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2020 Folklife Apprenticeship Feature: Kim Johnson & Cody Jordan, Banjo Traditions of Central West Virginia

Kim Johnson of South Charleston is leading an apprenticeship in banjo traditions of central West Virginia with apprentice Cody Jordan of Charleston.

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Save the date! On Thursday, March 4th at 8pm EST, @neaarts will premiere the film, The Culture of America: A Cross-Country Visit with the NEA National Heritage Fellows, which features the 2020 Fellows, including Clay County, #WestVirginia old-time musician John D. Morris.

We are thrilled to share the gorgeous trailer for "The Culture of America: A Cross-Country Visit with the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows,” featuring the 2020 @neaarts Fellows, including Clay County, #WestVirginia fiddler John D. Morris.

Happy Groundhog Day! We're anxiously awaiting the prediction of West Virginia's own French Creek Freddie (results to be posted online at noon).

In Fiscal Year 2020, we welcomed the second class of the West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, partnered with @wypr881fm producers to produce two episodes of the @outoftheblocks1 podcast on Charleston’s West Side (photo above from our listening party), saw Clay County fiddler John D. Morris receive a @neaarts National Heritage Fellowship, and much more. Read our report on all of our 2020 fieldwork, programs, and activities on our blog (link in profile).

Our latest Legends & Lore Roadside Marker commemorating labor leader Mother Jones (c. 1837-1930) has been installed in Pratt.

#OnThisDay in 1980, Musician John Homer ‘‘Uncle Homer’’ Walker died in Princeton, #WestVirginia at age 81. Walker was raised in Summers County, WV and lived much of his adult life in neighboring Glen Lyn, VA. He usually worked as a laborer and farm hand.

"To this day music continues to be an inspiration and a motivation in my day to day life. I am fortunate to live in a community that shares my enthusiasm. It has also been my good fortune to have imparted much of what I have learned with many local musicians." -Master fiddler Joe Herrmann

The West Virginia Folklife Program at @wvhumanities works to document, sustain, support, and present West Virginia's vibrant cultural heritage & living traditions through projects like our Folklife Apprenticeship Program, fieldwork survey, Legends & Lore Roadside Marker Program, and partnerships with @wvpublic & @goldenseal_magazine.

Thrilled to see our 2018 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program masters in salt rising bread, Susan Brown & @jenny.bardwell quoted in this @nytmag piece. The oldest known recipe for the bacteria-raised bread dates back to 1778 in what is now #WestVirginia.

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