Community, place, and theater traditions: and update from Roadside Theater
Roadside Theater has always been a place-based, community-powered theater. Over the years, our tireless work has helped keep the art of…
Read More 4 months agoAn update from Caroline Rubens, our archive director
Read on for a message from Caroline Rubens, our Director of the Appalshop Archive: Dear Appalshop Community, On the morning of…
Read More 5 months agoAnne Braden: Southern Patriot
If you are considering a screening with the filmmaker, have questions, or would like to respond to the film, please send a message to…
Read More 5 months agoAn update from Willa Johnson, our director of films
It's been three weeks since catastrophic floods hit our offices in Whitesburg, KY, submerging the first floor of our main building in over…
Read More 5 months agoMeet our 2022-2023 film cohort!
At Appalshop, we are very proud of our deep commitment to training Appalachian filmmakers, photographers, and other multimedia…
Read More 5 months agoThe work continues: an update from Appalshop
Since floods ravaged eastern Kentucky the morning of July 28th, we are well into the clean-up and recovery phase post-flooding. The floods…
Read More 6 months agoTo our Appalshop community, thank you
Dear Appalshop Community, To say the past few days has been overwhelming would be an understatement. We have felt immense grief and…
Read More 6 months agoArchive Spotlight: Churches, storytelling, and bringing history to life
This month's Archive Spotlight is featuring the work of Josh Outsey, Project Documentation Coordinator with the Appalshop Archive whose…
Read More 6 months agoWe're unveiling new "Our Town" community art pieces in Pound, VA!
As a project of the National Endowment for the Arts “Our Town” creative placemaking program, four art installations and six historic…
Read More 6 months agoRemembering Darlene Wilson: teacher, organizer and academic powerhouse of Appalachia
“Women are the place-keepers. Men roam. They want to go hunting and roaming and shooting things. Being one of those place-keepers [is the…
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