Figurine of a woman made from coal dust at Coal Camp Creations
- Identifier:
- 4224.CoalCampCreations.Photo.011.4.14.16
- Title:
- Figurine of a woman made from coal dust at Coal Camp Creations
- 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, Tourism and the arts, Coal mines and mining, and Coal in art
- Rights:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Location:
- Kimball (W. Va.)
- Format:
- image/tiff
- Source:
- A&M 4224, West Virginia Folklife Program Collection