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West Virginia Folklife Presents Apprenticeship Showcase: The Power of Storytelling in Midwifery

Please join us at noon on Thursday, May 5th –The International Day of the Midwife– for a pre-recorded apprenticeship showcase featuring midwife Angy Nixon of Putnam County and her apprentice Christine Weirick of Fayette County. The pair recently completed their 2020-2021 apprenticeship with the West Virginia Folklife Program. Read about their apprenticeship here. The virtual…

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Field Notes: An Interview with W.I. “Bill” Hairston

W.I. “Bill” Hairston, 71, is a storyteller, old-time musician, and pastor living in Charleston, West Virginia. He was born in Phenix City, Alabama, and his family moved to Saint Albans, West Virginia, in 1960.

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See West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship participants Joe Herrmann and Dakota Karper @dakota.karper perform at the North River Mills United Methodist Church!
✨NEW EXTENDED DEADLINE: Monday August 8, 2022✨
Spread the word! The National Association of Black Storytellers (NABS) is accepting applications for their new Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellowship program!
Reminder! The West Virginia Folklife Program, a project of the West Virginia Humanities Council, is accepting applications for its statewide Folklife Apprenticeship Program until August 8, 2022 (extended deadline)
The anniversary issue of @blackbygodwv "WV Pride: From Juneteenth to Father’s Day and West Virginia Day" is now available, and this latest issue features a photo of the Mollett family taken on Memorial Day 2022 in Edwight, WV. Generations of the Mollett family have gathered at the historically Black cemetery in Edwight every year since 1959 to clean and decorate the gravesites of their family and neighbors. Read more about this event on our blog - link in the bio
The West Virginia Folklife Program, a project of the West Virginia Humanities Council, is now accepting applications for its statewide Folklife Apprenticeship Program. The program supports West Virginia master traditional artists or tradition bearers working with qualified apprentices on a year-long in-depth apprenticeship in their cultural expression or traditional art form. These apprenticeships of traditional music, dance, craft, foodways, storytelling, and more—in any cultural community in the Mountain State—facilitate the transmission of techniques and artistry of the forms as well as their histories and traditions.
We are pleased to announce that for the past year we have been partnering with @midatlanticarts 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 and traditional arts experiences and honoring underrecognized practitioners of traditions across the region.
@fieldsdoris will be premiering her video "Those Who Came Before"
On Saturday, April 23rd, Carnegie Hall, Inc. and the Ronceverte Public Library hosted a celebration of the new Legends & Lore roadside marker located on the corner of Walnut and W Main Street in Ronceverte. The marker is dedicated to the salt rising bread tradition. It reads: "Appalachian women make salt rising bread without yeast. First known recipe from Rena Scott of Ronceverte. Dated 1778."

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