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Arts & Culture Jack Walker, Aug. 01, 2025

New Shepherdstown Exhibition Aims To Highlight Breadth Of Appalachian Art, Craftwork

A tourism organization in Shepherdstown has put out an open call for artists interested in showcasing their work during a September exhibition on visual art in Appalachia.

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, Apr. 04, 2025

Encore: The Climbing Climate And Paddle Making, Inside Appalachia

This week on Inside Appalachia, rock climbers with disabilities have found a home in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge, which offers some pumpy crags. Climbers have also been working to make West Virginia's New River Gorge more inclusive. And a master craftsman, who makes one of a kind whitewater paddles remembers some advice.

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Arts & Culture Jack Walker, Jan. 03, 2025

Vision Board Collages Help Crafters Visualize Goals For New Year

Residents gathered at a library in Shepherdstown last month for a craft that helps set goals for the new year.

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, Nov. 25, 2024

A Chef Shares W.Va. Memories And Visiting A Cat Cafe, Inside Appalachia

This week on Inside Appalachia, The chef of an award-winning Asheville restaurant says he was shaped by memories of growing up in West Virginia. The Seeing Hand Association brings together people who are visually impaired to learn the craft of chair caning. And a West Virginia community grapples with its population of feral cats.

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, Aug. 19, 2024

Raymond Thompson, Jr. And Agape Rugs, Inside Appalachia

In the 1930s, hundreds of mostly African American workers died digging the Hawk’s Nest Tunnel. A photographer brings their stories to life in a new book. Also, when Jerry Machen began making art...

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Arts & Culture Wendy Welch, Aug. 01, 2024

Crocheters Weave Together Past And Present Through Temperature Blankets

When Cierra Pike crochets, she feels peaceful. It’s rather ironic, because she crochets on the couch at night as her husband and sons race around the house, shouting and playing. “I crochet to help ...

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