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2018 Master Artists & Apprentice Feature: Genevieve Bardwell, Susan Ray Brown & Amy Dawson, Salt Rising Bread

Genevieve (Jenny) Bardwell and Susan Ray Brown of Mount Morris, Pennsylvania are leading an apprenticeship in salt rising bread with Amy Dawson of Lost Creek.

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As part of their #WVFolklife Apprenticeship in Sheep-to-Shawl: The Art of Raising Sheep and Creating Fiber Arts, sheep farmers and textile artists Kathy Evans and Margaret Bruning worked with Emily Prentice of @waywarddaughter.space to create a zine about their year of study.

In April 2020, in the midst of #WestVirginia’s Stay at Home Order, #WVFolklife issued a call for West Virginians to share documentation of how they were creatively responding to the COVID-19 crisis through music, stories, writing, craft, art, memes, mask making, and more.

What is an herb? What is the importance of sustainable harvesting of plants and fungi? How did COVID-19 highlight the influence and usefulness of traditional knowledge and skills? Is the in-person apprenticeship model still pertinent?

For the Spring 2021 issue of @goldenseal_magazine, State Folklorist Emily Hilliard wrote about storyteller, old-time & gospel musician, pastor, and 2020 Vandalia Award winner W.I. "Bill" Hairston of Charleston.

Join us tomorrow, 6/3 at 12:30pm ET for a live showcase featuring @southartsorg’s Folk & Traditional Arts Cross-Border Mentor-Apprentice fiddling team: mentor Bobby Taylor (Kanawha County, #WV) and apprentice L. Scott Miller (Boyd County, KY). Bobby Taylor is a 4th generation fiddler, who was first introduced to the instrument by his father 55 years ago. Scott Miller is an instructor for the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music at @moreheadstate. 🎻

Please join us on Thursday, June 17th at noon, for a virtual apprenticeship showcase featuring sheep farmer and textile artist Kathy Evans of Preston County & apprentice Margaret Bruning of Randolph County. The pair, who recently completed their 2020-2021 #WVFolklife Apprenticeship in "Sheep-to-Shawl": The Art of Raising Sheep and Creating Fiber Arts, will screen a video about their apprenticeship year and hold a Q&A. 🐑🧶🧣

Please join us on Wednesday, June 9th at noon, for a virtual apprenticeship showcase featuring herbalist Leenie Hobbie of Hampshire County & apprentice Jon Falcone of Hardy County. The pair, who recently completed their 2020-2021 #WVFolklife Apprenticeship year, will screen their slideshow “Traditional Appalachian Herbalism in the Time of COVID,” lead a guided indoor wild herb walk, and hold a Q&A. 🌿🌱🪴

This Sunday, May 23 at 1:30pm at @theriverhousewv in Capon Bridge, WV, herbalist @leeniehobbie & apprentice Jon Falcone will be offering a community presentation on their folklife apprenticeship in traditional Appalachian herbalism, sharing their thoughts and reflections on their apprenticeship year during COVID-19. 🌱🌿🪴

Ramp cooking in Hinton, #WestVirginia c. 1955

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