Arts Alliance Mountain Empire (AAME) is an arts council serving artists, arts organizations, and other cultural endeavors in northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia.
Its stated mission -- to nurture, advocate and celebrate the arts across the Mountain Empire -- is accomplished through the following projects:
• the publication of A! Magazine for the Arts (winner of the 2003 Tennessee Governor's Award for Arts Leadership and winner of a 2007 Pinnacle tourism award for the print and on-line editions and e-mail digest)
• the development and publication of Our Cultural Crossroads, a regional visitor's guide
• Art in Public Places, an annual outdoor sculpture competition in downtown Bristol, TN/VA
• and participation in "My Home is Tennessee," a statewide Arts for Youth program
Formed in 2003 , AAME seeks to support artists and arts organizations, to promote collaboration with communities, and to improve recognition of the aesthetic, educational and economic value of the arts. AAME is funded in part by the Tennessee Arts Commission and the Virginia Commission for the Arts.
Board of Directors
Dee Sproll, President
Dottie Havlik, Vice President
Lisa Boardwine, Secretary
Ed Hale, Treasurer
John Bellamy
Carl Clarke
Ben Collins
Pat Combs
Jayne Duehring
Vicki Fey
Ann McIver Goodpasture
Monica Hall
Ann Holler
Adam Justice
Deborah Gillespie Kerr
Carole Ann Miller
Joyce Moore
Barbara Niemczak
Kalonn Roberts
Candy Snodgrass
Angela Wampler