This article appeared in the Volume 3, Issue 3 Winter 2022 issue of the Appalachian Curator. Click here to view a PDF of the full issue. By Stewart Plein, Chair, ASA Special Collections Committee Following the devastating flooding in Kentucky, the ASA Special Collections Committee extended assistance on a number of fronts, individually and institutionally, specifically concerning Appalshop in Whitesburg and Hindman Settlement School in Hindman. Two committee members have been engaged in weekly response phone calls coordinated by the Kentucky Arts Council with others from across Appalachia. Discussions on funding sources, volunteers, best practices and other recovery topics were an important part of this weekly discussion. Members of the committee,…
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Post-flood cleanup at Appalshop – A First Person Account
This article appeared in the Volume 3, Issue 3 Winter 2022 issue of the Appalachian Curator. Click here to view a PDF of the full issue. By Jinny Turman I was in Denver, Colorado, wrapping up a vacation when I heard the news that portions of eastern Kentucky had been flooded by a series of thunderstorms. Thankfully my partner’s community, Morehead, was spared, but we quickly realized that certain areas of Wise County, Virginia, where I live, were underwater, as were locations in Letcher, Hazard, and several other counties in southeastern Kentucky. Like many people, I was shocked to see the images of flooded downtowns, homes, roadways, and hollers appear on social…
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Featured Collection: Appalshop Archive
This article appeared in the Volume 3, Issue 2 Fall 2021 issue of the Appalachian Curator. Click here to view a PDF of the full issue. Appalshop Archive, Whitesburg, KY By Leo Shannon The Appalshop Archive preserves art and media from central Appalachia with a focus on the work created by Appalshop, Inc., a non-profit documentary organization located in the eastern Kentucky community of Whitesburg. The organization was launched in 1969 by the Community Film Workshop Council, a War on Poverty jobs training program to help young people in economically distressed areas find work in the growing national media industry. Instead of leaving eastern Kentucky for industry jobs, the Whitesburg…
