October 26, 2007 (Friday) 
    7:00 pm Musical guest Blue Ridge Grass
    8:00 pm Jeff Biggers will speak on Cottage Industries in Appalachia
October 27, 2007 (Saturday) 
   10:00 am Painting of the Quilt Trail Squares and children’s activities begin
   11:00 am Artist Demonstrations and Discussions
     1:15 pm Musical guest Dean Phelps
     2:30 pm Curator Anna Fariello will speak on the Movers and Makers Exhibit and the Craft Revival

All throughout the event, the exhibit entitled Movers & Makers: Doris Ulmann’s Portrait of the Craft Revival in Appalachia will be available for viewing. The exhibit is provided courtesy of the History Museum of Western Virginia.

Location Cherry Log Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 1149 Cherry Log Street, Cherry Log, Georgia
Admission The event is free of charge.
 

MOVERS & MAKERS:  DORIS ULMANN’S PORTRAIT OF THE CRAFT REVIVAL
IN APPALACHIA

We hope you will spend some time during Appalachian Weekend taking in this exhibit. Below is some information to pique your interest:

The ebb and flow of activity that took place in Appalachia between 1896 and 1937 began with the first Homespun Fair held on the Berea College campus and extended to the publication of Allen Eaton’s study Handicrafts of the Southern Highlands. During this period, the US was undergoing a national identity crisis.

Did America have a culture of its own or was it simply an imitation of England’s? Craft revival leaders--the “movers” of the revival--proposed that the nation reconsider pioneer-style handwork found in the southern mountains. Here--in linsey-woolsey coverlets, in white oak baskets, in hand-carved animals--we might, at last, find a true American style.

Movers & Makers: Doris Ulmann’s Portrait of the Craft Revival in Appalachia is an exhibition that tells this fascinating story. Utilizing Ulmann’s portraits as a primary set of images, each photograph will be part of a larger interpretive panel. Interpretation focuses on specific themes: outside influences, Appalachian identity, the development of social work and “mountain” work, the condition of women, mission schools, settlement schools, industrial education, folk schools, the emergence of “folk,” Country Life, and the “handicraft” object. Other panels provide biographical material about “movers,” “makers” and Ulmann herself. Together, these themes cover a range of issues to broaden one’s understanding of the revival as a social phenomenon, an economic incentive, and an aesthetic movement.

 

And The Winners Are…

Indian Star, Mountains, and Hands All Around. These are the quilt squares you have selected, and we will paint these squares during Appalachian Weekend. We will then proudly display them within the community as our contribution to the Quilt Square Trail. For the statistically- oriented (hold your heads high, no need to be ashamed!), Indian Star received 53% of the vote, followed by Mountains at 35% and Hands All Around at 29%. If your square didn’t win, well, you must not have voted frequently enough! Thank you for your participation, and for getting Appalachian Weekend off to a great start! - TRS

Indian Star            Mountains            Hands All Around

Also On Display

One of our friends, Wilma Fordham, is an expert quilter. Wilma will be one of our artists displaying and discussing her work during Appalachian Weekend. She will also be quilting each of the three winning squares, which she will transform into a wall hanging. We will proudly keep and display this hanging at the Center. Thank you, Wilma!
 

NOT R, BUT L

The time has come for me to say farewell…

As you know, Dr. Trisha Senterfitt will begin serving as Executive Director on October 15. We are so pleased about the knowledge, energy, and talent she brings to the Center. You will certainly enjoy hearing from her on a regular basis through this fine publication. One of the slight changes you will notice is the signature on the newsletter articles. Trisha and I have very similar initials: Teri: TRS, Trisha: TLS.

I thank you all for your kind words in my coming and going, as well as during my time at the Center. I will cherish the good memories I take with me, and I am pleased to leave with the Center poised for a bright future brimming with service to the good people of Southern Appalachia. -TRS

ALL ABOARD!

Children in Head Start and Pre-K classes in Pickens, Gilmer, and Fannin counties were treated to a trip on the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway on August 23. Children in the Copper Basin, Tennessee embarked on a similar journey September 27. Compliments of the Georgia Northeastern Railroad Company, Inc., each train ride carried these children and their parents, along with local merchants, civic leaders, and community members, down the tracks through their home counties. Pam Lindsey and Kim Cheves were singing with the passengers, making the trips extra-memorable. When the children stepped off the train, Tammy Blair was waiting for them with the Story Express, handing out, among other books, copies of The Little Engine That Could. The Georgia Northeastern Railroad Company offered this trip to the community as an expression of gratitude for the community’s support. I am sure it was the community that was grateful for this lovely gift. –TRS

EXPRESS UPDATE

In addition to being a part of the train rides, Tammy and the Story Express were a key attraction for children attending the Georgia Literary Festival September 29-30. Good weather, good books, and good children…good job! -TRS


GOING, BUT NOT GONE

Our (former) CEP Coordinator, the multi-talented and well-loved Pam Lindsey, has left Georgia. She and her husband have accepted a job as a management team for a company in another state. While we lament her departure, we are pleased for her for this opportunity. And…it makes it easier to say “farewell” when she’s only moving away. See, Pam will still be involved in the Children’s Enrichment Program. She will still develop curriculum, arrange, record, and distribute the music that will be used, and also perform a few other tasks. Thank heavens for technology, which will enable Pam to accomplish this work even while she is several hundred miles away. We appreciate Pam’s continued contribution to the happiness of hundreds of Appalachian children every week. - TRS


IN A NEW ROLE

Pam’s departure created the need for local leadership within CEP, and Kim Cheves has risen to the occasion. Kim will serve as Interim Coordinator for CEP during our period of transition. As you know, Kim is no stranger to us – she has been actively involved in the program for several years, and we are grateful that she will continue to serve in this added dimension. –TRS


YOU WON’T BELIEVE THIS

As I sat here at the Center feeling keenly the difference between what we are doing for the children and what we need to be doing (we simply must enlarge our program), I found myself doing what my father said was useless: wishing. “There is plenty of water in the well”, he said, “but you can’t wish it to the surface.”

Then suddenly I remembered the day I was asked by a man I hardly knew, “Why don’t you ask me for money?” “You mean you are asking me to ask you for money?” “That is exactly what I am doing.” So, I asked for money from the man who asked me to ask him for money.

And he gave it, and generously, too.

My point is this: Why don’t you ask me to ask you for money? We’ll see if it works again.—FBC

 

REMEMBER!

October 26,27—Appalachian Weekend