History of Events

Arts at the Academy (annual event)

Swift Creek Band

Sam Peck's Back Porch Pickers

Gospel Crossroads

High Falls Jamboree

Roland Dunn Band

Sam Wilson Band

Lee Allen Band

Lennie Centers Band

Apple Butter Bunch

Homeplace

Natural High

African Drumming- River City Drum Corps (Louisville, three community performances)

African Drumming and Storytelling- Ajamu Mutima

Blue Dawg Band - Bluegrass Music Concert

Jimmy Cable III- Traditional/Original Music

Affrilachian Poets-      Frank X Walker      Kelly Ellis      Crystal Wilkinson

Lexington Children's Theater (over forty performances)

·        Katerina the Clever

·        Pecos Bill and Slue Foot Sue

·        Nightingale

·        Fisherman and the Flounder

·        Town Mouse Country Mouse

·        Macbeth

·        Tales from Edgar Allen Poe

·        Uncle Wiggly

·        Jack and the Wonder Beans

·        Romeo and Juliet

·        Most Valuable Player

·        Jungle Book

·        The Rutabaga Stories

·        Twain by the Tail

·        Huckleberry Finn

·        Jackie Robinson Story

·        Tales from Beatrix Potter

·        Red Badge of Courage

·        The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

·        Aesop’s Fables

·        John Henry

• Tomato Plant Girl

"Where Art Meets Ed" Community Performances-

• Angie DeBord,
• River City Drum Corps,
• Mitch Barrett,
• Jamie and Jesse Wells,
• Kiya Heartwood, 
• Mariam Davidson,
• Zambia Nukumba,
• Samyira Shabaz,
• Paranoix Greek Shadow Puppet,
• Thearter Adalla, Adella the Story Tella,
• Randy Wilson,
• Belle and Buster Show,
• Carla Gover,
• Artie Ann Bates,
• Omope Daboiku (Nigeria)
• Jeff Chapman-Crane
• Aziz Diak (Senagal)

James Still, "River of Earth," A reading with Randy Wilson

Jazz Guitar with Bruce Lewis

Poetry Readings - Local and Regional Poets

Swift Creek - Bluegrass music

Masque Theater

Seven Pounds of Bluegrass

Randy Wilson - Appalachian Music and Storytelling

Jim Webb - Folk Music and Storytelling

The Illustrated Theater (Chicago, annually for three years)

Catherine Anderson - Harpist

Elder Sprites Tour - Senior Citizens Theater Co. (Louisville)

African-American Gospel with Ethel Caffie-Austin (West Virginia)

Cajun Music with The Basin Brothers Band (Louisiana)

Mick Sgroi - In the Mime Light

Kiya Heartwood and Steve Bush

Wishing Chair - Original singer/songwriters

Victorian Christmas with Harolyn Sharpe

Stealing Horses Concert- Folk/Rock

Kaye Birchfield and Theresa Hollon - Original puppet show

Groundhog dance with Richard Jett (annually for three years)

Madcap Puppet Productions (Cincinnati)

Ben Griffith - Accordion player

Lunch Concert with Randy Wilson

Angie DeBord – Storytelling (Virginia)

Aziz Diack - African Sculptor (Senegal, West Africa)

Artie Ann Bates and Jeff Chapman-Crane - Kentucky author and illustrator

Pame Kingfisher - Native American Art (Oklahoma)

John and Jane Harrod - Old Time Traditional Music

Sue Massek - Folk Music and Dance

Bell and Buster Show - Many Faces of Kentucky

Joy Deleia and Tom Bledsoe - Storytelling, Appalachian Music (Virginia)

Elder Art Program (Louisville)

Syncopated Inc - History of Tap Dancing

Appalshop Roadside Theater

Reel World String Band

Reel World String Band with George Ella Lyons

Gurney Norman - Readings from Kinfolks

Appalachian Dancing with Al White

Mitch Barrett-Traditional/Original Music

Old Time Music with Jamie Wells and The Trough Sloppers

Duck Baker and Molly Andrews- Traditional Music (Virginia)

Berea Puppet Caravan

Farrel Foreman - African American Poet (Pennsylvania)

Marc Daniels – Juggler

Faded- Rock  Music Concert

Hazel Green Dance Weekend - 

• Clyde Davenport and Bobby Fulcher
• Midnight Mockingbirds
• Bruce Molsky
• Christine Balfa - Cajun Music (Louisiana)
• Dirk Powell
• Rafe Stephanini 
• James Leva and Carol Jones
• Bradley Leftwitch

Music Jubilee- Oral History of area music

George Ella Lyon- A Reading at the New Wolfe County Library

Midnight Mockingbirds- Traditional/Original Music

Retreats

 Gurney Norman's Writer's Retreat (twelve weekend Retreats)

George Ella Lyon and Anne Shelby Writer's Retreat

Appalachian Women's Alliance

Kentucky Writer's Day with Rebecca Bailey

Writers Retreat with Leatha Kendrick

Richard Taylor, KY Poet Laureate - Writer's Retreat

Spiritual Retreat with Father Ralph Beiting

Jeff Chapman- Crane Oil Painting Retreat

Stained Glass Weekend with Maria Lainhart

Women's Wellness Weekends

Alternate Roots Retreat

Traditional Dance Weekend with Gene Boyer

Ed McClanahan's Writer's Workshop

Anne Shelby Writer's Retreat

Berea College Education Majors Retreat

Crystal Wilkinson Writer’s Retreat

Berea College Upward Bound – Appalachian Arts

Educational Field Trips and School Performances

 Kentucky Shakespeare Festival (Louisville)

• "Boy Meets Girl Meets Shakespeare" (annual event, ten performances)
• "Shakespeare's Clowns" (two performances)

Ballet Espanol with Mara Maldanado (eight performers, two workshops and one community performance on two occasions)

Mary Hamilton, Storyteller “Tales from Kentucky and other Stories” (two performances)

"Chemistry is Everywhere" Don and Michelle Jessup (two days, eight performances)

Randy Wilson-"Appalachian Stories and Songs" (two performances)

Lexington Children's Theater-

• "Pecos Bill and Slue Foot Sue" (two performances)
• “Legend of John Henry” (two performances)
• “Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe” (two performances)
• “Katerina the Clever” (one performance)
•  “Aesop’s Fables” (two performances)
• “Jack and the Wonderbeans” (four performances)
• "Tomato Plant Girl" (two performances)

"Mountain Heritage Arts" 

with Mitch Barrett and Carla Gover

·        “Dispelling Negative Appalachian Stereotypes” (two performances)

·        “It’s Cool to be Appalachian” (two performances)

"Hands-On Science Day" for Fourth Graders 

(Annual Event, twenty four workshops)

• UK Professor Joe Straley, Professor of Physics and Astronomy
• Don and Michelle Jessup, Chemists, Polyionics, Inc.
• Mike Lewis, Meteorologist with National Weather Station
•  Geology with Prestonsburg Science Center

Louisville Ballet- 

"The Artist and the Athlete" (two performances)

Russian Folk Singers and Dancers 

(three groups, thirty one artists, six workshops plus a community performance) “The Veronish,” “The Old Believers,” and “The Babushkas”)

“Math Days I and II” 

with Wolfe County Gifted Program  (two days, twelve workshops)

“Astronomy Days- I, II, III”

 with Prestonsburg Science Center (eighteen workshops)

150 elementary students from six schools perform at the Festival of the Bluegrass under the direction of David Musser. All students are playing scaled-down guitars, dulcimers, and hammered dulcimers made by our Education Director.

“Drama Day I” 

with Kentucky Shakespeare Producing Director, Curt Tofteland and Wolfe and Morgan County Drama Departments. (two performances, ten workshops)

“Drama Day II and III” 

for Fourth Grade Students with Berea College Professors and Education and Theater Majors (2 days, twenty workshops)

"River City Drum Corps"

(Louisville) (five school performances)

“Salaam - Music from the Middle East”

 (Indiana) (two performances)

“Pow Wow Dancer, Native American Stories and Dance” 

with Mr. Jeff Hatmaker (two performances”

Madcap Puppet Production  

(Cincinnati) “When You Wish Upon a Fish” (two performances)

“Hands-On Art” with Morgan County Gifted and Talented students. (five workshops)

“Day of the Arts I and II” with Powell County TAG fifth grade students (two days, ten workshops)

Kosmic Kite Factory- “Don’t Let Your Tail Drag” (four workshops) Aerodynamic principals, kite history, demonstrations and kite building.

The Polar Express (students read the book and then ride the train)

Community Education- Arts and Humanities

Kentucky Humanities Speaker Bureau

• Loyal Jones – Appalachian History and Values
• Bill Evans - History of the Banjo
• Roberta Bird - Shaker Songs
• Diane Watkins on Janice Holt Giles
• James C. Klotter – Is Kentucky Southern?
• Lynwood Montell - Kentucky Ghosts
• Gwen Henderson - Kentucky Indians
• David Dick – A Popular Biography
• Ernie Tucker - Appalachian Homespun Humor

Kentucky Humanities “Chautauqua” Series

• Lilly Mae Ledford (portrayed by Sandy Harmon)
• Simon Kenton (portrayed by Mel Hankla)
• John C. C. Mayo - Kentucky  Coal Baron
• John Breckinridge
• Mary Breckinridge - Carol Crow
• Jesse Stuart - James Lowe

Wolfe County Master Musicians Award

"Where Art Meets Ed"- three to five day Professional Development for teachers (annual event for five years)

Professionalism in Writing with Bob Sloan

 Community Education- Workshops and Meetings

 Domestic Violence Workshop (Appalshop Roadside Theater and others)

Safety Workshop with Wolfe County Adult Education/Family Literacy Program

Sam McKinney - Clay Sculpting

Stained Glass Workshops with Maria Lainhart I, II, III

Living History Gathering at the Jot ‘em Down (two sessions)

Pickin' Place- Old Time Traditional Music

Storytelling Workshop with Kaye Birchfield and Tamara Coffey

Hazel Green Writer's Meeting

World Servants (week-long gatherings of students for community service)

Hazel Green Academy Alumni Homecoming (annual event)

Wise Village Workshop

Sidney Farr and Virginia Carney Writer's Workshop

Arts at the Academy- Annual showcase and demonstrations by local artists

Camp Create I, II (four day children's Art camp)

Early Childhood Workshop for CAP Employees

WCAA Meetings and Board Meetings

Appalachian Heritage Highway Meeting

CAP Safety Meeting

Quilting Workshop (weekly)

Mountain Parkway Corridor Tourism Meeting

Michigan Methodists Volunteers (two weeks)

Kentucky Arts Council and Arts Kentucky Meeting

Various Family Reunions

Various meetings for local groups

"Coffee, Tea and Poetry"- A Reading By Rebecca Bailey

World Servants Community Carnival

Jewelry Making – Saturday Session

Basketmaking – Saturday Session

Paper Marbling and Bookmaking with Clara Keyes – Saturday Session

Lecture Series

Growing Orchids with Tom Jennings

Climbing Mt. Vinson in Antarctica with Martin Douthitt

Solar Energy with Josh Bills (courtesy Organic Gardeners)

RFK in Appalachia (An Appalshop project. Local partners are AHA and Wolfe County Library. A re-enactment performance of Robert Kennedy's senate sub-committee meeting in Wolfe County is scheduled for the fall of 2004)

Classes- Current and Former

Ballet Classes with Kentucky Ballet Theater (three age divisions)

Table Tennis instruction with Byron Risner

GED

Yoga with Renee Powell

Stained Glass with Maria Lainhart

Hazel Green Academy Quilters

Basket Making- Round Bottom Basket with Janine Musser

Basket Making- Egg Basket with Janine Musser

Dream Maker with Pearl Morris

Candle Making with Pam Meade

Fiddle with Jamie Wells

Fiddle with Greg Moore

Children's Music with David Musser

Dulcimer for Fourth and Fifth Grade Students

Children's Art with Kaye Birchfield

Watercolors with Marlene Strong

Photography with Joe Boone

Stone Carving with Fred Ostrem

Jewelry Making with Susan Tipton

Creative Movement with Dale Gutman

Mandolin and Fiddle with Don Rigsby

Old Time Banjo with David Musser

Dulcimer with David Musser

"Mommy and Me Pottery" with Sandra McGuire

Pottery with Janell Osbourne

Ornament Making

Pottery with Sandra McGuire

Egg Painting with Renee Powell

Christmas Wreath Making

Drawing with Chris Nolin

Watercolors with Catherine Wells

Knitting with Renee Powell

Theater Games for Children with Brannin Musser

Children's Art Classes with Tom Dant

Drawing with Debi Horton

Quilting with Betty and Alice

Aerobics Classes

Song Writing with Kiya Heartwood

Karate

Drawing with Ava Risner

Creative Writing with Becky Bailey

Quilting at the UK Extension Office

  Projects

Swift Creek Arts and Crafts Gallery.  Venue for area artists and crafts people to show, demonstrate and sell their work. Located in downtown Campton, KY.

Eastern Kentucky Heritage Monument Project. The Appalachian Heritage Alliance has been the driving force behind this amazing project. The Mountain Parkways Trails Corridor, a division of Southern and Eastern Kentucky Tourism and Development Association representing Estill, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley, Powell, and Wolfe Counties, has embraced the Monument as an economic development priority.  

Rediscover Bicycle America- Joe Bowen retraces his historic 14,000 mile bicycle ride across America. This time he teaches an on-line class to the students of Eastern Kentucky. 

Governor Bert T. Combs Statue Project. The AHA is helping in the grass-roots initiative to honor the memory and legacy of Bert T. Combs with a life-sized bronze statue. 

Appalachian Festival. A partnership with the University of Kentucky Appalachian Center and the Lexington Public Library.

Music in the Park. This partnership with area civic and business organizations brings live local bands to perform free traditional and Bluegrass music in Campton, KY, on Thursday evenings throughout the summer.

Swift Creek Quilter's Guild. Local quilters of all ability levels gather every other Tuesday morning for quilting. Current group project is the making of lap quilts to donate to the Nursing Home. This is a partnership with the University of Kentucky Extension Service Office.

Friends of the Red River / KY River Authority.