Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Folk art

A childhood urge to express my innermost feelings, to record

Ruth Bear Levy wrote about how “modern artists could create masterpieces out of the sights and sounds of Lonaconing.”

First stop for Southern Highland Handicraft Guild’s traveling exhibition will be at the American County Life Assn. conference at Blacksburg.

Excerpt from Howard Finster, Stranger from Another World, by Howard Finster & Tom Patterson, 1989 about this Georgia folk artist.

Dr. Katie Hoffman & Dr. Jean Haskell curated a newly opened arts exhibit at the Portsmouth Arts Center that celebrates Appalachian art today.

It was a brutal first year. Brian had few, if any building skills, much to Montie’s dismay. Arriving in October, they slept on the ground.

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