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The African Art Symposium was recently featured in the High Country Press.  The article can be found here.

In 1994 in Fort William, Scotland, a group of children at a low-income school raised their own funds in order to pay for their art teacher to continue teaching them, as well as cover the costs of the studio and supplies they needed to create art. The children's self-governed group was run like a business under the name Room 13.

Vicky Grube, after reading an article about this initial children's studio, hopped a plane to Scotland to observe it in action, bringing back these practices to Boone and starting her own Room 13 for children through Appalachian State University three years ago.

This year’s panel of esteemed jurors completed preliminary judging and has chosen 46 images for exhibition from almost 900 submissions.

Fostering global awareness can be as simple as providing needed kitchen items for international students or as complex as curating international art exhibits or developing a high school German program. Four individuals from Appalachian State University were recognized for these and other efforts to enhance global learning at the university.

Local professional photographers Chip Williams, Jamey Fletcher and Marie Freeman will serve as jurors for the 10th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition (AMPC). "We are excited to have these individuals be a part of the AMPC who will dedicate their time, talent and expertise to the competition this year," said AMPC Competition Director, Rich Campbell.

The 10th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition (AMPC) opened for registration and submissions.