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English silver, prints by Rembrandt, Renoir and Matisse, a French Rococo gilt table, contemporary art glass, early 20th-century American social realist paintings, and more. 276-638-5005, www.williamkingmuseum.org

• ONGOING: “Home: One Family, 200 Years of History” is on exhibit at William King Museum of Art, Abingdon, Va. In 1859, David Droke built a farmhouse in Piney Flats, Tenn., as part of his carpentry apprenticeship. The house and its history have been passed down from generation to generation of Droke children who have lived in the house, worked the land, and remembered and added to the story of their family. This exhibit traces the last 200 years of Appalachia and America through the story of one family and the material culture they collected over two centuries. 276-628-5005, www.williamkingmuseum.org

• ONGOING: Jeff Gorrell’s “Landscapes and the Abstract Truth,” is on exhibit in the Juried Spotlight Gallery at The Arts Depot, Abingdon, Va. Gorrell was the 2016 winner of the Depot Artists Assoc. award at the Virginia Watercolor Society’s annual show. 276-628-9091, www.abingdonartsdepot.org

• ONGOING: “Salvador Dali and the Divine Comedy: Part II,

family rate $20. 276-628-3911, www.thecommunitycenterofabingdon.com.

• MAY 13: Bristol Ballet presents “Mulan, The Legend” at the Paramount Center for the Arts, Bristol, Tenn. at 5:30 p.m. Experience the legend of Mulan, the young lady who volunteered to take her father’s place in China’s war against invaders. Based on the Ballad of Mulan, which was first transcribed in the sixth century, the story has been popular not only in China, but worldwide. This ballet is set to the score “Mulan – Ballet in Three Acts” by Joshua Chan, who composed it especially for the Hong Kong Ballet. As a student concert involving ages 4 and up, there will be many memorable moments. $6.50-$11.25. 423-274-8920, www.paramountbristol.org

Exhibits

• ONGOING: William King Museum of Art, Abingdon, Va., presents the winners of the Out in the Open: Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition. 276-628-5005, www.williamkingmuseum.org

• ONGOING: An exhibit by Sue Branham (watercolor and acrylic), Brenda Ratliff (acrylic), Mary Talbott (watercolor and acrylic) and Barbara Jake (watercolor) is on exhibit in the Members Gallery at The Arts Depot, Abingdon, Va. 276-628-9091, www.abingdonartsdepot.org

• ONGOING: “Hometown Stars: Southwest Virginia’s Recording Legacy, 1923-1943” is on exhibit at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, Bristol, Va. “Hometown Stars” tells the stories of the talents and repertoires of Southwest Virginia musicians who proved to be a deep musical well for the nation’s growing recording industry. Some of them include the Powers Family, Dock Boggs, Carl Martin, The Roanoke Jug Band and Jack Reedy & His Walker Mountain Stringband. 423-573-1927, www.birthplaceofcountrymusic.org

• ONGOING: “Connoisseur: Private Collecting in Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee” is on exhibit at William King Museum of Art, Abingdon, Va. A connoisseur is one who has developed an acute perception about a particular style or genre of art, one who has acquired a discerning knowledge about the characteristics of the works he or she collects. The 12 connoisseurs whose collections are represented in this exhibition are from Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Through them you explore various cultures — Asian carvings and embroidery on silk, 18th-century

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Purgatory” is on exhibit at the Reece Museum at East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tenn. www.etsu.edu

• MAY 1-31: The artwork of Town Center for the Arts’ artists is on exhibit in Glade Spring, Va. Featured artists for the night are Katherine Vance Clark (more than beads), Theresa Crist (abstract painter), Jonathan Davis (oil and watercolors), Tabitha Henderson (pottery), Lily Kusmik (porcelain and raku), Eileen Stoyanoff (alcohol ink and stained glass) and Fiona Zahnke (stoneware, raku and fibers). A reception is held May 5 from 5-7 p.m. 276-429-1276

• MAY 4: First Thursday in Abingdon, Va., brings gallery-goers together one night a month from 5-9 p.m. Participants include The Arts Depot, William King Museum of Art, Fragmented, Heartwood, T. Tilley Gallery, Space Lab and Lamb Fine Art at Figaredo’s Tapas Bar. www.facebook.com/abingdonfirstthursday

• CLOSING MAY 6: Artist Kelly O’Briant’s exhibition “Atmosphere: Material and Echoes” explores the presence of ideas that have no objective or measurable characteristics: echoes that remain long after a physical entity is no longer here, or forces we sense are affecting us but can’t quite

name. It is on exhibit at the McGlothlin Center for the Arts, Emory & Henry College, Emory, Va. 276-944-6333, www.ehc.edu/mca

• CLOSING MAY 6: INtersect 2017: Selected Student Works from the Art Department of Emory & Henry College is on exhibit in the Founders Gallery at The Arts Depot, Abingdon, Va. The exhibit features the artwork of Sophia Alonge, Olivia Crockett, Birdie Mullins, Autumn Roe and Sam Sampson. 276-628-9091, www.abingdonartsdepot.org

• MAY 7-30: The 52nd Annual Appalachian Art Show sponsored by the Kingsport Art Guild and Eastman Chemical Company of Kingsport, Tennessee is held at the Renaissance Arts Center, Kingsport, Tenn. A reception is May 7 from 2-4 p.m. Awards include Best In Show $700, second place $500, third place $300, ten Awards of Excellence $150 each. Award winners are announced during the reception. 423-246-1227, www.kingsportartguild.com

• CLOSING MAY 14: Iron Design: Marc Maiorana is at William King Museum of Art, Abingdon, Va. Iron Design Company was established to promote modern designs in hand-

formed iron objects by Maiorana. Maiorana has been published in several Schiffer books of contemporary metalwork and was also featured in the publications American Craft, Gourmet, Dwell, Food and Wine, The Washington Post and The New York Times. His ironwork was exhibited and permanently acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery. 276-628-5005, www.williamkingmuseum.org

• CLOSING MAY 31: The Gallery @ Barr Photographics announces the Spring installment of the Corner Gallery’s 2017 exhibition series with a collection of plein air, acrylic or oil works entitled “Under Blue Skies: Landscapes of Southwestern Virginia” by award-winning Fincastle, Va., artist, Brett LaGue. 276-628-1486, www.barrphotographics.com

Festival

• MAY 5 & 6: The Rogersville Arts Council presents the Art, Wine and Cheese Stroll May 5 from 5-8 p.m. in downtown Rogersville. Live musicians entertain along the stroll, and artists display their wares. The stroll kicks off