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Guidelines for posting events to the community calendar on www.EngageKingsport.com

 

Guidelines for posting to the calendar

Directions to make calendar postings to www.EngageKingsport.com

CLICK ON THE “POST YOUR EVENT” BUTTON AND JUST FILL OUT THE FORM.

Please make sure to follow these guidelines:

 Must include a contact person, email and/or phone number
 Include the organization’s website address
 PLEASE Include an image (photo), the calendar works best with images for the
event 
 If for any reason there needs to be a correction or addition to a post once it
has gone up, just email us your request.

Please let us know if you have any questions or suggestions. This is a
community calendar and we want you to use it and feel like it is yours. We
are getting quite a lot of traffic to this part of the website.

Thank you,
The Office of Cultural Arts

423-392-8414

Email: Office of Cultural Arts

 

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About the City of Kingsport Office of Cultural Arts & Engage Kingsport: 

 

The Office of Cultural Arts, a department of the City of Kingsport Tennessee, connects, coordinates and engages the public with a creative community. It operates www.EngageKingsport.com website and regional event calendar, the Renaissance Arts Center,  the Kingsport Farmer’s Market facility, the Kingsport Carousel Project, a public art program, concert and theatrical events including a dynamic Performing Arts Series, Christmas Connection Arts & Crafts Show, the Carousel Fine Craft Show and a broad range of support to the area’s arts organizations.  The Office of Cultural Arts serves as the coordinator for the public and the city for all SPECIAL EVENTS conducted on city property.  It works in tandem with Engage Kingsport, the “Friends of the Cultural Arts” group, a private 501(c)3 non-profit organization, in order to facilitate their objectives. The Office of Cultural Arts and Engage Kingsport’s goals are to collaborate with a variety of arts organizations as well as non-arts organizations, with the aim of increasing opportunities and outlets for artists of all types. As Kingsport and the surrounding communities become a destination for artists and art enthusiasts, new markets and opportunities emerge. The Kingsport Office of Cultural Arts and Engage Kingsport are dedicated to cultivating cultural assets and promoting them as vehicles for economic and community development within our region.   

 

Tag Archive for: Kingsport

Spirit of Generosity Unveiling and Owen’s Train dedication

“Spirit of Generosity”

As part of Kingsport’s 100th Birthday Celebration, artist Val Lyle has been commissioned to create a sculpture entitled “The Spirit of Generosity” to be located in Centennial Park.  The sculpture will be unveiled on Friday, November 17, 2017 at 3:00 PM

 

Val Lyle, owner of Art Now LLC, has worked for over one year to prepare the sculpture.  She quickly identified Appalachian Ironworks as a collaborator and then set out to evoke the excitement and nostalgia associated with the legendary ‘Santa Train’.  Working from photos of one of the Santa Train Santas, Val has created a life-size sculpture of the jolly old elf who will be perched on his very own caboose pedestal and which will welcome all those who visit the park to join Santa for a selfie or fun photo.  Entitled, The Spirit of Generosity, the sculpture celebrates the annual effort of CSX, Food City and the Chamber of Commerce to spread joy along the train’s route – another example of the Kingsport Spirit!

 

“Owen’s Train”

In memory of the brave but brief life of Owen Steinmann and in honor of Kingsport families.

Amanda Dean and Justin Steinmann have been involved in the planning of Kingsport’s Centennial since formation of the Centennial Commission and the decision to build Kingsport Centennial Park.

Family, friends and colleagues of the Steinmann family are coming together to commission four unique bronze sculptures of miniature train cars to be located throughout Centennial Park. Together the locomotive, two box cars and caboose will form Owen’s Train; a lasting memorial to a wonderful family and their little boy described by his father as the “bravest and best of us.”

The young and young at heart that visit Centennial Park will be encouraged to participate in a scavenger hunt to find all of the cars in Owen’s Train. While finding the train cars, they can learn about Kingsport’s history, splash in the fountain and visit the Santa Train sculpture entitled “The Spirit of Generosity”.

Owen’s Train will remind us all of the legacy of family and its lasting impact on the spirit of generosity and hope for our community.

Kingsport Model Train Project logo

Kingsport Model Trains Project- Work Night

Kingsport Model Train Project logo

Kingsport Model Trains Project is BACK!!
We welcome your help!

Are you creative? Do you like to work with models? Can you build?

We’re beginning anew with a new name, new location and new energy.  Specifically, you can now find us on the 3rd floor of the Lynn View Community Center, 257 Walker St., Kingsport, TN. The time is now to come out and see for yourself some of the projects that we’re involved in, as we genuinely believe, with the various projects and every scale/gauge, we have something for every age and skill level.  Time to get on board, THE TRAINS WILL BE RUNNING..

Kingsport Model Train Project logo

Kingsport Model Trains Project- Open House

Kingsport Model Train Project logo

Kingsport Model Trains Project is BACK!

We’re beginning anew with a new name, new location and new energy.  Specifically, you can now find us on the 3rd floor of the Lynn View Community Center, 257 Walker St., Kingsport, TN. The time is now to come out and see for yourself some of the projects that we’re involved in, as we genuinely believe, with the various projects and every scale/gauge, we have something for every age and skill level.  Time to get on board, THE TRAINS WILL BE RUNNING..

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