CHARLESTON–On two weekdays in September, The West Virginia Folklife Program, a mission of the West Virginia Humanities Council, will current two digital showcases, that includes members in its 2020-2021 Folklife Apprenticeship Program.
On Wednesday, Sept. 22 at midday, forest farmers Ed and Carole Daniels of Randolph County and apprentice Clara Haizlett of Brooke County will maintain their digital showcase occasion, discussing their apprenticeship in sustainable cultivation of American ginseng and different forest botanicals and internet hosting a Q&A.
On Thursday, Sept. 23 at midday, old-time fiddler Joe Herrmann and apprentice Dakota Karper, each of Hampshire County, and old-time banjo participant Kim Johnson and apprentice Cody Jordan, each of Kanawha County, will maintain their digital showcase, presenting a live performance and internet hosting a Q&A. Each occasions are free and open to the general public, however attendees ought to register at wvfolklife.org.
As a part of the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, Ed Daniels of Mill Creek is main an apprenticeship in agroforestry/forest farming with Clara Haizlett of Wellsburg. A ginseng digger and cultivator since he was younger, Daniels and his spouse Carole personal and function Shady Grove Farm in Randolph County the place they develop ginseng, goldenseal, ramps, cohosh, and industrial hemp, amongst different crops.
Haizlett, who was an intern in The Smithsonian Heart for Folklife and Cultural Heritage’s “American Ginseng: Native Data, World Roots” mission, plans to start out a forest farm on her household’s land in Brooke County.
Joe Herrmann of Paw Paw led an apprenticeship in old-time fiddle with Dakota Karper of Capon Bridge. Herrmann is a founding member of the Critton Hole String Band and has taught old-time fiddle to many non-public college students and on the Augusta Heritage Heart.
Dakota Karper, a Hampshire County native, has been enjoying old-time fiddle for 20 years and runs The Cat and the Fiddle Music College. Herrmann and Karper apprenticed collectively beforehand in 2004 (when Karper was 11) by way of Augusta Heritage Heart’s former Apprenticeship Program. Be taught extra about their apprenticeship right here.
Kim Johnson of South Charleston led an apprenticeship in banjo traditions of central West Virginia with apprentice Cody Jordan of Charleston. Johnson started enjoying with fiddler Wilson Douglas in 1979 and has performed with and realized from many acclaimed West Virginia old-time musicians together with Frank George and Lester McCumbers. She has taught each regionally and nationally, at Augusta Heritage Heart, Allegheny Echoes, The Competition of American Fiddle Tunes, and the Berkeley Outdated-time Music Conference.
Jordan performs guitar in The Modock Rounders with Johnson, touring throughout the state and area, and is trying ahead to increasing his information of central West Virginia old-time banjo traditions. The West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program gives a stipend to West Virginia grasp conventional artists or custom bearers working with certified apprentices on a year-long in-depth apprenticeship of their cultural expression or conventional artwork kind.
These apprenticeships purpose to facilitate the transmission of strategies and artistry of the kinds, in addition to their histories and traditions. This marks the second 12 months of the biennial Folklife Apprenticeship Program.
The West Virginia Folklife Program is a mission of the West Virginia Humanities Council and is supported partly by the Nationwide Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Folks & Conventional Arts Program. West Virginia Folklife is devoted to the documentation, preservation, presentation, and help of West Virginia’s vibrant cultural heritage and dwelling traditions.
For extra info on the occasion and West Virginia Folklife Program, contact Emily Hilliard at 304-346-8500.