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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."]%

13. Large figurines of people and bison at Coal Camp Creations

Identifier:
4224.CoalCampCreations.Photo.013.4.14.16
Title:
Large figurines of people and bison at Coal Camp Creations
Date:
2016-04-14
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Coal in art, Coal miners in art, Folk art, Tourism and the arts, Coal mines and mining
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."]%

14. Large figurines of coal miners at Coal Camp Creations

Identifier:
4224.CoalCampCreations.Photo.014.4.14.16
Title:
Large figurines of coal miners at Coal Camp Creations
Date:
2016-04-14
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Tourism and the arts, Coal miners in art, Coal mines and mining, Folk art, Coal 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."]%

15. 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."]%

16. 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."]%

17. 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."]%

18. 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.)
["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."]%

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

Identifier:
4224.CoalCampCreations.Photo.019.4.14.16
Title:
Coal miner's helmet with a handmade sticker reading "STOP CAPITALISM DEAD ON ITS ASS," on display at Coal Camp Creations, 2 of 2
Date:
2016-04-14
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Coal mines and mining, Coal miners--West Virginia
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."]%

20. Mural on the wall of McArts/Coal Camp Creations in Kimball

Identifier:
4224.CoalCampCreations.Photo.020.4.14.16
Title:
Mural on the wall of McArts/Coal Camp Creations in Kimball
Date:
2016-04-14
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Mural painting and decoration, American, Coal mines and mining, 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."]%

21. Worker at Coal Camp Creations creates figurines from coal dust

Identifier:
4224.CoalCampCreations.Photo.021.4.14.16
Title:
Worker at Coal Camp Creations creates figurines from coal dust
Date:
2016-04-14
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Coal in art, Tourism and the arts, Folk art
Location:
Kimball (W. Va.)
["Elaine (Moore) Purkey is an activist songwriter and musician from Harts Creek, West Virginia in Lincoln County. She was born on May 29, 1949, on the same piece of property where she still lives. She was raised in a family of musicians and flatfoot dancers and attributes her powerful voice to the acapella singing she learned as a member of the Church of Christ. As a teenager she played in bands with her brother, and in early adulthood she was the lead singer of a local country band. In the 1980s, she began performing regularly on the Wallace Horn Friendly Neighbors Show, a live radio program out of Logan County that has been on the air since 1967. She now hosts the show. Elaine performed a concert at Yasou Greek Restaurant in McDowell County on July 8, 2017. The concert was sponsored by the West Virginia Folklife Program at the West Virginia Humanities Council and McArts."]%

22. Elaine Purkey performs at Yasou Greek Restaurant

Identifier:
4224.PurkeyElaine.Photo.001.7.8.17
Title:
Elaine Purkey performs at Yasou Greek Restaurant
Date:
2017-07-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Working class--Songs and music, Purkey, Elaine
Location:
Kimball (W. Va.), McDowell County (W. Va.)
["Elaine (Moore) Purkey is an activist songwriter and musician from Harts Creek, West Virginia in Lincoln County. She was born on May 29, 1949, on the same piece of property where she still lives. She was raised in a family of musicians and flatfoot dancers and attributes her powerful voice to the acapella singing she learned as a member of the Church of Christ. As a teenager she played in bands with her brother, and in early adulthood she was the lead singer of a local country band. In the 1980s, she began performing regularly on the Wallace Horn Friendly Neighbors Show, a live radio program out of Logan County that has been on the air since 1967. She now hosts the show. Elaine performed a concert at Yasou Greek Restaurant in McDowell County on July 8, 2017. The concert was sponsored by the West Virginia Folklife Program at the West Virginia Humanities Council and McArts."]%

23. Elaine Purkey performs an a cappella song at Yasou Greek Restaurant

Identifier:
4224.PurkeyElaine.Photo.002.7.8.17
Title:
Elaine Purkey performs an a cappella song at Yasou Greek Restaurant
Date:
2017-07-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Purkey, Elaine, Working class--Songs and music
Location:
Kimball (W. Va.), McDowell County (W. Va.)
["Elaine (Moore) Purkey is an activist songwriter and musician from Harts Creek, West Virginia in Lincoln County. She was born on May 29, 1949, on the same piece of property where she still lives. She was raised in a family of musicians and flatfoot dancers and attributes her powerful voice to the acapella singing she learned as a member of the Church of Christ. As a teenager she played in bands with her brother, and in early adulthood she was the lead singer of a local country band. In the 1980s, she began performing regularly on the Wallace Horn Friendly Neighbors Show, a live radio program out of Logan County that has been on the air since 1967. She now hosts the show. Elaine performed a concert at Yasou Greek Restaurant in McDowell County on July 8, 2017. The concert was sponsored by the West Virginia Folklife Program at the West Virginia Humanities Council and McArts."]%

24. Elaine Purkey and bandmate perform at Yasou Greek Restaurant

Identifier:
4224.PurkeyElaine.Photo.003.7.8.17
Title:
Elaine Purkey and bandmate perform at Yasou Greek Restaurant
Date:
2017-07-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Working class--Songs and music, Purkey, Elaine
Location:
Kimball (W. Va.), McDowell County (W. Va.)