Destined for Stardom

Sydney is THE quintessential “Everything Artist.” She embodies everything we believe in. We never hesitate to point to her as a role-model. We had the pleasure of recording her first EP, “Gypsy Life,” at Hickory Arts, and hosting her easily sold-out house concert. Her success, in our eyes, has already been achieved by her character, …

Hickory Arts Sponsors Free Idol Coaching

Hickory Arts is proud to be sponsoring FREE vocal coaching sessions for all 2013 Rotarian Idol contestants. This is a proud Jeff Hartman and studio started with Hickory Rotary Club back in 2011. To set up a session, please email info@hickoryarts.com or call 828-270-9801. Break a leg! #rotarianidol2013

Pilot Season

Teen to Show Off Skills in Los Angeles Courtesy of Hickory Daily Record Sunday, January 27, 2013 Alec Owen Nance will soon be on his way to Los Angeles for pilot season. Alec, who will be 14 in April, is a student at St. Stephens Lutheran School and lives with his family in Hickory. His …

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 …

Hickory Arts

Fundraising Efforts Continue for Creative & Performing Arts Studio HICKORY – The studio on Highland Avenue, next to Johnson Piano & Organ Exchange, is currently and will hopefully continue to be home to Hickory, NC’s first professional commercial recording and film post-production facility, photography, teaching & production studio, and Hickory’s official house concert & master …

Capture It!

Capture It! DSLR Camera Basics Workshop Saturday, March 19 or March 26, 2011 at Down to Hear Studios (now Hickory Arts) HICKORY – Life is happening so fast, let Carol Anne Hartman Photography show you how to capture it! Take a day and let professional photog, Carol Anne Hartman, teach you how to use your …

Veteran Touring Artist Coaches Idol Finalists

Veteran Touring Artist Coaches Idol Finalists Hartman Sponsors Coaching Sessions HICKORY – Veteran touring and recording artist, Jeff Hartman, will be sponsoring coaching sessions for this year’s “Rotarian Idol” finalists at Down to Hear Studios (now Hickory Arts) in Hickory on Thursday, March 3rd and Saturday, March 5, 2011. Hartman’s teaching and production studio is …

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 …