Over 360 Knott County students took an imaginary adventure to Ireland this past week when award winning Irish dancer, Allison Duvall, danced through their schools! Duvall has been dancing for 27 years and shares the joy of Irish dance through her Lexington, KY studio, the McTeggart School of Irish Dance. With financial support from the …
Echoes of Ireland: Irish Dance Residency in Knott County Read More »
This program update was prepared by Sarah Kate Morgan, Traditional Arts Education Director. Emmalena Elementary in Knott County is home to an enthusiastic group of budding young artists and craftspeople. For the last two years, about 20 4th through 8th graders have spent every Monday afternoon pursing creative endeavors as part of our Arts & Crafts Club, …
It was standing room only at the Hindman Settlement School Pick & Bow Program’s Christmas Concert on December 7. More than 30 elementary and high school students took the stage to showcase their musical talents in solo and group performances to an audience of their family members and friends in the school’s Great Hall and …
Since 1902, the mission of Hindman Settlement School has been to “provide education and service opportunities for people of the mountains, while keeping them mindful of their heritage.” Our partnerships with our local public school system brings art and music to a community with no elementary art and music teachers. But, on a deeper layer, …
This program update was prepared by Sarah Kate Morgan, Traditional Arts Education Director. If you were to visit Moriah Warner’s Language Arts classroom at Cordia High School earlier this spring, you would have found her students wielding soldering irons and sheets of brightly colored glass instead of instead of pens and textbooks. The Artist-in-Residence Program …
Sun-Catchers & Ukuleles: Artist Residencies in Knott County Schools Read More »
If you are reading this, you are likely familiar with Hindman Settlement School’s very successful dyslexia program that has been helping children with learning differences be able to read on grade level for over forty years. You have probably heard about our traditional arts programs that preserve the legacy and heritage of Appalachian music, dance, …
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Five weeks ago, students from Knott and surrounding counties embarked on a challenging journey; to learn how to sew, knit, and quilt…. all via Zoom. This semester, the Common Threads arts education program at Hindman Settlement School focused on various forms of textile arts for our after-school arts classes. Three textile arts classes have been …
For the past 3 years, the Pick and Bow program at the Hindman Settlement School has provided fiddle, banjo, bass, guitar, and mandolin lessons to students in Knott and Floyd county. Sam Gleaves brought this program to fruition and it blossomed as an after school program, taking place in schools in Knott and Floyd county. …
This past week, I had the pleasure of being a part of the community that surrounds food and music here in eastern Kentucky. Even in the midst of a global pandemic, the resilience of our community shone through during Hindman Settlement Schools virtual Dumplin’s & Dancin’ Festival. As much as I missed being able to …
Every year, we gather together at the Forks of Troublesome to celebrate Appalachian Food and Dance. As with everything else this year, our gathering will have to be postponed, but we still wanted to highlight our mountain traditions and bring our community together to learn, celebrate, sing, and salivate. So please join us next week …
Dumplin’s & Dancin’: A (virtual) Series on Appalachian Food & Dance Traditions! Read More »
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Tutoring programs are funded, in part, by the AmeriCorps federal agency through Serve Kentucky, the state service commission
