Appalshop

11/21/2025

Our Artist-in-Residence, Francesco Aglieri Rinella, is finally here (yay!) and we want to introduce him to YOU!

Join us THIS EVENING, 11/21 @ 6PM at the WMMT Studio in downtown Whitesburg for an Artist Talk with Francesco, a documentary photographer from Italy with a deep admiration for Appalachia. Learn about the work he does back home in Italy and what he has planned to do here in the mountains over the next month.

🫘Soup beans and cornbread for all who attend!

In the meantime, learn more about Francesco and explore his work at francescoaglieri.com

11/20/2025

Test out your dance moves and enjoy this fun-filled performance of "Woman" by Jeri Howell at The Mountain Grrl Experience 2025 🎶🌿✨

📷: Nik Lee, Internal Media Coordinator

11/20/2025

A new month = a new Pay-What-You-Want album from our June Appal Label! 🎶

November's PWYW album is Wade and Julia Mainer's "In The Land of Melody." This married bluegrass duo made gorgeous guitar and banjo gospel tunes, with Wade having innovated a two-finger banjo picking style that helped pave the way for the bluegrass music era.

Stream or download the album (for any price you want!) on June Appal's Bandcamp page now: https://loom.ly/b-sRE5U

🎵: "In The Land of Melody," Wade Mainer and Julia Mainer, June Appal Records, 1992.

19 track album

11/20/2025

Our Artist-in-Residence, Francesco Aglieri Rinella, is finally here (yay!) and we want to introduce him to YOU!

Join us TOMORROW, 11/21 @ 6PM at the WMMT Studio in downtown Whitesburg for an Artist Talk with Francesco, a documentary photographer from Italy with a deep admiration for Appalachia. Learn about the work he does back home in Italy and what he has planned to do here in the mountains over the next month.

🫘Soup beans and cornbread for all who attend!

In the meantime, learn more about Francesco and explore his work at francescoaglieri.com

11/19/2025

Roving Pickets looks at the consequences of this change in Eastern Kentucky: severely reduced wages, chronic unemployment, families divided by outmigration, and in 1961 and 1962, the cancelation of union health insurance benefits and the threatened closing of the UMWA hospitals. Roving Pickets raises questions about poverty and empowerment, equality of opportunity, and the process of political change.

Watch "Rough Side of the Mountain" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/UF_3KCw

📸 Appalshop, "Rough Side of the Mountain," Anne Lewis, 1997

11/19/2025

Anna Richardson White's short film "Appalheads" will be screening in New York City TOMORROW at the DOC NYC Film Festival! If you happen to be there, go check it out!

🎥 TOMORROW, Nov 20 | 2:00pm | IFC Center in West Village

You can also buy tickets to watch virtually online until Nov 30th at this link: https://loom.ly/3LckaAc

11/19/2025

Appalachian Citizens Law Center had a great turn out to their first public discussion about the proposed rate increase from Kentucky Power, hosted by Deputy Director Mary Cromer of ACLC.

Kentucky Power is proposing a 14.9% rate increase for residential customers and a 13-15% increase for commercial and industrial customers. If approved, these changes could take effect as early as March of 2026.

If you are interested in commenting on the proposed rate increase, attend one of these future events:
📆 Nov 20 @ 5pm | Pike Co Public Library in Pikeville, KY
📆 Dec 18 @ 5pm | Perry County Courthouse in Hazard, KY
📆 Jan 8 @ 5pm | Ashland Transportation Center in Ashland, Ky

For more information about the proposed rate increase, see this informational packet from ACLC: https://loom.ly/sIrac94
And here's a YouTube video from this first discussion: https://loom.ly/aMmM37c

📷 Photos and video by Nik Lee, Appalshop's Internal Media Coordinator

11/19/2025

🌟 A new quest is loading...

Come back 12/2 to learn more!

11/18/2025

"Chronicles one of the most important resistance efforts of poor people in Appalachia … provides insight into the roots of citizen activism in the 1960s and into the political and economic barriers to democratic social change."— University of Kentucky

Watch "Rough Side of the Mountain" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/UF_3KCw

📸 Appalshop, "Rough Side of the Mountain," Anne Lewis, 1997

11/18/2025

Our Artist-in-Residence, Francesco Aglieri Rinella, is finally here (yay!) and we want to introduce him to YOU!

Join us this coming Friday, 11/21 @ 6PM at the WMMT Studio in downtown Whitesburg for an Artist Talk with Francesco, a documentary photographer from Italy with a deep admiration for Appalachia. Learn about the work he does back home in Italy and what he has planned to do here in the mountains over the next month.

🫘Soup beans and cornbread for all who attend!

In the meantime, learn more about Francesco and explore his work at francescoaglieri.com

11/17/2025

Are you concerned about rising power bills? ⚡

Join Appalachian Citizens' Law Center TODAY, November 17 at 5:30 at Neon Lights (1076 KY-317, Fleming-Neon, KY 41840) to learn about Kentucky Power's proposal and how you can make a difference.

For additional information, contact Courtney at ACLC (606.633.3929).

11/17/2025

The decade of the 1950s was a period of massive change in the coal industry. Small coal operators were unable to keep up with the mechanization taking place in large mines owned by auto, steel and energy conglomerates and began to abrogate their union contracts to reduce costs. Roving Pickets looks at the consequences of this change in Eastern Kentucky: severely reduced wages, chronic unemployment, families divided by outmigration, and in 1961 and 1962, the cancelation of union health insurance benefits and the threatened closing of the UMWA hospitals.

Watch "Roving Pickets" on YouTube here:https://loom.ly/c7RpQ94

📸 Appalshop, "Roving Pickets," Anne Lewis, 1991