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["Delores Johnson is an African American quilter and retired Marshall University linguistics professor. She was born in Athens, Georgia, but was raised and has lived in West Virginia for over the past 60 years. She is one of the founders of the Saint Peter Claver Piecemakers quilting group in Huntington, WV."]%

1381. Peace Christmas card made by Delores Johnson

Identifier:
4224.JohnsonDelores.Photo.002.11.8.17
Title:
Peace Christmas card made by Delores Johnson
Date:
2017-11-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
African Americans--Appalachian Region, Quilting, African American quilts, Quiltmakers
Location:
Huntington (W. Va.)
["Delores Johnson is an African American quilter and retired Marshall University linguistics professor. She was born in Athens, Georgia, but was raised and has lived in West Virginia for over the past 60 years. She is one of the founders of the Saint Peter Claver Piecemakers quilting group in Huntington, WV."]%

1382. Portrait quilt made by Delores Johnson

Identifier:
4224.JohnsonDelores.Photo.003.11.8.17
Title:
Portrait quilt made by Delores Johnson
Date:
2017-11-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Art quilts, Quiltmakers, Quilting, African American quilts, Portraits on quilts, African Americans--Appalachian Region
Location:
Huntington (W. Va.)
["Delores Johnson is an African American quilter and retired Marshall University linguistics professor. She was born in Athens, Georgia, but was raised and has lived in West Virginia for over the past 60 years. She is one of the founders of the Saint Peter Claver Piecemakers quilting group in Huntington, WV."]%

1383. Music-themed portrait quilt by Delores Johnson

Identifier:
4224.JohnsonDelores.Photo.004.11.8.17
Title:
Music-themed portrait quilt by Delores Johnson
Date:
2017-11-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Quilting, Portraits on quilts, Quiltmakers, Art quilts, African American quilts
Location:
Huntington (W. Va.)
["Delores Johnson is an African American quilter and retired Marshall University linguistics professor. She was born in Athens, Georgia, but was raised and has lived in West Virginia for over the past 60 years. She is one of the founders of the Saint Peter Claver Piecemakers quilting group in Huntington, WV."]%

1384. Panel of an art quilt by Delores Johnson

Identifier:
4224.JohnsonDelores.Photo.005.11.8.17
Title:
Panel of an art quilt by Delores Johnson
Date:
2017-11-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
African Americans--Appalachian Region, Quilting, African American quilts, Quiltmakers, Art quilts
Location:
Huntington (W. Va.)
["Delores Johnson is an African American quilter and retired Marshall University linguistics professor. She was born in Athens, Georgia, but was raised and has lived in West Virginia for over the past 60 years. She is one of the founders of the Saint Peter Claver Piecemakers quilting group in Huntington, WV."]%

1385. Portrait of quilter Delores Johnson

Identifier:
4224.JohnsonDelores.Photo.006.11.8.17
Title:
Portrait of quilter Delores Johnson
Date:
2017-11-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Quiltmakers, African Americans--Appalachian Region, African American quilts
Location:
Huntington (W. Va.)
["Delores Johnson is an African American quilter and retired Marshall University linguistics professor. She was born in Athens, Georgia, but was raised and has lived in West Virginia for over the past 60 years. She is one of the founders of the Saint Peter Claver Piecemakers quilting group in Huntington, WV."]%

1386. Quilt-style Christmas cards made by Delores Johnson

Identifier:
4224.JohnsonDelres.Photo.001.11.8.17
Title:
Quilt-style Christmas cards made by Delores Johnson
Date:
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Quiltmakers, Art quilts, African Americans--Appalachian Region, African American quilts
Location:
Huntington (W. Va.)
["Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan were participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program. Kim Johnson, a resident of South Charleston led an apprenticeship in banjo traditions of central West Virginia with apprentice Cody Jordan of Charleston. Johnson began playing with fiddler Wilson Douglas in 1979 and has played with and learned from many acclaimed West Virginia old-time musicians including Frank George and Lester McCumbers. She has taught both locally and nationally, at Augusta Heritage Center, Allegheny Echoes, The Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, and the Berkeley Old-time Music Convention. Jordan plays guitar in The Modock Rounders with Johnson, touring across the state and region, and is looking forward to expanding his knowledge of central West Virginia old-time banjo traditions.See our feature on Johnsons apprenticeship with Jordan here: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/09/04/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-kim-johnson-cody-jordan-banjo-traditions-of-central-west-virginia/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."]%

1387. 2020 Folklife Apprenticeship participants in old-time banjo Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan in masks at the Craik-Patton House, 1 of 2

Identifier:
4224.JohnsonKimJordanCody.Photo.001.8.27.20
Title:
2020 Folklife Apprenticeship participants in old-time banjo Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan in masks at the Craik-Patton House, 1 of 2
Date:
2020-08-27
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Contributor:
Jordan, Cody, Johnson, Kim (Banjoist)
Subject:
Apprenticeship programs, Folk music--West Virginia, Charleston (W. Va.), Old-time music, Banjo, Fiddle tunes
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan were participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program. Kim Johnson, a resident of South Charleston led an apprenticeship in banjo traditions of central West Virginia with apprentice Cody Jordan of Charleston. Johnson began playing with fiddler Wilson Douglas in 1979 and has played with and learned from many acclaimed West Virginia old-time musicians including Frank George and Lester McCumbers. She has taught both locally and nationally, at Augusta Heritage Center, Allegheny Echoes, The Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, and the Berkeley Old-time Music Convention. Jordan plays guitar in The Modock Rounders with Johnson, touring across the state and region, and is looking forward to expanding his knowledge of central West Virginia old-time banjo traditions.See our feature on Johnsons apprenticeship with Jordan here: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/09/04/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-kim-johnson-cody-jordan-banjo-traditions-of-central-west-virginia/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."]%

1388. 2020 Folklife Apprenticeship participants in old-time banjo Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan in masks at the Craik-Patton House, 2 of 2

Identifier:
4224.JohnsonKimJordanCody.Photo.002.8.27.20
Title:
2020 Folklife Apprenticeship participants in old-time banjo Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan in masks at the Craik-Patton House, 2 of 2
Date:
2020-08-27
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Contributor:
Johnson, Kim (Banjoist), Jordan, Cody
Subject:
Fiddle tunes, Apprenticeship programs, Folk music--West Virginia, Banjo, Old-time music
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan were participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program. Kim Johnson, a resident of South Charleston led an apprenticeship in banjo traditions of central West Virginia with apprentice Cody Jordan of Charleston. Johnson began playing with fiddler Wilson Douglas in 1979 and has played with and learned from many acclaimed West Virginia old-time musicians including Frank George and Lester McCumbers. She has taught both locally and nationally, at Augusta Heritage Center, Allegheny Echoes, The Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, and the Berkeley Old-time Music Convention. Jordan plays guitar in The Modock Rounders with Johnson, touring across the state and region, and is looking forward to expanding his knowledge of central West Virginia old-time banjo traditions.See our feature on Johnsons apprenticeship with Jordan here: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/09/04/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-kim-johnson-cody-jordan-banjo-traditions-of-central-west-virginia/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."]%

1389. Old-time banjo players Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan at the Craik-Patton House

Identifier:
4224.JohnsonKimJordanCody.Photo.003.8.27.20
Title:
Old-time banjo players Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan at the Craik-Patton House
Date:
2020-08-27
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Folk music--West Virginia, Banjo, Johnson, Kim (Banjoist), Apprenticeship programs, Old-time music, Fiddle tunes
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan were participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program. Kim Johnson, a resident of South Charleston led an apprenticeship in banjo traditions of central West Virginia with apprentice Cody Jordan of Charleston. Johnson began playing with fiddler Wilson Douglas in 1979 and has played with and learned from many acclaimed West Virginia old-time musicians including Frank George and Lester McCumbers. She has taught both locally and nationally, at Augusta Heritage Center, Allegheny Echoes, The Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, and the Berkeley Old-time Music Convention. Jordan plays guitar in The Modock Rounders with Johnson, touring across the state and region, and is looking forward to expanding his knowledge of central West Virginia old-time banjo traditions.See our feature on Johnsons apprenticeship with Jordan here: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/09/04/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-kim-johnson-cody-jordan-banjo-traditions-of-central-west-virginia/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."]%

1390. Banjo players Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan outside the log cabin at the Craik-Patton House

Identifier:
4224.JohnsonKimJordanCody.Photo.004.8.27.20
Title:
Banjo players Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan outside the log cabin at the Craik-Patton House
Date:
2020-08-27
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Contributor:
Jordan, Cody, Johnson, Kim (Banjoist)
Subject:
Old-time music, Banjo, Folk music--West Virginia, Fiddle tunes, Apprenticeship programs
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan were participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program. Kim Johnson, a resident of South Charleston led an apprenticeship in banjo traditions of central West Virginia with apprentice Cody Jordan of Charleston. Johnson began playing with fiddler Wilson Douglas in 1979 and has played with and learned from many acclaimed West Virginia old-time musicians including Frank George and Lester McCumbers. She has taught both locally and nationally, at Augusta Heritage Center, Allegheny Echoes, The Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, and the Berkeley Old-time Music Convention. Jordan plays guitar in The Modock Rounders with Johnson, touring across the state and region, and is looking forward to expanding his knowledge of central West Virginia old-time banjo traditions.See our feature on Johnsons apprenticeship with Jordan here: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/09/04/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-kim-johnson-cody-jordan-banjo-traditions-of-central-west-virginia/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."]%

1391. Old-time banjo players Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan play under a tree at the Craik-Patton House in Charleston, 1 of 3

Identifier:
4224.JohnsonKimJordanCody.Photo.005.8.27.20
Title:
Old-time banjo players Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan play under a tree at the Craik-Patton House in Charleston, 1 of 3
Date:
2020-08-27
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Banjo, Old-time music, Apprenticeship programs, Fiddle tunes, Folk music--West Virginia, Johnson, Kim (Banjoist)
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan were participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program. Kim Johnson, a resident of South Charleston led an apprenticeship in banjo traditions of central West Virginia with apprentice Cody Jordan of Charleston. Johnson began playing with fiddler Wilson Douglas in 1979 and has played with and learned from many acclaimed West Virginia old-time musicians including Frank George and Lester McCumbers. She has taught both locally and nationally, at Augusta Heritage Center, Allegheny Echoes, The Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, and the Berkeley Old-time Music Convention. Jordan plays guitar in The Modock Rounders with Johnson, touring across the state and region, and is looking forward to expanding his knowledge of central West Virginia old-time banjo traditions.See our feature on Johnsons apprenticeship with Jordan here: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/09/04/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-kim-johnson-cody-jordan-banjo-traditions-of-central-west-virginia/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."]%

1392. Old-time banjo players Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan play under a tree at the Craik-Patton House in Charleston, 2 of 3

Identifier:
4224.JohnsonKimJordanCody.Photo.006.8.27.20
Title:
Old-time banjo players Kim Johnson and Cody Jordan play under a tree at the Craik-Patton House in Charleston, 2 of 3
Date:
2020-08-27
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Fiddling, Old-time music, Banjo, Folk music--West Virginia, Apprenticeship programs, Johnson, Kim (Banjoist)
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)