Search Constraints
Search Results
![["Kathy Evans (b. July 8, 1962, Morgantown, WV) of Bruceton Mills and Margaret Bruning of Elkins are participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, in an apprenticeship titled, Sheep to Shawl: The Art of Raising Sheep and Creating Fiber Arts. Evans is a fifth-generation farmer and co-owner with her husband Reid of Evans Knob Farm in Preston County where she cultivates Certified Naturally Grown vegetables and raises sheep and poultry. She teaches and exhibits her fiber arts both in West Virginia and across the country and has been featured in Modern Farmer and Morgantown Magazine. Bruning grew up on a goat farm in upstate New York and has been a lifelong fiber artist. She and her husband David raise sheep at their homestead in Randolph County.Read a profile of Evans and Bruning on the West Virginia Folklife blog:https://wvfolklife.org/2020/11/04/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-kathy-evans-margaret-bruning-sheep-to-shawl/Evans Knob Farm website: https://www.evansknobfarm.com/Poe Run Craft and Provisions: http://www.poerun.org/"]](/thumb/4224BruningMargaretArtistProfile32020 "Artist profile of Margaret Bruning")
- Identifier:
- 4224.BruningMargaret.ArtistProfile.3.20.20
- Title:
- Artist profile of Margaret Bruning
- Date:
- 2020-03-20
- Creator:
- Bruning, Margaret
- Subject:
- Woolen and worsted spinning, Spinning, Spinning-wheel, Fiberwork, Sheep farming, Apprenticeship programs, Farms--West Virginia, Textile crafts, and Weaving
- Location:
- Elkins (W. Va.) and Randolph County (W. Va.)
Listen to Audio
- Identifier:
- 4224.DanielsCaroleDanielsEd.AudioInt.001.9.3.19
- Title:
- Oral history of Carole Daniels and Ed Daniels, 1 of 3
- Date:
- 2019-09-03
- Creator:
- Daniels, Carole and Daniels, Ed
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Hemp farmers, American ginseng industry, Farms--West Virginia, Herbs--Utilization, Herb gardening, American ginseng, Agroforestry, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Herb products, and Forage plants
- Location:
- Randolph County (W. Va.)
Listen to Audio
- Identifier:
- 4224.DanielsCaroleDanielsEd.AudioInt.003.9.3.19
- Title:
- Oral history of Carole Daniels and Ed Daniels, 3 of 3
- Date:
- 2019-09-03
- Creator:
- Daniels, Carole and Daniels, Ed
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Farms--West Virginia, Forage plants, Herbs--Utilization, Agroforestry, Herb gardening, American ginseng industry, American ginseng, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Herb products, and Hemp farmers
- Location:
- Randolph County (W. Va.)
Listen to Audio
- Identifier:
- 4224.DanielsCaroleDanielsEdHaizletClara.AudioInt.9.16.20
- Title:
- Oral history of Carole Daniels, Ed Daniels, and Clara Haizlett
- Date:
- 2020-09-16
- Creator:
- Haizlett, Clara, Daniels, Ed, and Daniels, Carole
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Apprenticeship programs, Hemp farmers, Herb gardening, Farms--West Virginia, Herbs--Therapeutic use, American ginseng industry, Traditional medicine, Herbs--Utilization, Herb products, Agroforestry, and American ginseng
- Location:
- Wellsburg (W. Va.), Randolph County (W. Va.), and Brooke County (W. Va.)
![["Ed Daniels of Mill Creek is leading an apprenticeship in agroforestry/forest farming with Clara Haizlett of Wellsburg. A ginseng digger and cultivator since he was young, Daniels and his wife Carole own and operate Shady Grove Farm in Randolph County where they grow ginseng, goldenseal, ramps, cohosh, and industrial hemp, among other plants. See our feature on Haizletts apprenticeship with Daniels here: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/10/21/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-ed-daniels-clara-haizlett-agroforestry-forest-farming/Learn more about Ed and Carole Daniels Shady Grove Botanicals here: https://www.shadygrovebotanicals.com/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."]](/thumb/4224DanielsEdArtistProfile10620 "Artist profile of Ed Daniels")
- Identifier:
- 4224.DanielsEd.ArtistProfile.10.6.20
- Title:
- Artist profile of Ed Daniels
- Date:
- 2020-10-16
- Creator:
- Daniels, Ed
- Contributor:
- Daniels, Carole
- Subject:
- Apprenticeship programs, Herbs--Therapeutic use, American ginseng, Hemp farmers, American ginseng industry, Herb products, Farms--West Virginia, Agroforestry, Herb gardening, and Herbs--Utilization
- Location:
- Randolph County (W. Va.)
