From April 20 – May 3, 2007, a range of activities will include workshops and collaborative production with Appalshop’s youth media program AMI, the Appalachian Media Institute; reciprocal screenings and discussions of films and videos; as well as exposure to the region’s history, culture, and social issues through community activities and conversations as part of a person-to-person exchange approach.  The program will also feature Javanese wayang (puppet) theater performed by master artists in public performances of this ancient tradition.

Schedule for Appalshop-Indonesia Media/Arts Exchange

Sunday 4/22

1:00-3:30 pm

Screening session of Appalshop media in Appalshop Theater

Monday 4/23

10:00-11:30 am

Screening of Indonesian media

3:00-5:00 pm

Introduction to Javanese wayang (puppet) theater

Tuesday 4/24

10:00-11:30 am
Screening of Appalachian Media Institute media in Appalshop Theater
2:00-6:00 pm
Media production workshops for participants
7:00-8:00 pm

Mountain Talk call in radio show on Appalshop’s WMMT-FM

Wednesday 4/25

10:00-6:00 pm

Workshops for participants continue

Thursday 4/26

10:00-6:00 pm

Workshops for participants continue

Friday 4/27

10:00-11:30 am
Workshops for participants continue
2:00-6:00 pm
Driving tour for participants
6:00-9:00 pm
Potluck and Square Dance at Cowan Community Center

Saturday 4/28

11:30-1:00 pm
Recording session with AMI youth producers and Indonesian particpants
3:00-4:30 pm

Tour of Railroad Museum, Jenkins

Sunday 4/29

10:30-12:30 pm
Tour of Letcher County, Kentucky with focus on the historical impact of coal mining on central Appalachian communities

Monday 4/30

10:00-12:00 pm
Screening and discussion of Sludge in Appalshop Theater
2:00-3:00 pm
Javanese wayang (puppet) theater by master puppeteers at Letcher county Central High School
6:30-9:00 pm
Informal Conversation and Performance by area musicians & picnic supper will take place at Fishpond Lake.

Tuesday 5/1

10:00-11:30 am
Screening and discussion of Up The Ridge in Appalshop Theater
12:00-1:00 pm
Presentation to Whitesburg Rotary Club
2:00-3:00 pm
Media presentation at Letcher County Central High School
5:30-8:30 pm

Reception followed by public screening of collaborative media work and Javanese wayang (puppet) theater performance

Wednesday 5/2

3:00-5:00 pm
Public Event featuring wayang performance and media screening of Indonesian and collaboratively produced productions with youth from Appalshop’s Appalachian Media Institute.  To be held at the John Jacob Niles Center for American Music, Fine Arts Building, University of Kentucky campus in Lexington.
4:30-5:30 pm
Reception

For additional Information call Ginger or Evelyn at 606-633-0108 (Appalshop, 9am – 5pm) or contact info@appalshop.org. 

A project of the Learning Center and made possible, in part, by the Appalshop Production & Education Fund, Wallace Foundation, Kentucky Arts Council, and U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs providing funding opportunities for academic and non-profit institutions seeking grants to support international exchange programs.

Project Director: Elizabeth Barret; Indonesian Coordinator: Lulu Ratna; Lead Trainer: Tom Hansell; Documentation: Robert Salyer;
Arts Advisor: L. Somi Roy; Learning Center Co-Director: Maureen Mullinax