Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, February 2, 1995 TAG: 9502030004
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The Virginia Watercolor Society is accepting entries for its 16th Annual Jurored Exhibition, scheduled for June 10-July 15 at the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts in Farmville.
Any artist living in Virginia is eligible to submit original water-media paintings on paper executed since Dec. 31, 1992.
The top award in the exhibition is $1,000.
The deadline for submitting entries is Feb. 15. Entry fees are $15 for members, $40 for non-members and $25 for full-time students.
The VWS, the only statewide organization for artists, was organized in 1979 by Roanoke artists John Will Creasy and Ernest Johnson.
For entry forms and more information, call (804) 223-8322.
`Operatifs' continue
Opera Roanoke's outreach activities, ``Operatifs,'' will continue with a double bill Feb. 8 at 5:30 p.m. in the Atrium of the Jefferson Center.
``Opera: Inside & Out - A backstage look at the opera,'' will give a behind-the-scenes look from an insider's perspective on how an opera is produced. Opera Roanoke's General Director Craig Fields will serve as moderator to a panel including set and costume designers, a musicologist, a singer, a translator and a critic.
``Quiz-o-letto!'' is Opera Roanoke's first opera quiz. The panel of opera buffs and academics will field questions and test their knowledge of the opera world.
Tickets $9, and $5 per student. For reservations or more information, call 982-2742.
The Jefferson Center is located at the corner of Campbell and Luck avenues, Roanoke. Enter on Luck Avenue. For reservations or more information, call 982-2742.
Benefit concert
An evening of music on March 4 will remember a Norton artist and raise funds for a scholarship begun in his memory for instrumental musicians at Clinch Valley College.
The Glen Smith Music Gala, at 7:30 p.m. at the Ramada Inn, Duffield, will memorialize Smith, a saxophone player, pianist and music arranger, who died in 1993.
Several bands will donate their time for the fund-raising event, including Doc Smiddy's Reedy Creek Band, the Jerome Street Ramblers, the CVC Pep Band and jazz by Richie Kennedy, Thomas Countiss and Bill Smith.
Tickets are $100 for couple, $50 for individuals. Mail checks to Suzanna Masters, Director of Instrumental Music, CVC, College Avenue, Wise, Va. 24293. Make checks payable to the CVC Foundation.
For more information, call 328-0130.
by CNB