Raymond Christian: Performer, Podcast Producer Teaching Artist, Mentor Watauga County.Alicestyne Turley: Author, Professor, Advocate, Mentor Powell County.The 2022-2023 Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellows are: The goals of the fellowship program are to preserve and advance the understanding of Black Appalachian storytelling that embodies the history, heritage, and culture of African Americans, and to build bridges through intergenerational opportunities. The Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellowships are intended to honor, celebrate, and support Black storytellers residing in the Appalachian counties (as designated by the Appalachian Regional Commission) of Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Mid Atlantic Arts, in conjunction with South Arts, is thrilled to partner with the National Association of Black Storytellers (NABS) on the Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellowship program. StaffĮmily Hilliard, Program Director, Folk & Traditional Arts, National Association of Black Storytellers’īlack Appalachian Storytellers Fellowship
Program AreasĬALT has three program areas: Folk Arts and Culture Community Anchors Initiative, Folk and Traditional Arts Experiences, and Recognizing Folk Arts and Culture Champions. Collectively, these new programs are intended to stabilize local venues, create greater connectivity among organization and community leaders, increase the visibility of folk arts and culture, and facilitate the transmission of artistic skills and cultural knowledge. The programs will be launched in phases beginning in June 2021 through April 2024. This program serves the counties of Ohio, West Virginia, and Virginia designated as Appalachian by the Appalachian Regional Commission. For a full list of those counties click here. Mid Atlantic Arts has partnered with the area’s three state folklife programs, Ohio Arts Council, West Virginia Folklife Program, and Virginia Folklife Program, in order to connect CALT with state-based folklife initiatives and promote the sharing of knowledge and resources across the region, particularly in border communities. To read the CAFTA Project Executive Summary click here. Fields, aka Lady D and R & B, soul, and blues musician from Beckley performs at The Freefolk Brewery inĬentral Appalachia Living Traditions (CALT) is a multi-year program designed to promote the understanding, and recognition of folk arts and culture in Central Appalachia through a three-part program that invests in folk arts communities while seeding new folk and traditional arts experiences and honoring underrecognized practitioners of Central Appalachian traditions across the region. This new initiative has been developed in response to Mid Atlantic Art’s Central Appalachian Folk and Traditional Arts Research and Survey Project (CAFTA) completed in 2020.
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