Cassie Chambers Armstrong’s Hill Women reads as a faux-response to Vance’s polemic against the region: coming from Berea and growing up in Owsley County, she understands that poverty has largely been a policy problem, and that the people struggling in this region deserve community-level support rather than nationwide castigation.
Read MoreIn 2011, the groundwork began coming together for an ambitious project at The University of Louisville to archive Louisville’s underground music culture from the 1970’s to present day. At the helm of the project were people who lived it; zine makers, musicians, photographers, and fans.
Read MorePerry Bacon, Jr., a Kentucky native and resident, has worked to combat this growing distrust of the news media.
Read MoreA Lead Flight System Engineer for the Europa Clipper Mission at NASA, Tracy Drain has fearlessly maintained the significance of scientific progress by breaking down barriers.
Read MoreUsing aerosol paint, acrylics, pastels and sprayed on oils, Keltie Ferris creates captivating arrangements of color and marks that seem reminiscent of something familiar to the audience, but not quite.
Read MoreNikkia Rhodes’ career today encapsulates the intersection of her two central passions: cooking and teaching. And if you take even a glimpse into her past, it’s clear how the recipe for her success was written early.
Read MoreDamaris Phillips would eventually rise to global fame in the culinary world, always keeping Kentucky as the backdrop to her clever and intricate dishes.
Read MoreAt the forefront of this turn in the visual arts is Louisville native David Cook, aka Bonethrower, who actively subverts and pushes against pop cultural notions of artmaking and art consumption.
Read MoreFrom reviving classic outlaw music to feature length anime films, two Kentucky musicians are harnessing their talents to take a wrecking ball to the prevailing narrative about their homeland.
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