New Lease on Art

Conover Couple Creates Home For Art Teachers BY KELLI STRAKA onenews@observernewsonline.com Some people would look at the building on 1717 Highland Ave NE in Hickory and just see an old building, but Jeff and Carol Anne Hartman see much more. “It’s an old house, so it’s not super fancy,” Carol Anne said. “It doesn’t have …

One-Stop Shop

Studio is a ‘one-stop shop’ for musicians BY LADONNA BEEKER onenews@charter.net Combine a California business and a husband and wife, along with artistic talent by the truckloads and you have Down to Hear Studios (now Hickory Arts). Michael French moved to Hickory in 2008 from Burbank, Calif. and the heart of of “studio city” where …