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Wendell Berry’s Thoughts in the Presence of Fear
In the days following September 11, 2001, Kentucky author and farmer Wendell Berry wrote Thoughts in the Presence of Fear. With rural Kentucky as a backdrop, Herb E. Smith put Wendell’s words to film, adding an interview on the relevancy of his essay, years later. “What you hope for is that these things you...Read More ▶
Wendell Berry’s Thoughts in the Presence of Fear
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A Mirror For Mountain People: Seedtime & June in the Mountains
June is a special time of year in the mountains. Seedtime on the Cumberland is Appalshop’s festival of mountain arts, always the first weekend of June. Music, film, theater, crafts, dance, and art have brought thousands of people together, on Appalshop grounds, since 1986. Across thirty years, Seedtime has featured downtown parades, week long...Read More ▶
A Mirror For Mountain People: Seedtime & June in the Mountains
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Award-Winning Black Lung Reports Influence Policy
At the end of 2016, new research on black lung cases were released through NPR and featured in the New York Times, among other national outlets. Benny Becker, reporting for WMMT in partnership with the Ohio Valley Resource, worked with Howard Berkes of the NPR Investigations Unit to produce the report and share local impacts through the story of a Pike...Read More ▶
Award-Winning Black Lung Reports Influence Policy
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APPALSHOP NAMED TOP 100 SHAPING THE FUTURE OF CULTURE
Appalshop is thrilled to be part of the 2017 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Top 100 list! This list “celebrates thought leaders, provocateurs, and innovators who are using their platform to create cultural movement,” according to the Center. “This year, the list takes on a renewed urgency and importance. In the face of...Read More ▶
APPALSHOP NAMED TOP 100 SHAPING THE FUTURE OF CULTURE
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SEEDTIME: Appalshop’s Festival of Mountain Arts, June 2-3
On June 2th & 3th, 2017, the Appalshop grounds in Whitesburg, KY will once again be alive with music, art, theater, food, and crafts for the 31st Seedtime on the Cumberland Festival. This year’s event will spotlight the tools of culture that have built, and continue to sustain, our mountain communities! In addition to...Read More ▶
SEEDTIME: Appalshop’s Festival of Mountain Arts, June 2-3
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Stand With The Arts
“Appalshop has been here in this town for 48 years and has been an example of the diversified economy we really need in this region.” – Ada Smith on CBS Sunday Morning GIVE As the 2017 budget saga in Washington unfolds, Appalshop and bedrock arts organizations across the country have been called on to...Read More ▶
Stand With The Arts
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For Art’s Sake: When funding the NEA is in jeopardy
This feature aired on CBS Sunday Morning News, April 23rd, 2017 The battlelines are drawn in Washington over whether the federal government should be spending any money at all for art’s sake. The impact of the Trump administration’s proposed end to funding would be felt in communities large and small — perhaps particularly in...Read More ▶
For Art’s Sake: When funding the NEA is in jeopardy
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Free Film Streaming in Honor of Black History Month
In honor of Black History Month, Appalshop is streaming phenomenal films for free! Visit the media section of our website or follow this link https://www.appalshop.org/media/ to see Anne Braden: Southern Patriot, Evelyn Williams, His Eye Is On The Sparrow, Mabel Parker Hardison Smith and more. From us to you – spread love and knowledge all month...Read More ▶
Free Film Streaming in Honor of Black History Month
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Mines to Minds Still Accepting Applications
Appalshop’s Mines to Minds program is still accepting applications for its Spring 2017 training. Mines to Minds is a training and employment opportunity for those looking for work in a high tech related career. As featured in the Public News Service, project coordinator, Shawn Lind, hopes to fit 30 participants with jobs in the...Read More ▶
Mines to Minds Still Accepting Applications
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Mines to Minds is Gaining Publicity
Mines to Minds project coordinator, Shawn Lind, is making appearances through out the region. The Mines to Minds project is a training and employment opportunity to prepare people for jobs within the area, including several ARH locations, Kentucky River Community Care, Mountain Tech Media, and Pine Mountain Settlement School. Last week, Mines to Minds...Read More ▶
Mines to Minds is Gaining Publicity
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Youth Storytellers Discover New Narratives at Museum of Art
This summer, as part of a cultural exchange program called Envisioning Our Future, Appalshop’s Appalachian Media Institute and the Carnegie Museum of Art worked with rural and urban Appalachian youth to learn storytelling. As part of the program, students were given the opportunity to explore concepts of place, identity, and economic transition through filmmaking, photography, podcasting, and creative...Read More ▶
Youth Storytellers Discover New Narratives at Museum of Art
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Mines to Minds Program Now Accepting Applications
Are you looking to get into a High-Tech job? Don’t know how to get there? Appalshop, Inc. and Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College have developed two Accelerated Certificates to meet the current needs of local employers. We are excited to announce that we are now accepting applications to go through our collaborative technology...Read More ▶
Mines to Minds Program Now Accepting Applications
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Celebrating Paul Wellstone’s Legacy in Appalachia
In July of 1997, Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone met in Hazard, KY with working and disabled coal miners, and a miner’s widow, to hear about health and safety problems in the mines. Wellstone and his wife Sheila, an eastern Kentucky native, visited this part of central Appalachia as part of a “Children’s Tour” to...Read More ▶
Celebrating Paul Wellstone’s Legacy in Appalachia
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Appalshop Now Accepting Applications for Financial Director
Appalshop is currently accepting applications for the position of Financial Director. All application materials should be sent via email to [email protected] See below for more information: The Financial Director is a senior leader of Appalshop’s CORE administration comprised of the Institutional Development Director, the Communications and Marketing Director, and Support Staff. The Financial Director works closely under...Read More ▶
Appalshop Now Accepting Applications for Financial Director
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Building Our Future Together in Appalachia
Last week’s New York Times featured a story by Sheryl Gay Stolberg about efforts to rebuild the central Appalachian economy in the wake of the coal industry’s collapse. Appalshop is mentioned a number of times—including its origin story during the War on Poverty and its role in incubating Mountain Tech Media, a new for-profit...Read More ▶
Building Our Future Together in Appalachia
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