations are fast-paced, fascinating and full of information. His previous talks on F. Scott Fitzgerald, the Bronte sisters, the Vanderbilt family and the history of the English language were to sold out crowds. Guests can enjoy dinner with Professor Engel prior to the talk or attend the talk only. Dinner begins at 6 pm and advance reservations are required. The talk begins at 7 pm and is open to the public.
$45 Dinner + Talk • $15 Talk Only
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