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["Angelita Nixon of Scott Depot in Putnam County is leading a 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship in home birth midwifery with Christine Weirick of Fayetteville. Nixon has been a Certified Nurse-Midwife since 2003 and has been a part of over 400 deliveries and taught multiple students the trade.Learn more about Nixon and Weiricks apprenticeship here: https://wvfolklife.org/2021/07/20/2021-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-angy-nixon-and-christine-weirick-home-birth-midwifery/The West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program offers up to a $3,000 stipend to West Virginia master traditional artists or tradition bearers working with qualified apprentices on a year-long in-depth apprenticeship in their cultural expression or traditional art form. These apprenticeships aim to facilitate the transmission of techniques and artistry of the forms, as well as their histories and traditions.The apprenticeship program grants are administered by the West Virginia Folklife Program at the West Virginia Humanities Council in Charleston and are supported in part by an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. West Virginia Folklife is dedicated to the documentation, preservation, presentation, and support of West Virginias vibrant cultural heritage and living traditions."]

1. Artist profile of Angelita "Angy" Nixon

Identifier:
4224.NixonAngy.ArtistProfile.7.15.21
Title:
Artist profile of Angelita "Angy" Nixon
Date:
2021-07-15
Creator:
Nixon, Angelita
Subject:
Women midwives, Apprenticeship programs, Prenatal care, Midwives--Legal status, laws, etc., Childbirth at home, Midwifery, and Midwives
Location:
Putnam County (W. Va.) and Scott Depot (W. Va.)