WVArts-
Studio Appalachia Outreach

WVArts is a new VA/WV arts outreach in Western Virginia
/West Virginia. WVArts helps local VA/WV communities revision and revitalize community
infrastructure to support the arts and literacy and is produced by Studio Appalachia
​WVArts motto of "Imagine, Create, Realize" is adopted from the Mississippi School of the Arts.  
​*Founded in Summer 2013 @ Pilot School & Community Center
& Solitude at Virginia Tech.

​sites.google.com/view/wvarts/
Workshop @ wvartsworkshop.weebly.com
LiveJournal @ http://wvarts.livejournal.com

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WVArts Authors/Artists/Scholars

Sylvia Nickels
Poetry
http://www.sylvianickels.com/
2/23/2013 Solitude-Virginia Tech

Janey Pease
​Poetry, President- Appalachian Writers Association
http://appalwriters.weebly.com/
​WVArts Online
​Summer 2016-Present

Rose Klix
Poetry
http://www.roseklix.com/Home
2/23/2013 Solitude-Virginia Tech

​Annie Vox
​Poetry, Art, Music
​http://codecat.website/anhedonic/
https://twitter.com/anhedonicblonde
WVArts Online
Spring 2016-Present

Rachel Justine Harris
Fiction
WVArts Online
https://racheljustineharris.weebly.com
https://twitter.com/missracheljh
​Summer 2013-Present

Kirk Judd
Poetry
http://www.fairmontstate.edu/folklife/west-virginia-literary-map/author/kirk-judd
2/22/2014 Solitude-Virginia Tech

Linda Hoagland
Poetry
https://www.facebook.com/lindahudsonhoagland/
2/22/2014 Solitude-Virginia Tech

Philip Kent Church
Poetry, Volunteer Teacher
http://philipkentchurch.weebly.com/
Fall 2012-Spring 2013 Solitude-Virginia Tech
​WVArts Online
​Summer 2014-Present
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George Robertson
Music, Volunteer Teacher
​http://www.healingthroughcreativity.org
​WVArts Online
​Fall 2009- Present 

Min Katherine Liu
Poetry
http://mkatherinel.livejournal.com/
https://twitter.com/MinKatherineLiu
Fall 2015-Spring 2016 Solitude-Virginia Tech


Dr. Anita Puckett
Scholar, Linguistic Anthropology, Appalachian Studies
https://www.facebook.com/solitudevt
Fall 2012-Present Solitude-Virginia Tech

Doug Veit
Music, Art, Volunteer Teacher
www.studioappalachia.com 
http://www.spectralva.com
Fall 1989-Present

Ken Ostrander
Music, Art, Volunteer Teacher
http://www.spectralva.com
www.studioappalachia.com
Winter 2007-Present

River J.
Fiction, Art, Cryptozoology
http://riverj.weebly.com
www.studioappalachia.com
Summer 2016-Present

Phill Stevens
Music, Art, Volunteer Teacher
http://www.soupbonecreative.com/
http://www.spectralva.com
www.studioappalachia.com
Winter 2008-Present
 
Cory Tambourine
Music, Art, Volunteer Teacher
www.studioappalachia.com
​WVArts Online
Spring 2016-Present

​Linda Bostic Smith
​Art, Volunteer Teacher
​https://www.facebook.com/eastmontarts
​WVArts Online
​Summer 2014-Present

Amy Kelly
Art, Poetry, Ministry, Volunteer Teacher
www.studioappalachia.com
Summer 1990-Present

Selina Kelly
​Art, Volunteer Teacher
​http://selinak.weebly.com
​Summer 2013-Present

Elizabeth McCommon
Author, Theater
November 2013 Solitude-Virginia Tech

T. Byron Kelly
​Poetry, Art, Music, Volunteer Teacher
www.studioappalachia.com
http://www.spectralva.com
​1985-Present

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Waiteville Valley Arts Station

Waiteville Valley Arts Station  is located on the
​WV VA border (29 miles from Pilot VA) *coming soon

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Studio Appalachia Poetry Shows

Studio Appalachia Poetry Shows are annual events
created to support student and
local Appalachian Poets. 
​@ Glen Alton Poetry & MidWinter's Poetry
Glen Alton Farm VA & Oddfellows #20 Blacksburg VA
​​sites.google.com/view/glenaltonpoetry/
sites.google.com/view/midwinterspoetry/

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Resources

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WVArts Anthology

http://a.co/eNhZgod  

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