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["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/"]%

1069. West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program participants in "Sheep to Shawl: Sheep Husbandry and Fiber Arts", Kathy Evans and Margaret Bruning, 2 of 3

Identifier:
4224.EvansKathyBruningMargaret.Photo.042.11.2.20
Title:
West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program participants in "Sheep to Shawl: Sheep Husbandry and Fiber Arts", Kathy Evans and Margaret Bruning, 2 of 3
Date:
2020-11-02
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Spinning, Wool, Looms, Sheep farming, Apprenticeship programs, Fiberwork, Textile crafts, Spinning-wheel, Woolen and worsted spinning
Location:
Bruceton Mills (W. Va.)
["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/"]%

1070. West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program participants in "Sheep to Shawl: Sheep Husbandry and Fiber Arts", Kathy Evans and Margaret Bruning, 3 of 3

Identifier:
4224.EvansKathyBruningMargaret.Photo.043.11.2.20
Title:
West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program participants in "Sheep to Shawl: Sheep Husbandry and Fiber Arts", Kathy Evans and Margaret Bruning, 3 of 3
Date:
2020-11-02
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Wool, Textile crafts, Spinning, Spinning-wheel, Sheep farming, Apprenticeship programs, Woolen and worsted spinning, Weaving, Looms, Fiberwork
Location:
Bruceton Mills (W. Va.)
["Leenie Hobbie of Rio in Hampshire County and Jon Falcone of Lost River in Hardy County were participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program. Hobbie led an apprenticeship in traditional Appalachian herbalism Falcone. Falcone is a novice herbalist who hopes to apply his skills to his future homestead in West Virginia.See our feature on Falcones apprenticeship with Hobbie here: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/10/26/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-leenie-hobbie-jon-falcone-traditional-appalachian-herbalism/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."]%

1071. Artist profile of Jon Falcone

Identifier:
4224.FalconeJon.ArtistBio.10.16.20
Title:
Artist profile of Jon Falcone
Date:
2020-10-16
Creator:
Falcone, Jon
Subject:
Forage plants, Herbalists, Herbs--Utilization, Herb gardening, Herb products, Apprenticeship programs, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Traditional medicine
Location:
Hardy County (W. Va.)

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1072. Oral history of Gary Fauber

Identifier:
4224.FauberGary.AudioInt.10.3.19
Title:
Oral history of Gary Fauber
Date:
2019-10-03
Creator:
Fauber, Gary
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Wrestling, Beckley (W. Va.), Newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.--Sports
Location:
Beckley (W. Va.)
["Gary Fauber (b. April 19, 1974, Montgomery, WV) is the Sports editor at the Beckley Register-Herald. In the late 1990s, he wrote a professional wrestling column called Title IV for the paper.This interview is part of a series of interviews with independent professional wrestlers and individuals related to the wrestling scene in West Virginia."]%

1073. Transcript of oral history of Gary Fauber

Identifier:
4224.FauberGary.IntTranscript.10.3.19
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Gary Fauber
Date:
2019-10-03
Creator:
Fauber, Gary
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.--Sports, Beckley (W. Va.), Wrestling
Location:
Beckley (W. Va.)

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1074. Oral history of Eve Faulkes

Identifier:
4224.FaulkesEve.AudioInt.4.11.19
Title:
Oral history of Eve Faulkes
Date:
2019-04-11
Creator:
Faulkes, Eve
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Coal mines and mining, Community museums, Gardening, Artists' books, Scott's Run (W. Va.), Social justice in art, Graphic arts
Location:
Scott's Run (W. Va.), Morgantown (W. Va.)
["Eve Faulkes was born in South Charleston, WV and is a professor of graphic design at WVU. She helped found and design exhibits for the Scotts Run Museum in Scotts Run, WV. This interview is part of a collection of interviews conducted with Scotts Run natives/residents and/or members of the Scotts Run Museum."]%

1075. Transcript of oral history of Eve Faulkes

Identifier:
4224.FaulkesEve.IntTranscript4.11.19
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Eve Faulkes
Date:
2019-04-11
Creator:
Faulkes, Eve
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Artists' books, Social justice in art, Scott's Run (W. Va.), Coal mines and mining, Gardening, Community museums, Graphic arts
Location:
Scott's Run (W. Va.), Morgantown (W. Va.)

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1076. Oral history of Susan Feller, 1 of 3

Identifier:
4224.FellerSusan.AudioInt.1.3.27.18
Title:
Oral history of Susan Feller, 1 of 3
Date:
2018-03-27
Creator:
Feller, Susan L.
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Textile crafts, Folk art, Gilmer County (W. Va.), Coal mines and mining in art, Mountaintop removal mining, Fiberwork, Rugs, Hooked, Rugs, Hooked--Patterns, Rugs, Hooked--Exhibitions
Location:
Hampshire County (W. Va.)

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1077. Oral history of Susan Feller, 2 of 3

Identifier:
4224.FellerSusan.AudioInt.2.3.27.18
Title:
Oral history of Susan Feller, 2 of 3
Date:
2018-03-27
Creator:
Feller, Susan L.
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Gilmer County (W. Va.), Coal mines and mining in art, Rugs, Hooked, Mountaintop removal mining, Fiberwork, Folk art, Rugs, Hooked--Exhibitions, Textile crafts, Rugs, Hooked--Patterns
Location:
Hampshire County (W. Va.)
["Susan Feller, 63 at the time of this interview, lives in Hampshire County, West Virginia with her partner Jim in the log home they built. With a degree in Art and History from UMass/Boston and a life-long interest in handwork craft, she learned to rug hook in 1994, a medium allowing her to paint with wool. This skill was the entry into the niche market of rug hookingdesigning patterns, selling hand-dyed wool, and teaching as far away as Australia, throughout the US and Canada. These days, Feller works in her studio creating fiber art for the walls. Juried as a Tamarack gallery artist, and a recipient of a purchase award from the WV Division of Culture and History, she serves on the Board of Directors for Tamarack Foundation for the Arts and The River House board in Capon Bridge, networking with and advocating for artists in the state and beyond.In this interview, Feller talks about her work, her research into the textile art of the McDonald sisters of Gilmer County, the state of the arts in West Virginia, and more. Read her piece on the West Virginia Folklife blog about the McDonald sisters: https://wvfolklife.org/2018/05/15/textile-artist-susan-feller-on-the-mcdonald-sisters-of-gilmer-county/Susan Fellers website: https://artwools.com/"]%

1078. Transcript of oral history of Susan Feller

Identifier:
4224.FellerSusan.AudioInt.3.27.18
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Susan Feller
Date:
2018-03-27
Creator:
Feller, Susan L.
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Rugs, Hooked--Exhibitions, Coal mines and mining in art, Folk art, Rugs, Hooked--Patterns, Mountaintop removal mining, Textile crafts, Fiberwork, Rugs, Hooked, Gilmer County (W. Va.)
Location:
Hampshire County (W. Va.)

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1079. Oral history of Susan Feller, 3 of 3

Identifier:
4224.FellerSusan.AudioInt.3.3.27.18
Title:
Oral history of Susan Feller, 3 of 3
Date:
2018-03-27
Creator:
Feller, Susan L.
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Gilmer County (W. Va.), Coal mines and mining in art, Mountaintop removal mining, Textile crafts, Rugs, Hooked--Patterns, Rugs, Hooked, Folk art, Fiberwork, Rugs, Hooked--Exhibitions
Location:
Hampshire County (W. Va.)
["Susan Feller, 63 at the time of this interview, lives in Hampshire County, West Virginia with her partner Jim in the log home they built. With a degree in Art and History from UMass/Boston and a life-long interest in handwork craft, she learned to rug hook in 1994, a medium allowing her to paint with wool. This skill was the entry into the niche market of rug hookingdesigning patterns, selling hand-dyed wool, and teaching as far away as Australia, throughout the US and Canada. These days, Feller works in her studio creating fiber art for the walls. Juried as a Tamarack gallery artist, and a recipient of a purchase award from the WV Division of Culture and History, she serves on the Board of Directors for Tamarack Foundation for the Arts and The River House board in Capon Bridge, networking with and advocating for artists in the state and beyond.Read her piece on the West Virginia Folklife blog about the McDonald sisters: https://wvfolklife.org/2018/05/15/textile-artist-susan-feller-on-the-mcdonald-sisters-of-gilmer-county/Susan Fellers website: https://artwools.com/"]%

1080. "Iconic Liberty," hooked, embroidered, and needle felted by Susan Feller from hand dyed wool fabric, cotton thread, and synthetic yarn

Identifier:
4224.FellerSusan.Photo.001.3.10.13
Title:
"Iconic Liberty," hooked, embroidered, and needle felted by Susan Feller from hand dyed wool fabric, cotton thread, and synthetic yarn
Date:
2013-03-10
Creator:
Feller, Susan L.
Subject:
Textile crafts, Rugs, Hooked, Fiberwork
Location:
Hampshire County (W. Va.)