Train figurines made at Coal Camp Creations in Kimball
- Identifier:
- 4224.CoalCampCreations.Photo.004.4.14.16
- Title:
- Train figurines made at Coal Camp Creations in Kimball
- Date:
- 2016-04-14
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Description:
- 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.
- Subject:
- Folk art, Coal mines and mining, Coal in art, and Tourism and the arts
- Rights:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Location:
- Kimball (W. Va.)
- Format:
- image/tiff
- Source:
- A&M 4224, West Virginia Folklife Program Collection