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["Coal Camp Creations is a workshop in Kimball, WV in McDowell County, sharing space and run by the non-profit arts organization McArts. Workers at Coal Camp Creations, some of whom are former coal miners, create figurines and other objects from coal dust and sell them to visitors. McArts was founded by Jean Battlo and three other artists in 1979. Battlo now serves as the organizations creative director."]%

1. Figurines made from coal dust at Coal Camp Creations in Kimball

Identifier:
4224.CoalCampCreations.Photo.005.4.14.16
Title:
Figurines made from coal dust at Coal Camp Creations in Kimball
Date:
2016-04-14
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Folk art, Coal mines and mining, Coal in art, Tourism and the arts, Coal mines and mining in art
Location:
Kimball (W. Va.)
["Coal Camp Creations is a workshop in Kimball, WV in McDowell County, sharing space and run by the non-profit arts organization McArts. Workers at Coal Camp Creations, some of whom are former coal miners, create figurines and other objects from coal dust and sell them to visitors. McArts was founded by Jean Battlo and three other artists in 1979. Battlo now serves as the organizations creative director."]%

2. Figurines of coal mining picks and more made at Coal Camp Creations

Identifier:
4224.CoalCampCreations.Photo.015.4.14.16
Title:
Figurines of coal mining picks and more made at Coal Camp Creations
Date:
2016-04-14
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Coal in art, Tourism and the arts, Coal mines and mining in art, Coal miners in art, Coal mines and mining, Folk art
Location:
Kimball (W. Va.)
["Coal Camp Creations is a workshop in Kimball, WV in McDowell County, sharing space and run by the non-profit arts organization McArts. Workers at Coal Camp Creations, some of whom are former coal miners, create figurines and other objects from coal dust and sell them to visitors. McArts was founded by Jean Battlo and three other artists in 1979. Battlo now serves as the organizations creative director."]%

3. Assorted figurines made from coal dust at Coal Camp Creations

Identifier:
4224.CoalCampCreations.Photo.016.4.14.16
Title:
Assorted figurines made from coal dust at Coal Camp Creations
Date:
2016-04-14
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Tourism and the arts, Coal mines and mining, Coal in art, Coal miners in art, Coal mines and mining in art, Folk art
Location:
Kimball (W. Va.)
["Coal Camp Creations is a workshop in Kimball, WV in McDowell County, sharing space and run by the non-profit arts organization McArts. Workers at Coal Camp Creations, some of whom are former coal miners, create figurines and other objects from coal dust and sell them to visitors. McArts was founded by Jean Battlo and three other artists in 1979. Battlo now serves as the organizations creative director."]%

4. Fire-etched drawing of a coal miner on display at Coal Camp Creations

Identifier:
4224.CoalCampCreations.Photo.017.4.14.16
Title:
Fire-etched drawing of a coal miner on display at Coal Camp Creations
Date:
2016-04-14
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Folk art, Coal mines and mining in art, Coal mines and mining, Pyrography, Coal miners in art
Location:
Kimball (W. Va.)
["Coal Camp Creations is a workshop in Kimball, WV in McDowell County, sharing space and run by the non-profit arts organization McArts. Workers at Coal Camp Creations, some of whom are former coal miners, create figurines and other objects from coal dust and sell them to visitors. McArts was founded by Jean Battlo and three other artists in 1979. Battlo now serves as the organizations creative director."]%

5. Coal miner's helmet with a handmade sticker reading "STOP CAPITALISM DEAD ON ITS ASS," on display at Coal Camp Creations, 1 of 2

Identifier:
4224.CoalCampCreations.Photo.018.4.14.16
Title:
Coal miner's helmet with a handmade sticker reading "STOP CAPITALISM DEAD ON ITS ASS," on display at Coal Camp Creations, 1 of 2
Date:
2016-04-14
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Coal mines and mining in art, Coal miners--West Virginia
Location:
Kimball (W. Va.)
["Singer-songwriter Glen Simpson of Hardy, Kentucky plays his original song \"Don't Shoot Him Anymore,\" based on the murders of Sid Hatfield and Edward Chambers during the West Virginia Mine Wars. Shot at United Mine Workers of America Local 1440 in Matewan, West Virginia as part of the George Mason Folklore Field School. Find more of Simpson's music at http://glen-simpson.com/"]%

6. Singer-songwriter Glen Simpson of Hardy, KY performs some of his original songs at UMWA Local 1440 in Matewan

Identifier:
4224.SimpsonGlenn.Photo.001.5.22.18
Title:
Singer-songwriter Glen Simpson of Hardy, KY performs some of his original songs at UMWA Local 1440 in Matewan
Date:
2018-05-22
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Coal mines and mining in art, Labor union locals, Working class--Songs and music
Location:
Mingo County (W. Va.)