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Celebrate Appalshop's Anniversary at NAMAC
Posted 08/24/09
Founded in October 1969, Appalshop stands at the beginning of the media arts center movement. As our 40th birthday approaches, it is appropriate that Appalshop sponsor the opening reception for this year's NAMAC (National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture) conference in Boston on August 26-29. » »
Appalshop Celebrates the Life of Mike Seeger
Posted 08/11/09
Appalshop joins people across the nation in mourning the loss of Mike Seeger. He was a true friend of traditional musicians and a tireless advocate for their music. He often served as a resource in Appalshop's work, helping with films, radio broadcasts, recordings, and the Seedtime on the Cumberland festival. We will miss him, though thankfully he left behind a lot to remember him by. » »
Portraits and Dreams Reunion
Posted 08/04/09
The Appalshop Archive has organized a reunion of photographer Wendy Ewald with her former students from Campbell’s Branch School, Cowan School, and Kingdom Come one-room School. Material from the photography workshops with children during 1975 - 1980/81 was collected in the book Portraits and Dreams published in 1985. » »
Mine War on Blackberry Creek Web Stream
Posted 07/16/09
Appalshop is now streaming Anne Lewis's 1986 full-length documentary Mine War on Blackberry Creek. Appalshop will be reissuing the film on DVD this August, bringing it back into print at a time of renewed public interest in the Massey Energy Company and its Chairman and CEO Don Blankenship. » »
In Memory of Herbie Adams
Posted 07/15/09
Appalshop mourns the passing of Herbie Adams, truck driver and outspoken community member who was killed in an accident in Wise County, Virginia on July 14. Herbie hauled coal out of Letcher County, Kentucky since 1973 and was proud of his vocation but not afraid to speak out about what he considered to be dangerous safety conditions on coalfields highways. » »
Seedtime on the Cumberland
Posted 06/06/09
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Appalshop's 23rd annual Seedtime on the Cumberland on June 11-13. Seedtime involved some 775 participants during its June 11 through June 13 run in Whitesburg, drew together participants from Italy, Illinois, Virginia, West Virginia, Mississippi, Minnesota, North Carolina, Indonesia, Tennessee, Indiana, Georgia, Missouri, Wisconsin, California, Ohio, and Kentucky. » »
Appalshop Advances the Role of Arts in Economic Recovery
Posted 05/18/09
Four Appalshop board members, Caron Atlas, Dee Davis, Carlton Turner, and Roadside Theater's Dudley Cocke joined a group of grass-roots activists representing arts, environmental and social justice organizations who met on May 13 with White House officials to discuss how they could collaborate with the administration on its economic recovery and general policy plans. » »
Roadside Theater Receives Otto Rene Castillo Award
Posted 05/01/09
Appalshop's Roadside Theater will receive an Otto Rene Castillo Award for Political Theatre on May 17th in New York. The Otto Awards were established in 1998 to recognize and support the ongoing development of political theatre internationally. » »
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