Teen program offering online music lessons

BETA is offering free, one-hour online music classes on the following schedule:

• Tuesdays, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., “Everybody Rocks: rock band with Nathan Dillon;
• Wednesdays, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., guitar lessons with Jeff Foster;
• Thursdays, 4 to 5 p.m., drum lessons with Michael Wimer.

Those interested should contact Traci Lewis at [email protected]. Participants will get an email from the music teacher by the morning of the class with an invitation to join and a link to the Zoom lesson. Contact Lewis if a guitar or drum sticks are needed.

The lessons are free, made possible by a matching grant from the Brown County Community Foundation, an individual donor and the Lions Club.

Students invited to enter art competition

Rep. Trey Hollingsworth (R-Indiana) invites all high school students who are residents of Indiana’s Ninth Congressional District to enter the 2020 Congressional Art Competition. The winner will have their artwork displayed in the U.S. Capitol for the next year.

Students may participate by emailing the required paperwork and a high-resolution photo of their artwork to [email protected]. The submission period ends April 17.

Required paperwork and further guidelines are located on Rep. Hollingsworth’s website at hollingsworth.house.gov/art.

Several galleries closed due to pandemic

• The Brown County Art Gallery is closed until further notice. The Mabel B. Annis Student Art Competition is also canceled until next year and the entire exhibition schedule is on hold. The gallery will be setting up an online shopping opportunity and the manager will be on-site for a few hours daily to answer calls and emails.
• The T.C. Steele State Historic Site is closed along with other state historic sites and the Indiana State Museum.
• The Brown County Art Guild is closed. Artwork for sale will be shared through Facebook and online at bcartguildshop.com. For questions or purchases, email [email protected].
• Hoosier Artist Gallery is closed. In the meantime, the gallery will be posting “interesting things and presentations from our artists” on its Facebook page