We are excited to announce that West Virginia Folklife, a program of the West Virginia Humanities Council, received a Folk and Traditional Arts Experiences grant from Mid Atlantic Arts’ Central Appalachia Living Traditions program (CALT) to work collaboratively with the Mountain Weavers Guild in Elkins, West Virginia on a project titled “An Archival and Ethnographic…
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We Can Build Mountains: Aristotle Jones and Soul Music in Appalachia
“Appalachian Soul Man” Aristotle Jones is a professional musician and radio personality who is carrying on his music tradition in Osage where his grandfather and extended family have lived.
Scotts Run Resonance – Passing it Forward
West Virginia-based Scotts Run Settlement House, The Shack Neighborhood House, and the Scotts Run Museum & Trail have announced Scotts Run Resonance—Passing It Forward with support from Mid Atlantic Arts’ Central Appalachia Living Traditions (CALT) program. This initiative includes a year of events and classes to exchange wisdom and pass on traditions of foodways, history…
Partnership with Central Appalachia Living Traditions
For the past year we have been partnering with Mid Atlantic Arts on their Central Appalachia Living Traditions project, or CALT. CALT promotes the understanding and recognition of folk arts and culture in Appalachian counties of Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia through a 3-part program that invests in folk arts communities while seeding new folk…
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