Appalshop Inc

APPALSHOP WILL DIGITALLY PRESERVE ITS COLLECTION OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS DOCUMENTING THE HISTORY OF APPALACHIA. IN 2023, EASTERN KENTUCKY SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC FLOOD AND 80% OF APPALSHOP’S COLLECTION WAS SUBMERGED IN FLOOD WATER. PROJECT ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE THE CLEANING AND DIGITIZATION OF NEARLY 700 HOURS OF MOVING IMAGE MEDIA. STAFF WILL WORK WITH AUDIOVISUAL PRESERVATION LABS TO PERFORM THE SPECIALIZED CONSERVATION TO SALVAGE FLOOD-DAMAGED FILM AND VIDEOTAPE. AS A RESULT OF THE PROJECT, STAFF WILL DISSEMINATE A CASE STUDY OF THE FLOOD RECOVERY ACTIVITIES AND DIGITIZED MATERIALS WILL BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION’S COLLECTION WEBSITE.

SALVAGING APPALACHIAN PHOTO COLLECTIONS [THIS PROJECT WILL TREAT AND DIGITIZE THREE MAJOR APPALACHIAN PHOTONEGATIVE COLLECTIONS THAT WERE DAMAGED BY CATASTROPHIC FLOODING IN JULY 2022. THE COLLECTIONS TO BE SAVED INCLUDE IMAGES DOCUMENTING: EASTERN KY AND SOUTHWEST VA RESIDENTS DURING 1935-55, BROOKSIDE COAL CAMP RESIDENTS DURING THE HISTORIC 1973-1974 HARLAN COUNTY COAL STRIKE, AND THE MEDIA ARTS CENTER APPALSHOP IN THE EARLY 1990S, AS RECORDED BY NOTED TENNESSEE-BORN PHOTOGRAPHER JEFF WHETSTONE WHEN HE INTERNED AT THE ORGANIZATION.]

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PRESERVING AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO APPALSHOP'S HUMANITIES COLLECTIONS [AS THE ORGANIZATION WORKS TO RESUME HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING, WE ARE SEEKING CAPACITY SUPPORT TO PRESERVE AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO OUR ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS ILLUMINATING THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION. FUNDS WILL GO TOWARDS THE DIGITIZATION OF COLLECTIONS THAT ARE IN URGENT NEED OF PRESERVATION MEASURES INCLUDING PHOTONEGATIVE COLLECTIONS SPANNING 1935 TO 1991 AND MOVING IMAGE MATERIALS DATING TO THE 1970S. THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO IMPROVE ACCESS TO OUR ROADSIDE THEATER COLLECTION THAT INCLUDES DOCUMENTATION OF LATE-20TH CENTURY GRASSROOTS THEATER MOVEMENTS IN THE U.S.] [PURPOSE: TO ENHANCE PUBLIC ACCESS TO ARCHIVED MATERIALS RELATING TO THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION.  ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: DIGITIZATION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES FROM 1935-1955. DIGITIZATION OF 16MM ARCHIVAL FILM. PURCHASING OF A NEW PHOTO SCANNER AND MOTION FILM SCANNER TO AID IN THE DIGITIZATION EFFORTS. IMPROVING ACCESS TO ROADSIDE THEATER COLLECTION, AN ARCHIVE FOCUSING ON THE HISTORY OF GRASSROOTS THEATER.  EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE DIGITIZING AND CATALOGUING OF THE ARCHIVE?S COLLECTIONS.   INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: ANYONE WITH AN INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF APPALACHIA.   SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THIS PROJECT DOES NOT INTEND TO ISSUE ANY SUBAWARDS. ]

THESE ROOTS RUN DEEP: CONNECTING COMMUNITIES THROUGH FOODWAYS

TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF MURALS, A LARGE-SCALE PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTALLATION, AND A MEDIA-RICH WALKING TOUR THAT CELEBRATES THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE

IDENTIFYING, PRESERVING, AND AMPLIFYING BLACK APPALACHIAN EXPERIENCES AND VOICES IN CENTRAL APPALACHIA [A PROJECT TO IDENTIFY, PRESERVE AND AMPLIFY BLACK APPALACHIAN EXPERIENCES AND VOICES THROUGH CULTURAL MAPPING, ORAL HISTORIC COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION, AND NATIONAL CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND ORGANIZING. THIS IS A CROSS-PROGRAMMATIC PROJECT WITHIN THE ARTS AND MEDIA NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION APPALSHOP, INC. IT FEATURES WORK BY PROJECT COORDINATORS IN THREE PROGRAMS OF THE ORGANIZATION: ARCHIVE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND ROADSIDE THEATER. WE WILL COLLECT AND MAP BLACK CHURCHES AND FAITH EXPERIENCES IN CENTRAL APPALACHIAN COMMUNITIES IN KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, AND VIRGINIA, COLLECT ORAL HISTORIES FROM AN INTEGRATED COMMUNITY IN KNOTT COUNTY, KENTUCKY, AND PARTICIPATE IN RESIDENCIES WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WORKING WITH HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE PERFORMING OUR FUTURE PROGRAM.]

TO SUPPORT PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS STORYTELLING PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY DESIGN WORKSHOPS TO IMPROVE WALKABILITY IN POUND VIRGINIA.

TO SUPPORT A MULTIMEDIA PROJECT BASED ON PHOTOGRAPHER WENDY EWALD'S APPROACH TO TEACHING.

TO SUPPORT THE APPALACHIAN MEDIA INSTITUTE A DOCUMENTARY ARTS FILM AND RADIO PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION

TO SUPPORT THE THOUSAND KITES RADIO SERIES AND WEB PLATFORM FOR THE PRISON POETRY WORKSHOP.

THIS EDA INVESTMENT SUPPORTS APPALSHOP, INC. WITH CONDUCTING A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO EXPAND THE MEDIA PRODUCTION AND EDUCATION HUBS INTO THE COALFIELDS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA, TO HELP STABILIZE AND INCREASE THE WORKING POPULATION AND BOOST RESILIENCY OF THE LOCAL ECONOMY. ONCE COMPLETED, THE PROJECT WILL HELP SUPPORT JOB RETENTION, CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES, AND ATTRACT PRIVATE INVESTMENT TO AN AREA THAT HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY THE DECLINE IN THE COAL INDUSTRY.

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FROM THESE HILLS: PUBLIC PROGRAMMING AND ENGAGEMENT THROUGH THE APPALSHOP ARCHIVE

PRESERVING A COAL COMMUNITY'S HISTORY ON FILM [TO DIGITIZE AND PRESERVE EARLY FILM FOOTAGE SHOT IN THE COALFIELDS OF CENTRAL APPALACHIA HELD WITHIN THE APPALSHOP ARCHIVE.]

TO SUPPORT PERSONNEL COSTS IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

TO SUPPORT A SERIES OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERFORMANCES, MEDIA SCREENINGS, AND ART CREATION ACTIVITIESAS PART OF APPALSHOP'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY.

TO SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF JOBS THAT ARE THREATENED BY DECLINES IN PHILANTHROPIC AND OTHER SUPPORT DURING THE CURRENT ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.

TO SUPPORT THE APPALACHIAN MEDIA INSTITUTE, A DOCUMENTARY ARTS FILM AND RADIO PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

TO SUPPORT MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST RESIDENCIES AND ASSOCIATED CULTURAL EVENTS.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT WMMT-FMS PASSING THE PICK AND BOW PROGRAM.

TO SUPPORT PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTING THE APPALACHIAN FIELD RECORDINGS OF ALAN LOMAX.

TO SUPPORT THE "APPALACHIAN MEDIA INSTITUTE," A DOCUMENTARY ARTS FILM AND RADIO PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

TO SUPPORT THE PERFORMING OUR RURAL FUTURE PROGRAM AT ROADSIDE THEATER.

TO SUPPORT THE WILDERNESS PROJECT, A YEAR-LONG COMMUNITY CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT RESIDENCY THAT WILL CULMINATE IN THE CREATION OF A NEW PLAY.

TO SUPPORT ROADSIDE THEATER'S THOUSAND KITES COMMUNITY RESIDENCIES.

SALVAGE AND DIGITIZATION OF APPALSHOP ARCHIVE FILMS [THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPORT THE CLEANING AND DIGITIZATION OF ARCHIVAL FILMS THAT WERE DAMAGED BY A CATASTROPHIC FLOOD IN EASTERN KENTUCKY IN JULY 2022. APPROXIMATELY 28,000 FEET OF FILM?EQUAL TO 10 HOURS OF CONTENT?WILL BE CLEANED AND DIGITIZED AT A PRESERVATION LAB WITH EXPERTISE IN RECOVERING DAMAGED FILM. THESE FILMS DOCUMENT IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF HISTORY AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN CENTRAL APPALACHIA, AND THEY WILL BE LOST WITHOUT IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION TO SALVAGE THE CELLULOID IMAGES. THE PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON THE FILM MASTERS FOR APPALSHOP DOCUMENTARIES, RAW OUTTAKES FROM THE EARLY 1970S, AND PICTURE FILM FOR WHICH THE SYNC AUDIO HAS BEEN DIGITIZED.]

TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENT AND PREMIERE OF THE BILINGUAL MUSICAL PLAY "BETSY."

TO SUPPORT PICK AND BOW: TRADITIONAL ARTS IN COMMUNITY, A SERIES OF AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT OFFER INSTRUCTION IN TRADITIONAL MUSIC TO STUDENTS OF T

TO SUPPORT THEATER BUILDS COMMUNITY A PARTNERSHIP WITH REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO STRENGTHEN RURAL APPALACHIAN COMMUNITIES.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT A MEDIA ARTS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR YOUNG ARTISTS.

TO SUPPORT WMMT-FMS TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND FOLK ARTS PROGRAMMING.

TO SUPPORT THE APPALACHIAN MEDIA INSTITUTES SUMMER DOCUMENTARY INSTITUTE A PAID MEDIA ARTS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES.

TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEATER BUILDING COMMUNITY A WEB-BASED PLATFORM TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY-BASED PLAYS BY ROADSIDE THEATER AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.

TO SUPPORT POST-PRODUCTION COSTS FOR THE DOCUMENTARY "PORTRAITS AND DREAMS: A REVISITATION " CO-DIRECTED AND CO-PRODUCED BY ELIZABETH BARRET AND WENDY EWALD.

TO SUPPORT THE "TRADITIONAL MUSIC PROJECT'S (TMP)" EDUCATION PROGRAM.

TO SUPPORT THE APPALACHIAN MEDIA INSTITUTE.

TO SUPPORT ROADSIDE THEATER'S PRODUCTION AND ADAPTATION OF THE "THOUSAND KITES" PLAY.

THIS ACTION APPROVES AN AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $24 025 TO APPALSHOP INC TO GATHER INFORMATION IDENTIFY KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND IDENTIFY WAYS LOCAL DEC

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT A TOURING EXHIBITION FROM THE APPALACHIAN MEDIA INSTITUTE.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE APPALACHIAN MEDIA INSTITUTE'S CONVERGENT MEDIA FELLOWSHIP, A PAID MEDIA ARTS TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR YOUNG ARTISTS.

TO SUPPORT JUNE APPAL RADIO, A NEW BROADCAST SERIES AND PODCAST FROM WMMT-FM.

TO SUPPORT THE PUBLICATION OF A TWO-VOLUME ANTHOLOGY OF PLAYS FROM ROADSIDE THEATERS PRODUCTION HISTORY.

TO SUPPORT A RESEARCH PROJECT AT ROADSIDE THEATER.

TO SUPPORT THE APPALACHIAN MEDIA INSTITUTE, A YEAR-ROUND INTENSIVE MEDIA ARTS EDUCATION FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES. THE ASSESSMENT

TO SUPPORT WMMT-FM'S TRADITIONAL MUSIC PROGRAM.

TO SUPPORT THE APPALACHIAN MEDIA INSTITUTE, A DOCUMENTARY ARTS FILM AND RADIO PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

TO SUPPORT PRESERVATION AND PRESENTATION OF THE DOCUMENTARY FILM STRANGERS AND KIN: A HISTORY OF THE HILLBILLY IMAGE.

TO SUPPORT ROADSIDE THEATERS DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW PLAY ABOUT PERSEVERANCE AND PROGRESS IN BALTIMORE.

TO SUPPORT PRESERVATION EXHIBITION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT COSTS FOR THE DOCUMENTARY FILM THE BIG LEVER: PARTY POLITICS IN LESLIE COUNTY KENTUCKY THAT EXPLORES APPALACHIAN POLITICS STEREOTYPES AND CULTURAL HISTORY.

TO SUPPORT WMMT-FMS PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF MUSICAL TRADITIONS AND WOMENS STORIES OF THE APPALACHIAN COALFIELDS.

TO SUPPORT THE APPALACHIAN MEDIA INSTITUTE, YOUTH MEDIA PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERACTIVE WEBSITE FOR THE BILINGUAL MUSICAL PLAY "BETSY."

TO SUPPORT "APPALSHOP AT 40" IN CONSORTIUM WITH THE CENTER FOR DOCUMENTARY STUDIES AT DUKE UNIVERSITY.

THE HILLS REMEMBER: PRESERVING HERITAGE IN AN APPALACHIAN COAL COMMUNITY

APPALSHOP ARCHIVE STAFF TRAINING ON CLEANING AND DIGITIZATION OF FLOOD DAMAGED MEDIA [THESE FUNDS WILL SUPPORT TRAINING OF APPALSHOP ARCHIVE STAFF TO PERFORM CLEANING AND PRESERVATION TREATMENT OF FLOOD-DAMAGED MAGNETIC MEDIA. ANALOG MEDIA PRESERVATION SPECIALIST SKIP ELSHEIMER WILL TRAVEL TO WHITESBURG TO HELP STAFF CREATE A MAGNETIC MEDIA PRESERVATION SUITE. ELSHEIMER WILL INSTRUCT STAFF ON PROPER PROCEDURES FOR CLEANING AND DIGITIZING DAMAGED MEDIA. THIS PROCESS INVOLVES MANUALLY WIPING MUD AND MOLD OFF OF FLOOD-DAMAGED TAPES, RUNNING THEM BACK AND FORTH ON A SECONDARY ?JUNK? DECK FOR FURTHER CLEANING, AND THEN TRANSFERRING THEM TO A PRIMARY DECK FOR DIGITAL PRESERVATION. THE FUNDS WILL ALSO SUPPORT PURCHASE OF APPROPRIATE MAGNETIC MEDIA TRANSFER EQUIPMENT (E.G. MINI DV DECK, CABLES, ADAPTORS), AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, AND FOOD FOR ELSHEIMER WHEN HE IS IN WHITESBURG.]

SAFEGUARDING APPALSHOP'S MOVING IMAGE AND PAPER COLLECTIONS

TO SUPPORT PASSING THE PICK AND BOW A MUSIC TRADITIONS OF CENTRAL APPALACHIA PROGRAM.

TO SUPPORT WMMT-FM'S TRADITIONAL MUSIC PROJECT.

TO SUPPORT A CELEBRATION OF JAMES STILL; INCLUDING RESTORATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF SOUND RECORDINGS A PUBLIC RADIO BROADCAST A NEW SHORT FILM AND

SAFEGUARDING AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO THE APPALSHOP ARCHIVE

SAFEGUARDING THE APPALSHOP FILMS COLLECTION

SAFEGUARDING APPALSHOP ARCHIVE COLLECTIONS

DISCRETIONARY

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE ROADSIDE THEATER COMMUNITY DEVISING LAB.

TO SUPPORT A MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING PROJECT FACILITATING EXCHANGE BETWEEN MEDIA ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS AT THE APPALACHIAN MEDIA INSTITUTE IN WHITESBURG KENTUCKY AND PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN IN NEW YORK NEW YORK.