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From the Executive Director Writing Home pring is a busy time here at the West Virginia Humanities Council. Grant applications are coming in, our Little Lectures speaker series is in full swing, and our History Alive! program is Ssending historical figures into schools, libraries, and public spaces all around the state. Each year, as warm weather returns, our calendar fills quickly. Council staff have been on the road quite a bit over the past several weeks. We’ve made stops in several locations, large and small, where the humanities are being celebrated and shared. And we have several more trips coming up. Nearly every day, somewhere in the state, there’s an event, an exhibit, a reading or lecture, a community discussion, or another sort of project we’re either supporting, or interested in learning more about. On our travels we often see small presses, community arts spaces, and local businesses partnering to sponsor reading series or one-time events that help connect writers
Mountains with the public. Anyone who follows the creative arts in the
Mountain State knows that we’re living in an enormously productive moment in West Virginia writing. Just now there
& are several excellent writers with West Virginia connections
who are well worth your time and attention, working in a wide array of styles: Scott McClanahan, Aaron Smith, Mesha Maren, Rahul Mehta, Mary B. Moore, Marie Manilla, Jonathan Corcoran, Ann Pancake, and dozens more whose work depicts, with earned insight and compassion, what this place has been, what it is, and what it might be. These writers, and many others, are not simply “West Virginia writers.” No artist is only one thing, as no person is. But they often engage with the realities of West Virginia life, history, and identity as central matters in their work. Mountain State cities, towns, streets, and spaces are as present and as artfully portrayed in their writing as any human character.
People In May, as part of our 2019 Little Lectures series, the Council hosted Dr. Boyd Creasman, Provost of Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, MD, who delivered a talk on contemporary writing from West Virginia drawn from his 2016 book Writing West Spring Virginia: Place, People, and Poverty in Contemporary Literature from the Mountain State. Published 2019 by the University of Tennessee Press, Writing West Virginia discusses more than 60 years of West Virginia fiction and poetry, including Davis Grubb’s iconic novelNight of the Hunter, the poetry of Irene 3 2019 McKinney (WV Poet Laureate 1994-2012), and the visionary short stories of Pinckney Benedict. Fellowships As the first critical study of West Virginia literature to discuss the work of multiple authors,Writing West Virginia is important not only as a guide to the first and second “waves” of the state's literature, 4 but also in its insights on some of the elements that make that literature unique: What’s New West Virginia writers have created enduring fiction and poetry that depict a proud 8 people in a land of natural beauty and economic hardship. These writers capture the WV Folklife culture and history of the Mountain State, in which individuals have continually confronted Program social and economic marginalization in the attitudes of outsiders and physical challenges in their interactions with the land. Creating characters and personae striving for fulfillment Continued on page 3 The West Virginia Humanities Council is a nonprofit organization In Memoriam governed by its Board of Directors. The next Board e remember Dr. Charles Hall Daugherty, who meeting is July 19, 2019, Wpassed away on February 25. He served as in Morgantown, and is open Executive Director of the West Virginia Humanities to the public. Council from 1976 to 1996. Chuck was a guiding force in many wonderful Charlie Delauder, President accomplishments of the Council, such as Middlebourne securing dedicated state funding, private sector Patrick Cassidy donations, and membership based giving; creating Wheeling and bestowing the name of our newsletter, People & Mountains; Bob Conte Union establishing the annual McCreight Lecture; initiating and guiding Leslie Dillon the WV Film Project; and building community relationships and Chapmanville partnerships still honored by the Council today. Laurie Erickson We acknowledge with thanks the life and work of Dr. Daugherty, and Morgantown express our heartfelt appreciation for his friendship and diligent service Dan Foster Charleston to our community. He will be missed. Susan Hardesty Morgantown The finalLittle Lecture of the season is on June 23 at 2 p.m. with Elliot Hicks Charleston Marshall University art history professor Dr. Heather Stark talking Kelli Johnson about “Controversies in Modern Art.” Dr. Stark will discuss three Huntington works and the controversies they provoked—James Whistler’s Margaret Mary Layne 1877 libel suit against critic John Ruskin, Constantin Brancusi’s Huntington 1926 modern sculpture Bird in Space, and Maya Lin’s design of Gayle Manchin Charleston the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial. Admission is $10 and includes a Dan McCarthy reception after the event. Please call 304-346-8500 to reserve your seat. Fayetteville Tia McMillan Shepherdstown We welcome to the Council’s Program Committee professor and Gerry Milnes musicologist H. G. Young of WVU-Parkersburg and retired CIA employee and Elkins cultural program volunteer Jody Evans of Hardy County, elected by public D.F. Mock ballot presented in the Winter issue of People & Mountains. Two incumbent Charleston members, Elizabeth Spangler of Lewisburg and Jason Gum of Glenville, Amy Pancake Romney were re-elected. The Program Committee oversees Humanities Council Billy Joe Peyton programs and recommends grants for approval by the Board of Directors. Charleston Patricia Proctor Huntington People & Mountains is published three times a West Virginia Humanities Council Staff Elisabeth H. Rose year by the West Virginia Humanities Council. Eric Waggoner, Executive Director Independence Kim Duff, Fiscal Officer Ray Smock The West Virginia Humanities Council, an independent nonpartisan nonprofit, is the state Emily Hilliard, State Folklorist Martinsburg affiliate of the National Endowment for the Tim Sweet Mike Keller, e-WV Media Editor Humanities. Morgantown Victoria Paul, Director of Development Megan Tarbett We welcome letters, comments, and financial Mark Payne, Program Officer Hurricane contributions. Please address correspondence Erin Riebe, Grants Administrator John Unger to West Virginia Humanities Council, 1310 Tricia Stringer, Operations Manager Martinsburg Kanawha Blvd E, Charleston WV 25301 or Lisa Welch email [email protected]. Publication Design by AC Designs Shepherdstown
The Board of Directors welcomes three new members who were elected at the April 12 Board meeting in Huntington: Kelli Johnson of Huntington, Dan McCarthy of Fayetteville and John Unger of Martinsburg. Dr. Kelli Johnson is an Associate University Librarian for Marshall University Libraries and Online Learning and co-directs the University President’s Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Dan McCarthy is a retired U.S. Navy Officer who oversaw the construction and opening of the Summit Bechtel Reserve. John Unger serves as a West Virginia State Senator (D-16th District). We would like to thank departing Board members Kevin Barksdale, Cheryl Hartley, and Marsha Krotseng for their dedication and years of service.
People & Mountains Spring 2019 2 Continued from page 1 in the face of formidable challenges, West Virginia authors have Fellowships Awarded created a body of work that is worthy of study—and celebration. Humanities Council Fellowships are awarded The high quality of West Virginia literature has not received annually to college due recognition, especially outside the state. These authors’ faculty and independent work treats quintessential Appalachian concerns: the role of scholars for research and tradition, connection to the land, and leaving the region in hopes writing in the humanities. of better economic opportunity. The important themes of socio- The $3,000 grants are economic class and its effect on gender roles drive many of the unique in the Mountain plots of these works, as characters struggle to transcend dire State. The 2019 situations and limited opportunities. In their intense focus on Humanities Fellows and possibilities for transcendence, the state’s writers increasingly their subjects are: break with traditional literary forms and explore new possibilities for Appalachian literature. Laura Michele Diener, Huntington, Seeress of Transcendence is a key aim of the humanities—developing the ability to the North: A Biography of think beyond our own private experiences and circumstances in order to Sigrid Undset recognize the complexity of, and in, the world. But the humanities also reflect Charlotte Hoelke, us back to ourselves. In the best imaginative writing we see our histories, our Morgantown, On Queer struggles, our ways of speaking and thinking and engaging with the wider Happiness: Delight, world, both at home and outside of it. Disgust, Doing, and And “home,” however you define it, is a slippery notion. Is it a merely Undoing physical space, or something more complicated? How much of you is traceable to where, and how, you grew up? How do you define home’s Evan A. MacCarthy, boundaries? How do you recognize when you’ve left it, and what parts of it Morgantown, The Voyage do you carry with you even when you’re gone? What must you risk to leave, through Montaigne's Ears or to return? For decades, West Virginia writers have explored the fault lines that run Catherine Moore, through a land in which identity and place are deeply intertwined. As an Ansted, Union: An upcoming generation of writers enlarges our literature, moving it into new Appalachian Revolution and broader terrain, these questions will deepen and take new forms. But the complicated dynamic between place and people in West Virginia offers Zelideth Rivas, its artists a rich grounding from which to dream our singular and shared Huntington, Hawai‘i as stories—those that are in our past, and those that have yet to be written. Haven: Healing Peruvian Double Displacement
Christopher Shrock, West Virginia Day Open House Vienna, Epistemic Celebrate with the Humanities Council at our headquarters in the Freedom: A Reidian Social historic MacFarland-Hubbard House in Charleston. In addition to West Epistemology Virginia Day, we are celebrating the 45th anniversary of the West Virginia Vicki Stroeher, Humanities Council, founded June 25, 1974. Please join us on Thursday, Huntington, Benjamin June 20, from 2 to 4 p.m. at 1310 Kanawha Blvd East. James Froemel Britten and the Art of will portray our newest History Alive! character Charles Schulz at Song 3 p.m. in the parlor. Traditional musicians Nathan Tauger, Kim Johnson and Charleston, Residential Bobby Taylor will Segregation in West perform. Light Virginia, 1900-1968 refreshments will be provided, including Michael Woods, a WV treat from Rock Huntington, The Business City Cake Company. of Bigotry: John Van Evrie We hope to see you and the Rise of a
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Grant Categories Mothers of Material The Humanities Council With support from a Humanities welcomes applications Council grant, the Greenbrier in the following grant categories. Historical Society recently unveiled a new exhibit, Mothers of Material: Major Grants support Women and Textile Production in humanities events: Greenbrier Valley. The exhibit, which symposiums, conferences, opened at the North House Museum on April 26, examines the exhibits and lectures. roles of women in textile production in the Greenbrier Valley and Maximum award: $20,000. how improvements in technology over time have changed the way Due: Sept. 1, Feb. 1 textiles are produced and accessed. The new display, arranged chronologically, begins in the late Minigrants have a budget eighteenth century with the story of early quilters such as the of $1,500 or less and enslaved women of the Paxton Plantation, whose tablecloth support small projects, survives in the historical society’s collection; and Jane Travers single events, or planning Gatewood, who in 1795 made one of America’s oldest registered and consultation. quilts. The exhibit continues with displays on woolen mills, Due: June 1, Oct. 1, Feb. 1, sewing machines, fast-fashion (catalog/store shopping), and April 1 sewing as a domestic art. Fellowships of $3,000 A hands-on room allows visitors to try a loom or spinning support research and wheel, use natural dyes, and see the science behind fibers writing projects for through the lens of a microscope. The exhibit is open Monday humanities faculty and through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information independent scholars. visit www.greenbrierhistorical.org. Due: Feb. 1 Media Grants support the Shepherd University production of electronic Writer in Residence or film materials, or a newspaper series. Affrilachian writer and Weatherford Award Maximum award: $20,000. winner Crystal Wilkinson (left) will serve Due: Sept. 1 as the 2019 Appalachian Heritage Writer in Residence at Shepherd University this Publication Grants September. The program, which began in are available to nonprofit 1998, honors the work of contemporary Appalachian writers whose presses and recognized writing has evinced a commitment to the understanding of the academic presses, and region’s culture, language, history, and traditions. It is supported support only the production again this year by a Humanities Council grant. phase of a completed Past Writers in Residence have included Nikki Giovanni, Denise manuscript. Giardina, Charles Frazier, and Henry Louis Gates. Wilkinson’s Maximum award: $20,000. residency includes local readings, a discussion of her work, and a Due: Sept. 1 book signing. For more information visit www.shepherd.edu/ahwir. Teacher Institute Grants are available to colleges Save the Date and universities and The 2019 West Virginia Book Festival support summer seminars will be held October 4-5 at the for secondary teachers. Charleston Coliseum and Convention Maximum award: $25,000. Center. The McCreight Lecture will headline the events on Due: Sept. 1 Friday, October 4, at 7 p.m. This year’s McCreight speaker will Visit www.wvhumanities. be Denise Kiernan, the New York Times bestselling author of org for applications and The Girls of Atomic City. The book is the true story of young guidelines, email riebe@ women living in the top-secret World War II town of Oak Ridge, wvhumities.org or call Tennessee, while unknowingly helping to construct the first
What’s New in the Humanities What’s (304)346-8500. atomic bomb. For more information visit www.wvbookfestival.org.
People & Mountains Spring 2019 4 The Forgotten War Briefs Boy Scouts, school students, veterans, A Civil War symposium will take and the general place August 17 at West Virginia public recently Independence Hall with the support visited Washington of a Humanities Council grant. The Riverfront Park in event, associated with Wheeling’s Ravenswood to pay year-long sestercentennial tribute to veterans (250th) celebration, will feature of the Korean War. presentations by Gettysburg With Humanities guide Rea Redd, author Scott Council support, Keller Michael Mingus, and retired judge Harry the Ravenswood Parks and Recreation Department organized a White. The free event will include four-day installation of the traveling Korean War Memorial, modeled lunch as well as a guided tour after the permanent memorial in Washington, D.C. of West Virginia Independence Hall. For more information visit Contemporary American Theater Festival www.Wheeling250.net. The Contemporary American Theater Festival kicks off its 2019 Philanthropy West Virginia season on July 5 in Shepherdstown. The Council is again presented the Humanities Council supporting humanities programming at the month-long event, with its 25th Anniversary Founders' including lectures, classes, and a discussion series on themes Cup, made by West Virginia artist and issues raised by the performances. Renee Margocee, to honor the During one class, participants will learn about race and Council's service as one of the entertainment in the 1930s from Harvard professor and organization's founding members musicologist Carol J. Oja. Her discussion will build on Deborah in 1993. Brevoort’s play My Lord, What a Night. The play offers a look into the night internationally renowned singer Marian Anderson was The Humanities Council is again denied a room at a whites-only inn, which led to an invitation supporting the West Virginia from Albert Einstein to stay at his home. Oja will offer a larger Wesleyan MFA Visiting Writers historical perspective on the circumstances Black artists faced as Series. Among others, Wesleyan they pursued professional careers in the performing arts during will host writers Belle Boggs, this era. For more information visit www.catf.org. Cameron Barnett, and Matt O'Wain for a week-long residency beginning July 6. The authors will offer readings from their original works and discussion programs that are open to the public. For more information visit www2. wvwc.edu/mfa/?p=2923.
The West Virginia Mine Wars Emily Hilliard Museum is continuing its efforts Continuing to Make Friends to raise awareness of the significance of the state’s coal Special thanks to Nancy Bulla, Bob Conte, Sharon Rowe, and mining and labor history. With Elizabeth Spangler for hosting a “friendraising” event in Lewisburg help from a Humanities Council on May 2 at Carnegie Hall. Guests met our new Executive Director, grant, the museum plans two Eric Waggoner, who highlighted some of the programs the new exhibits. One exhibit will Council supports in the Greenbrier Valley area. Jen Iskow and examine the role of women in Annie Stroud, participants in the first class of the West Virginia the wars. The other, a then-and- Folklife Apprenticeship Program, treated attendees to a fiddling now photography series, will performance. The West Virginia Humanities Council receives funding showcase historic locations and from the National Endowment for the Humanities, but must match figures associated with the Mine each dollar received from the NEH; therefore, individual contributing Wars. For more information visit members are essential to our work. Look for the next Humanities www.wvminewars.com. Council “friendraising” event in a town near you!
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Council GEMs “The humanities help Just over a year ago, Paige Richardson of Portland, Oregon people to think creatively decided to start giving a monthly donation to the West and critically, to value Virginia Humanities Council. To Paige, born and raised personal connections in West Virginia, the Mountain State is more than just and knowledge and to a place on a map; it is a way of life. “West Virginia is a preserve the past while beautiful and culturally rich place filled with people who have embracing the future.” the most generous spirit,” explained Paige. — Paige Through Paige’s example, the Council established a monthly Richardson giving program. Our GEMs (Give Every Month) are doing a very simple but powerful thing: making regular, manageable, monthly contributions to the West Virginia Humanities Council’s work. These steadfast supporters believe deeply in our mission, share a love for West Virginia, and want to see the legacy of West Virginia shared with the world. “What could be more enlightening and enriching than the culture and creativity of our species? Every program supported by the West Virginia Humanities Council opens my eyes to a different viewpoint and new knowledge that broadens my mind, challenges my perceptions, and stimulates my understanding,” explained Jill Wilson, a longtime supporter of the Council who recently became a GEM. We believe that West Virginia – its people, its history, its future – is worth investing in. A small monthly donation can make a huge impact on our work throughout the state. Monthly giving is safe, secure, and automatic, allowing us to put more of your contribution to work on programming by cutting administrative and overhead costs. “It’s a great way to avoid that embarrassing excuse that I forgot my checkbook,” joked Board member Patrick Cassidy, who joined the GEMs last summer. Want to enjoy the convenience of regular payments, automatic renewal, and all the benefits of ongoing membership? Contact Victoria Paul at 304-346-8500 or [email protected] to get started.
Donations November 1, 2018 – March 31, 2019
UNDERWRITER Pam and Charlie Delauder Samme L. Gee Ruth and Bob Baker Bernard H. and Blanche E. Sally and Horace Emery Sandra Graff William E. Ballard Jacobson Foundation Laurie Erickson Faye and Joe Guilfoile Jerry Beasley Patrick Cassidy Norman L. Fagan Nancy and George Guthrie Kathy and Ron Bennett Federation of State Humanities E. Gordon Gee Dwight Harshbarger Harriett S. Beury Councils Janet and Mark Greathouse Kanawha-Roxalana Co. Gordon Billheimer H. B. Wehrle Foundation Van Beck Hall David King Janie and Nate Bowles Herscher Foundation Susan and David Hardesty Scott King in memory of Brooke County Historical National Endowment for the Huntington Federal Savings Chuck Daugherty Museum and Culture Center Arts Bank Margaret and Joseph Laker Bonnie and Gary Brown National Endowment for the Alice and David Javersak Gayle and Joe Manchin Barbara Bryant Humanities Carol and Dan McCarthy John F. McCuskey Nancy Bulla West Virginia Department Joyce McConnell and Vincent Britt and Judy McJunkin Eva Kay Cardea of Arts, Culture and History Trivelli Mary Alice and Gerald Milnes Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Carper Callen McJunkin Prasadarao Mukkamala Lisa Fischer Casto and John BENEFACTOR Pam and Lex Miller NTV Asset Management, LLC Casto Barbara Fleischauer and Robert Ann and Bob Orders Gary O'Dell Gloriann and James Caudill Bastress Don Richardson Amy and David Pancake Elizabeth Early Chilton Michael Harpold Richard B. Walker Stuart and Ike Smith Nelle Ratrie Chilton Library of Congress Simone and Jay Thomas Lisa DeFrank-Cole and Jay Tia and Bob McMillan SUSTAINER Kim and Greg Tieman Cole Paige Richardson in honor of Anonymous Timothy M. Cronin Sally Richardson and Betsy Laura Lee and Mike Albert SPONSOR John A. Cuthbert McCreight Marianne and Duane Alexander Anonymous LaRee Naviaux and Frank Edwin Sweeney Cheryl A. Belcher Anonymous D'Abreo
Supporting the Humanities United Bank Denise and Dennis Bone Jan and Steve Adams Betty and Tom Damewood Jill Wilson Greg Coble and C. B. Babcock Sally Adkins Cathy Davis Camille and John Copenhaver Jean M. Allen Nancy and Bob Douglas PATRON Sarah N. Denman Barbara M. Anderson Rose Edington and Mel Hoover John C. Allen Jr. William M. Drennen Jr. Dede Arbogast Linda Elliott and Steve Logan Ann and Ryan Claycomb Joyce E. East in memory of Calvert and Ted Armbrecht Lynn Firebaugh Lakin and Thomas Cook N. B. East Karen Arms Lucile and Bob Foster Rebecca and Frank Deem Victor Folio Rebecca and Steve Ayraud Alex Franklin
People & Mountains Spring 2019 6 Ellen and Dick Freer Sharon and Jim Rowe Marlene and Clarence Cross Mark A. McRoberts Paul S. Garrard Sharon and Stephen Rowe Laura and Steve Cunningham Velma C. and Jerry Meadows Hannah and Garry Geffert George Rutherford Mary Lucille DeBerry Sue Miles and Duane Nichols Mary Alice Gentry Margaret and Robert Sayre Margaret and John Demer G. Thomas Minshall Helen and Neil Gibbins Kathy and John Shott William Frank DeWeese Mary Belle and Paul E. Minton William H. Gillespie Sally and Pete Slicer Arthur R. Doumaux Rhonda and Harry Mitchell Michael Gioulis Victoria and Peter Smith Sally Egan Diane and Jeffrey Moss Karen Goff Robin C. and James F. Snyder Denise Ferguson Sara and Bill Muck Kellie and Daniel Gooding Debby Sonis Eleanor Finn Patricia S. Nelson Kay and Joe Goodwin in honor James W. St. Clair Fort Seybert Heritage Norma Newbraugh of Chuck Daugherty Larry V. Starcher Educational Association Carol Nutter in memory of Susie Green Rebecca White Steorts Monty Fowler Chuck Daugherty Priscilla Haden Becky and Bob Steptoe R. Fred Frum Otis L. O'Connor Harpers Ferry Park Association Patricia and Lee Stine David Fuerst John Overington Cheryl and Marc Harshman Ronald D. Stollings Robbie Gilliam Eliot Parker Monica and Mark Hatfield Anne and Dennis Strawn Nan Goland Ailene Pearce Richard Hess Lynette and Brad Swiger James L. Gooch Roger L. Perry Lily Hill Ann and Stanley Tao Grant County Arts Council, Inc. John Rawlins Jolanda Holmes Eleanor Jayne Taylor Anna L. Gray Timothy Reese Tina Sonis Holmes in honor of Carol and Maury Taylor Ruby A. Greathouse Amy and Rayman Richardson Debby Sonis Benjamin R. Thomas Diana Kile Green Eleanor Ringel Carol T. and Glenville A. Jewell Rebecca and Tom Tinder Jeanne Grimm Judy and Tom Rodd Helen E. Jones John Tonkin Sandra Hamon Gunther Tony Russell Jay L. Joslin Lera K. Van Meter and Mark W. Betty Agsten Hamilton Elizabeth Savage Shirley Neitch Kahle and L. Kelley William L. Harris P. J. and Thomas Scarr Edwin Kahle John T. Wack Harrison County Genealogical Dorothy and Bill Scharf Rebekah Karelis Dale and Hank Walter Society Karen and Jim Scherr Mrs. E. D. Knight Carolyn Welcker Historic Shepherdstown & Joan B. Schroering Margaret Krupa Charles Wirts Museum Bob Shumaker and Family Katherine B. Aaslestad and Douglas McClure Wood - Mary H. Hodges Fran Simone John P. Lambertson Trails, Inc. Suzanne Hodroge Barbara Ellen Smith J. Thomas Lane Jenny Woodson and Jay Davis Jane W. Hoffman Anna and Kim Smucker The Philip B. and Rebecca Martha and David Woodward Donna and Eddie Johns Kay and Kelly Sparks S. Lepanto Fund of the Dolores and Bill Yoke Susannah G. Johnson Judy Spradling Foundation for the Tri-State Fred Ziegler Meghan Smith and Nathan Sam Stetson Community, Inc. Jones Karla H. Stull Sally and Charlie Love FRIEND Charl Kappel Carrie and Jeff Swing Barbara E. and Robert P. Anonymous Anne Lambright and Steven Megan Tarbett Mason Alice and Mike Abernethy Knopp Jackie Taylor Barbara and Brooks McCabe Nancy Abrams Carol and Alan Kuhlman Barbara and Sidney Tedford Sallie McClaugherty Barbara and Raymond Alvarez Karen K. Larry Donald Teter Lew McDaniel Belinda Anderson Koby Lee Judith Ann Teufel Toni and Tom McMillan Colleen Anderson M. Leann and W. Hunter Lesser Maureen and William Theriault Val S. McWhorter Ede J. Ashworth Louisa Swift and Jack Levin Jeannie K. Todaro Patty and Jack Merinar Melissa Bannister Mathew W. Lively Stephen D. Trail Richard Merrill Genevieve Bardwell Karlyn Lowers George Updike Mindy and John Miesner Kenneth T. Batty Ginnie and Dewayne Lowther Fawn Valentine Dawn Miller and Greg Moore Elizabeth L. Beury Raymond Lowther Henry Beach Vickers Montserrat Miller and Dan Mary Kay Bidlack Nancy Malcomb John N. Vielkind Jr. Holbrook Benjamin H. Blackwell John Manchester Linda Bunce and Michael Stephen F. Moseley Mrs. Carter V. Blundon Ralph Mann Vincent David H. Mould Charlotte Bowman Sara and Thomas Marchio Karen Vuranch and Gene Carolyn and Michael Naylor Kent Brayec Julian Martin Worthington Toni and Bill Nesselrotte Jody Brumage Yvonne and Terry Martin Judy Wagner Christine Jones and Billy Joe Eleanor L. Byrnes Victoria S. Martin Delores and Daniel Ward Peyton Edwin Cantley Jewell Roark Matthews Susan and William Wheeler Mimi Pickering Victoria Casey Jane and Jeremy McCamic C. Michael Williams PrayWorks, LLC Anna Chandler Connie and Tom McColley Karol and John S. Wilson Sr. Orren L. Rayford Chris Chanlett Terri L. Frank Riddel Anne Chopyak McDougal Alice Riecks Ann Christy Mary and Mark Ann Robinson Betty Jane Cleckley McOwen Carol and Scott Rotruck Patty Cooper Becky and Jerry Roueche David H. Corcoran Sr.
In addition to monetary donations, we accept suitable gifts of art and furnishings on a limited basis. The Council would like to acknowledge and thank Mr. Michael Harpold for his recent West Virginia glass donation in memory of Peggy Harpold. Items from his
late wife’s prized collection are on display throughout the historic Keller Michael MacFarland-Hubbard House. Items from the Harpold glass collection.
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The West Virginia Humanities Council gratefully acknowledges support from the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Office of the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History; and foundations, corporations, and individuals throughout the Mountain State and beyond.
Legends and Lore
tories of West Virginia’s rich folklore and cultural by a community. Sheritage will be featured on roadside markers at “West Virginia’s sites across the state, thanks to a new partnership folklore and between the West Virginia Folklife Program and the cultural heritage William G. Pomeroy Foundation. are among The West Virginia Folklife Program at the West the Mountain Virginia Humanities Council will serve as a grant State’s greatest evaluator for the Pomeroy Foundation’s national assets,” says Legends & Lore Marker Grant Program—already state folklorist active in New York and North Carolina—in the state of Emily Hilliard. “These living traditions belong to all West Virginia. The Legends & Lore marker program West Virginians and showcase our unique history was created to help promote cultural tourism and and vibrant creativity. We look forward to working commemorate legends and folklore as an important with the Pomeroy Foundation to bring awareness part of every community’s cultural heritage. to these stories through partnerships with diverse Legends & Lore marker grants are available communities across the state.” to 501(c)(3) organizations, nonprofit academic “The Pomeroy Foundation is thrilled to partner institutions, and municipalities in West Virginia. with the West Virginia Humanities Council on our Selected applicants will receive an attractive, well- expanding Legends & Lore program,” says Bill crafted metal road sign, resembling a historic marker, Pomeroy, founder and trustee of the Pomeroy to commemorate a story, figure, or tradition important Foundation. “We feel this is a wonderful opportunity to their community’s cultural heritage. The Pomeroy to showcase the folklore near and dear to West Foundation will cover the costs of manufacturing the Virginia. We’re proud to work with your communities marker, the pole, and shipping. Grant recipients will in celebrating and preserving your folklore and be responsible for the installation of the marker (and, legends.” if required by their local transportation department, The first round of grant applications were received for the cost of a breakaway pole). May 1, 2019. The next grant deadline is October This program recognizes traditional customs 1, 2019. For more information visit wvhumanities. and practices, tales and stories (whether based in org/programs/west-virginia-folklife-program, or historical fact or fiction), sayings, foodways, music, contact Emily Hilliard at [email protected] or dance, and art or craft forms shared and passed on (304)346-8500.
The West Virginia Folklife Program was awarded our annual folklife partnership grant from the National Endowment for the Arts via the West Virginia Department of History, Arts and Culture. We will receive these funds, supporting the state folklorist position and Folklife Program, from WVDHAC each year for the next three years, when we will be required by the NEA to reapply.