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· Dec 12
Hey Bluesky! 👋 We’re Appalshop, a media arts organization in southeastern Kentucky that is dedicated to supporting and celebrating the cultures, traditions, and people of Appalachia through art creation and community engagement. We’re so happy to be here! 💚
Are you concerned about rising power bills? ⚡
Join Appalachian Citizens' Law Center on Monday, Nov 17 at 5:30 at Neon Lights (1076 KY-317, Fleming-Neon, KY) to learn about Kentucky Power's proposal and how you can make a difference.
For additional info, contact Courtney at ACLC (606.633.3929)
Join Appalachian Citizens' Law Center on Monday, Nov 17 at 5:30 at Neon Lights (1076 KY-317, Fleming-Neon, KY) to learn about Kentucky Power's proposal and how you can make a difference.
For additional info, contact Courtney at ACLC (606.633.3929)
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Are you concerned about rising power bills? ⚡
Join Appalachian Citizens' Law Center on Monday, Nov 17 at 5:30 at Neon Lights (1076 KY-317, Fleming-Neon, KY) to learn about Kentucky Power's proposal and how you can make a difference.
For additional info, contact Courtney at ACLC (606.633.3929)
Join Appalachian Citizens' Law Center on Monday, Nov 17 at 5:30 at Neon Lights (1076 KY-317, Fleming-Neon, KY) to learn about Kentucky Power's proposal and how you can make a difference.
For additional info, contact Courtney at ACLC (606.633.3929)
Appalachia is often whitewashed—and Appalachian roots are often purposefully erased.
Put those together & you get a history of Booker T Washington that rarely mentions he was an Affrilachian coal miner.
Rest in power, Booker T. Washington. We honor your place in our region.
Put those together & you get a history of Booker T Washington that rarely mentions he was an Affrilachian coal miner.
Rest in power, Booker T. Washington. We honor your place in our region.
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Appalachia is often whitewashed—and Appalachian roots are often purposefully erased.
Put those together & you get a history of Booker T Washington that rarely mentions he was an Affrilachian coal miner.
Rest in power, Booker T. Washington. We honor your place in our region.
Put those together & you get a history of Booker T Washington that rarely mentions he was an Affrilachian coal miner.
Rest in power, Booker T. Washington. We honor your place in our region.
Anna Richardson White's film "Appalheads" will be screening in New York City this coming week at the DOC NYC Film Festival!
🎥 Nov 17 | 9:30pm | Village East Theatre 2
🎥 Nov 20 | 2:00pm | IFC Center
You can also buy tickets to watch virtually online until Nov 30th: https://loom.ly/3LckaAc
🎥 Nov 17 | 9:30pm | Village East Theatre 2
🎥 Nov 20 | 2:00pm | IFC Center
You can also buy tickets to watch virtually online until Nov 30th: https://loom.ly/3LckaAc
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Anna Richardson White's film "Appalheads" will be screening in New York City this coming week at the DOC NYC Film Festival!
🎥 Nov 17 | 9:30pm | Village East Theatre 2
🎥 Nov 20 | 2:00pm | IFC Center
You can also buy tickets to watch virtually online until Nov 30th: https://loom.ly/3LckaAc
🎥 Nov 17 | 9:30pm | Village East Theatre 2
🎥 Nov 20 | 2:00pm | IFC Center
You can also buy tickets to watch virtually online until Nov 30th: https://loom.ly/3LckaAc
Peace Stories puts the study of war into a human context as it graphically illustrates the impact of war on the ordinary people who carry out the decisions of presidents and generals.
Watch "Peace Stories" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/sH0gpEg
📸 Appalshop, "Peace Stories," Anne Lewis, 1991
Watch "Peace Stories" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/sH0gpEg
📸 Appalshop, "Peace Stories," Anne Lewis, 1991
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Peace Stories puts the study of war into a human context as it graphically illustrates the impact of war on the ordinary people who carry out the decisions of presidents and generals.
Watch "Peace Stories" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/sH0gpEg
📸 Appalshop, "Peace Stories," Anne Lewis, 1991
Watch "Peace Stories" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/sH0gpEg
📸 Appalshop, "Peace Stories," Anne Lewis, 1991
November's PWYW album is Wade & Julia Mainer's "In The Land of Melody." This married bluegrass duo made guitar and banjo gospel tunes.
Get the album (you chose the price!) on June Appal's Bandcamp: https://loom.ly/b-sRE5U
🎵: "In The Land of Melody," Wade & Julia Mainer, June Appal Records, 1992.
Get the album (you chose the price!) on June Appal's Bandcamp: https://loom.ly/b-sRE5U
🎵: "In The Land of Melody," Wade & Julia Mainer, June Appal Records, 1992.
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
November's PWYW album is Wade & Julia Mainer's "In The Land of Melody." This married bluegrass duo made guitar and banjo gospel tunes.
Get the album (you chose the price!) on June Appal's Bandcamp: https://loom.ly/b-sRE5U
🎵: "In The Land of Melody," Wade & Julia Mainer, June Appal Records, 1992.
Get the album (you chose the price!) on June Appal's Bandcamp: https://loom.ly/b-sRE5U
🎵: "In The Land of Melody," Wade & Julia Mainer, June Appal Records, 1992.
Minoru Yasui fought the internment of Japanese Americans all the way to the Supreme Court, then spent his life working on community relations.
We believe in the power of community development and organizers, like Minoru.
Rest in peace, Minoru.
We believe in the power of community development and organizers, like Minoru.
Rest in peace, Minoru.
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Minoru Yasui fought the internment of Japanese Americans all the way to the Supreme Court, then spent his life working on community relations.
We believe in the power of community development and organizers, like Minoru.
Rest in peace, Minoru.
We believe in the power of community development and organizers, like Minoru.
Rest in peace, Minoru.
"An extremely engaging, moving videotape, it speaks eloquently against war without ever uttering the cliches of the peace movement." —Catholic Diocese of Richmond
Watch "Peace Stories" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/sH0gpEg
📸 Appalshop, "Peace Stories," Anne Lewis, 1991
Watch "Peace Stories" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/sH0gpEg
📸 Appalshop, "Peace Stories," Anne Lewis, 1991
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"An extremely engaging, moving videotape, it speaks eloquently against war without ever uttering the cliches of the peace movement." —Catholic Diocese of Richmond
Watch "Peace Stories" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/sH0gpEg
📸 Appalshop, "Peace Stories," Anne Lewis, 1991
Watch "Peace Stories" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/sH0gpEg
📸 Appalshop, "Peace Stories," Anne Lewis, 1991
Appalshop Archive Director Chad Hunter shares some lessons learned from our 2022 flood in this Nonprofit Quarterly article:
https://loom.ly/pEP-Sw4
https://loom.ly/pEP-Sw4
Lessons from Survivors: Climate Disaster Advice for Nonprofits - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
As climate disasters occur with increasing frequency worldwide, nonprofits are experiencing them. What advice do survivors have for preparing?
nonprofitquarterly.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Appalshop Archive Director Chad Hunter shares some lessons learned from our 2022 flood in this Nonprofit Quarterly article:
https://loom.ly/pEP-Sw4
https://loom.ly/pEP-Sw4
On Veteran's Day, we're revisiting "Back Home," a film focused on the lives of local soldiers and their families, produced by AMI youth interns.
Watch here: https://loom.ly/tiJlbck
📸 Appalshop, “Back Home,” Jake Sexton, AJ Hamilton, Robert Mullins, Tyler Short, 2008, Appalshop Archive preserved
Watch here: https://loom.ly/tiJlbck
📸 Appalshop, “Back Home,” Jake Sexton, AJ Hamilton, Robert Mullins, Tyler Short, 2008, Appalshop Archive preserved
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
On Veteran's Day, we're revisiting "Back Home," a film focused on the lives of local soldiers and their families, produced by AMI youth interns.
Watch here: https://loom.ly/tiJlbck
📸 Appalshop, “Back Home,” Jake Sexton, AJ Hamilton, Robert Mullins, Tyler Short, 2008, Appalshop Archive preserved
Watch here: https://loom.ly/tiJlbck
📸 Appalshop, “Back Home,” Jake Sexton, AJ Hamilton, Robert Mullins, Tyler Short, 2008, Appalshop Archive preserved
Peace Stories puts the study of war into a human context as it graphically illustrates the impact of war on the ordinary people who carry out the decisions of presidents and generals.
Watch "Peace Stories" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/sH0gpEg
📸 Appalshop, "Peace Stories," Anne Lewis, 1991
Watch "Peace Stories" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/sH0gpEg
📸 Appalshop, "Peace Stories," Anne Lewis, 1991
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Peace Stories puts the study of war into a human context as it graphically illustrates the impact of war on the ordinary people who carry out the decisions of presidents and generals.
Watch "Peace Stories" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/sH0gpEg
📸 Appalshop, "Peace Stories," Anne Lewis, 1991
Watch "Peace Stories" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/sH0gpEg
📸 Appalshop, "Peace Stories," Anne Lewis, 1991
When the mines closed, Wythe County, VA planned to abandon the company town of Ivanhoe.
But Maxine ‘Mack’ Waller wouldn't let it. She was a powerhouse whose work is at the heart of our film "Rough Side of the Mountain."
Rest easy, Mack.
📸 Appalshop, "Rough Side of the Mountain," Anne Lewis, 1997
But Maxine ‘Mack’ Waller wouldn't let it. She was a powerhouse whose work is at the heart of our film "Rough Side of the Mountain."
Rest easy, Mack.
📸 Appalshop, "Rough Side of the Mountain," Anne Lewis, 1997
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
When the mines closed, Wythe County, VA planned to abandon the company town of Ivanhoe.
But Maxine ‘Mack’ Waller wouldn't let it. She was a powerhouse whose work is at the heart of our film "Rough Side of the Mountain."
Rest easy, Mack.
📸 Appalshop, "Rough Side of the Mountain," Anne Lewis, 1997
But Maxine ‘Mack’ Waller wouldn't let it. She was a powerhouse whose work is at the heart of our film "Rough Side of the Mountain."
Rest easy, Mack.
📸 Appalshop, "Rough Side of the Mountain," Anne Lewis, 1997
November's PWYW album is Wade & Julia Mainer's "In The Land of Melody." This married bluegrass duo made guitar and banjo gospel tunes.
Get the album (you chose the price!) on June Appal's Bandcamp: https://loom.ly/b-sRE5U
🎵: "In The Land of Melody," Wade & Julia Mainer, June Appal Records, 1992.
Get the album (you chose the price!) on June Appal's Bandcamp: https://loom.ly/b-sRE5U
🎵: "In The Land of Melody," Wade & Julia Mainer, June Appal Records, 1992.
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
November's PWYW album is Wade & Julia Mainer's "In The Land of Melody." This married bluegrass duo made guitar and banjo gospel tunes.
Get the album (you chose the price!) on June Appal's Bandcamp: https://loom.ly/b-sRE5U
🎵: "In The Land of Melody," Wade & Julia Mainer, June Appal Records, 1992.
Get the album (you chose the price!) on June Appal's Bandcamp: https://loom.ly/b-sRE5U
🎵: "In The Land of Melody," Wade & Julia Mainer, June Appal Records, 1992.
"I'm pretty hoarse, and it seems like I can't get my voice back. It's all the coal mines. Black lung. ... I'm still a union man in my heart ... I'm still fighting."
Happy birthday, Nimrod. Rest in peace.
📷"Nimrod Workman: To Fit My Own Category," Scott Faulkner and Anthony Slone, 1975
Happy birthday, Nimrod. Rest in peace.
📷"Nimrod Workman: To Fit My Own Category," Scott Faulkner and Anthony Slone, 1975
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"I'm pretty hoarse, and it seems like I can't get my voice back. It's all the coal mines. Black lung. ... I'm still a union man in my heart ... I'm still fighting."
Happy birthday, Nimrod. Rest in peace.
📷"Nimrod Workman: To Fit My Own Category," Scott Faulkner and Anthony Slone, 1975
Happy birthday, Nimrod. Rest in peace.
📷"Nimrod Workman: To Fit My Own Category," Scott Faulkner and Anthony Slone, 1975
Have you checked out our newest June Appal Record, Featherbed, yet? This debut album from Sarah Kate Morgan and Leo Shannon is now available on our Bandcamp and all other music streaming platforms! https://loom.ly/TSLuV2w
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Have you checked out our newest June Appal Record, Featherbed, yet? This debut album from Sarah Kate Morgan and Leo Shannon is now available on our Bandcamp and all other music streaming platforms! https://loom.ly/TSLuV2w
The wheels are turning at Appalshop this fall, and we have plenty of new releases and updates to share with you! Read about them now on our website's blog: https://loom.ly/DZ44XCg
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The wheels are turning at Appalshop this fall, and we have plenty of new releases and updates to share with you! Read about them now on our website's blog: https://loom.ly/DZ44XCg
Almost 2 million children were working in factories when Lewis Hine began sneaking in to photograph them in the late 1800s.
Hine believed if people saw what children were being subjected to, they'd demand laws to end it. He was right.
Rest easy, Lewis. We're still using photography to make change.
Hine believed if people saw what children were being subjected to, they'd demand laws to end it. He was right.
Rest easy, Lewis. We're still using photography to make change.
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Almost 2 million children were working in factories when Lewis Hine began sneaking in to photograph them in the late 1800s.
Hine believed if people saw what children were being subjected to, they'd demand laws to end it. He was right.
Rest easy, Lewis. We're still using photography to make change.
Hine believed if people saw what children were being subjected to, they'd demand laws to end it. He was right.
Rest easy, Lewis. We're still using photography to make change.
This weekend, millions across the world will celebrate el Día de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, paying respects to lost loved ones and honoring the dead.
Explore unique Appalachian traditions around death with "A Dying Tradition" from our AMI program.
Watch here: https://loom.ly/gHJFX6k
Explore unique Appalachian traditions around death with "A Dying Tradition" from our AMI program.
Watch here: https://loom.ly/gHJFX6k
November 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This weekend, millions across the world will celebrate el Día de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, paying respects to lost loved ones and honoring the dead.
Explore unique Appalachian traditions around death with "A Dying Tradition" from our AMI program.
Watch here: https://loom.ly/gHJFX6k
Explore unique Appalachian traditions around death with "A Dying Tradition" from our AMI program.
Watch here: https://loom.ly/gHJFX6k
Halloween is a spooky time. Thankfully your birth control doesn’t have to be!
From our All Access EKY program, a look back on contraceptives that once included wool, weasel testicles, and animal guts.
📸Appalshop's Appalachian Media Institute
From our All Access EKY program, a look back on contraceptives that once included wool, weasel testicles, and animal guts.
📸Appalshop's Appalachian Media Institute
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Halloween is a spooky time. Thankfully your birth control doesn’t have to be!
From our All Access EKY program, a look back on contraceptives that once included wool, weasel testicles, and animal guts.
📸Appalshop's Appalachian Media Institute
From our All Access EKY program, a look back on contraceptives that once included wool, weasel testicles, and animal guts.
📸Appalshop's Appalachian Media Institute
Evelyn Williams was born on Halloween, and all joking aside, lived through some true horror stories with her family.
Happy birthday, Evelyn. Rest in power.
📸Appalshop, "Evelyn Williams," Anne Lewis, 1995
Happy birthday, Evelyn. Rest in power.
📸Appalshop, "Evelyn Williams," Anne Lewis, 1995
October 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Evelyn Williams was born on Halloween, and all joking aside, lived through some true horror stories with her family.
Happy birthday, Evelyn. Rest in power.
📸Appalshop, "Evelyn Williams," Anne Lewis, 1995
Happy birthday, Evelyn. Rest in power.
📸Appalshop, "Evelyn Williams," Anne Lewis, 1995
"Do you know where the Devil lives at?"
"His brother tried to get him to give up that foolishness but he said, 'I got to go to the Devil or my head will be cut off and put on a spear!'"
Happy Halloween! Enjoy this performance of "Ghost Stories" from Roadside in the early 80s.
📷 Appalshop Archive
"His brother tried to get him to give up that foolishness but he said, 'I got to go to the Devil or my head will be cut off and put on a spear!'"
Happy Halloween! Enjoy this performance of "Ghost Stories" from Roadside in the early 80s.
📷 Appalshop Archive
October 31, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"Do you know where the Devil lives at?"
"His brother tried to get him to give up that foolishness but he said, 'I got to go to the Devil or my head will be cut off and put on a spear!'"
Happy Halloween! Enjoy this performance of "Ghost Stories" from Roadside in the early 80s.
📷 Appalshop Archive
"His brother tried to get him to give up that foolishness but he said, 'I got to go to the Devil or my head will be cut off and put on a spear!'"
Happy Halloween! Enjoy this performance of "Ghost Stories" from Roadside in the early 80s.
📷 Appalshop Archive
Did you know that we began as a way to teach young Appalachians to operate 16 mm film equipment? For over 50 years, we've worked hard to uplift Appalachian voices by helping them tell their own stories in their own words.
October 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Did you know that we began as a way to teach young Appalachians to operate 16 mm film equipment? For over 50 years, we've worked hard to uplift Appalachian voices by helping them tell their own stories in their own words.
Time is almost up to get this month's Pay-What-You-Want album!
In October, get a digital download of Sparky Rucker's 1977 album "Cold & Lonesome on a Train" and name your own price! https://loom.ly/KChNXDk
🎵: "Cold & Lonesome on a Train," Sparky Rucker, June Appal Records, 1977.
In October, get a digital download of Sparky Rucker's 1977 album "Cold & Lonesome on a Train" and name your own price! https://loom.ly/KChNXDk
🎵: "Cold & Lonesome on a Train," Sparky Rucker, June Appal Records, 1977.
October 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Time is almost up to get this month's Pay-What-You-Want album!
In October, get a digital download of Sparky Rucker's 1977 album "Cold & Lonesome on a Train" and name your own price! https://loom.ly/KChNXDk
🎵: "Cold & Lonesome on a Train," Sparky Rucker, June Appal Records, 1977.
In October, get a digital download of Sparky Rucker's 1977 album "Cold & Lonesome on a Train" and name your own price! https://loom.ly/KChNXDk
🎵: "Cold & Lonesome on a Train," Sparky Rucker, June Appal Records, 1977.
Look at how much time my mom spent documenting our lives. And that's just ... It's all gone. It's not even all of that. But I hope they can fix it. I think they can. It's just going to take some time.
Watch now on our YouTube channel: https://loom.ly/0FkR_Do
📸 Appalshop, “Strings,” Nik Lee, 2025
Watch now on our YouTube channel: https://loom.ly/0FkR_Do
📸 Appalshop, “Strings,” Nik Lee, 2025
October 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Look at how much time my mom spent documenting our lives. And that's just ... It's all gone. It's not even all of that. But I hope they can fix it. I think they can. It's just going to take some time.
Watch now on our YouTube channel: https://loom.ly/0FkR_Do
📸 Appalshop, “Strings,” Nik Lee, 2025
Watch now on our YouTube channel: https://loom.ly/0FkR_Do
📸 Appalshop, “Strings,” Nik Lee, 2025
In our new AppalShort, STRINGS, filmmaker Nik Lee reflects on her own flooded memories while documenting how Archive staff and filmmaker Tom Hansell find creative ways to repurpose unsalvageable media.
Watch the full AppalShort here: https://loom.ly/0FkR_Do
📸 Appalshop, “Strings,” Nik Lee, 2025
Watch the full AppalShort here: https://loom.ly/0FkR_Do
📸 Appalshop, “Strings,” Nik Lee, 2025
October 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In our new AppalShort, STRINGS, filmmaker Nik Lee reflects on her own flooded memories while documenting how Archive staff and filmmaker Tom Hansell find creative ways to repurpose unsalvageable media.
Watch the full AppalShort here: https://loom.ly/0FkR_Do
📸 Appalshop, “Strings,” Nik Lee, 2025
Watch the full AppalShort here: https://loom.ly/0FkR_Do
📸 Appalshop, “Strings,” Nik Lee, 2025
It's Halloween month — and it's also #AmericanArchivesMonth, so it's only right that we bring you a ghost story from 1972.
Bill Crabtree and the Clinch Valley Boys perform a song about a hitchhiker's ghostly encounter with "Big Josie," animated by Glenn Palumbo's drawings.
📷 Appalshop Archive
Bill Crabtree and the Clinch Valley Boys perform a song about a hitchhiker's ghostly encounter with "Big Josie," animated by Glenn Palumbo's drawings.
📷 Appalshop Archive
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It's Halloween month — and it's also #AmericanArchivesMonth, so it's only right that we bring you a ghost story from 1972.
Bill Crabtree and the Clinch Valley Boys perform a song about a hitchhiker's ghostly encounter with "Big Josie," animated by Glenn Palumbo's drawings.
📷 Appalshop Archive
Bill Crabtree and the Clinch Valley Boys perform a song about a hitchhiker's ghostly encounter with "Big Josie," animated by Glenn Palumbo's drawings.
📷 Appalshop Archive