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- Seedtime On the Cumberland Festival
- Traditional Music Program (includes the Passing the Pick and Bow After-School Program)
- Old Time String Band Day
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Appalshop unveils largest net-metered renewable energy system in Eastern Kentucky
In the heart of the coalfields, Appalshop, Inc. unveiled the largest net-metered renewable energy system in Eastern Kentucky with a ribbon cutting on June 7th. The project is a groundbreaking example of what’s possible in Appalachia, a region uniquely vulnerable to rising energy costs and political lobbying against renewable energy. With 192 panels incorporated...Read More ▶Appalshop unveils largest net-metered renewable energy system in Eastern Kentucky
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Appalshop Celebrates 50 Years in New York & Boston | April 2019
DONATE NOW From a Library of Congress 50th Symposium to Speed Cinema events in Kentucky’s largest art museum throughout 2019, Appalshop’s 50th Anniversary celebration is off to a beautiful start. Appalshop family and five decades worth of artistic partnerships are coming together to make this Golden Anniversary one that touches as many places and people as...Read More ▶Appalshop Celebrates 50 Years in New York & Boston | April 2019
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Appalshop at 50: Brooklyn Folk Festival 2019
As a part of Appalshop’s growing 50th Anniversary celebrations, Appalshop musicians, artisans and vendors will appear at the Brooklyn Folk Festival from April 5-7, 2019. The annual New York City event will showcase June Appal recording artists, screen Appalshop films, and feature workshops led by traditional Kentucky artists. One Appalshop workshop will explore African-American...Read More ▶Appalshop at 50: Brooklyn Folk Festival 2019
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Appalshop Featured in NEA Milestone Video
Appalshop was recently honored to be featured in this Milestone Video celebrating the National Endowment for the Arts’ 50th Anniversary. The video combines footage from the Appalshop Archive with interviews from staff, partners and community members that showcase Appalshop’s unique legacy of work in place-based media production and community arts. Thanks to the NEA...Read More ▶Appalshop Featured in NEA Milestone Video
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Introducing “Performing Our Future,” a National Arts-Based Initiative on Community and Economic Development
Across the U.S., there’s a growing recognition that art and culture can drive community and economic development. But it’s rare when those artistic efforts include rural communities and their colleges, or focus on bringing together all parts of a community, including its poor and working class residents, for development that is equitable. A new...Read More ▶Introducing “Performing Our Future,” a National Arts-Based Initiative on Community and Economic Development
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Rural Sociological Society Awards Appalshop with 2015 Distinguished Service to Rural Life Award
The 2015 Rural Sociological Society Meeting took place in Madison, WI August 7-9. The Rural Sociological Society is a U.S. scholarly organization formed to promote the study of rural life through research, extension and education. Matthew Carter, was in attendance to accept the Distinguished Service to Rural Life award on behalf of Appalshop “It...Read More ▶Rural Sociological Society Awards Appalshop with 2015 Distinguished Service to Rural Life Award
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Prescription Panes
Misty Skaggs will be reading from her poetry, Prescription Panes, in the Appalshop Theater, Tuesday, September 25 at 7:00 p.m. A reception to follow. Misty & her mother Bonita Skaggs-Parsons confront prescription drug abuse with a combination of visual art and poetry. Their exhibit, “Prescription Panes,” is currently on display here in the Appalshop...Read More ▶Prescription Panes
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EKRHP Featured on KET
Appalshop’s East Kentucky Reproductive Health Project will be one of three groups featured on KET’s HealthThree60 on Monday Nov. 12 at 9 pm. This episode, “Citizens Taking Charge,” highlights the work of citizens who are actively working to improve the health outcomes and lives of Kentuckians on a community and state-wide level. ...Read More ▶EKRHP Featured on KET
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