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art deserts of Appalachian, so it works in partnership with other community entities.
The superintendent of the ESC traveled to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, to invite
Arrowmont to field test their outreach program in Ohio. Previously, a group of
teachers from the ESC had traveled through Tennessee and stopped at the Arrowmont
School to learn about Appalachian folk crafts. Three teachers participated in the
Arrowmont teacher in-service workshop the same year.
The ESC secured the support of the local superintendents and principals to offer
the Art Camp to area students. Camp space, kitchen staff, and food for breakfast
and lunch were provided by the area career-technical center. The ESC reimbursed
the local districts for fuel and a bus driver to transport students to the workshop.
Additionally, the ESC contracted with one teacher per middle school to recruit
students for the camp, managed all 45 student enrollment forms, processed payroll
timesheets, and paid local teachers to supervise the students. ArtReach paid the art
instructors to teach their crafts and provided all the art supplies and related tools.

Teachers
Amie received an art education degree from Millersville University in
Pennsylvania and previously taught art for Grades PreK–12 in public schools in
Delaware and Southern Maryland. She is currently a clay and printmaking instructor
at Carnegie Hall in Lewisburg, West Virginia,
for the Carnegie Classrooms and Kid’s College
The staff also seek to connect the programs. Amie finds most of her creative
inspiration from looking at nature, photography,
art to the experience of multiple and others’ artwork.

Courtney is an artist based in Pittsburgh,
generations of the families they Pennsylvania. Originally from southeastern
serve. Ohio, Courtney grew up with a lifelong passion
for jewelry making. She founded her business,
Dainty Prairie, in 2020 and has since sold more
than 2,200 handmade products. Her products
include needle-felted jewelry, preserved flower jewelry, and handmade vinyl stickers.
Courtney has taught several beginner needle-felting workshops in the southeastern
Ohio area.
Maia is a jeweler and small business owner (Safran Everyday) based in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Maia graduated from Tufts University in 2008 with a
degree in biology and community health and completed an MFA in metals from
SUNY New Paltz in 2015. She received training in jewelry and metals from various
craft schools, including Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Pocosin Arts, Penland
School of Arts and Crafts, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. She teaches
craft workshops around the country and works out of her studio in the Brewhouse
Association in Pittsburgh.
Talcon is an artist, educator, and folk-medicine maker residing in southeastern
Ohio, where she was raised as was her father’s family for many generations before
her. Beyond being an experienced craftsperson for more than 30 years and running her
own business, Talcon has completed multiple programs in herbalism, wildcrafting,
wilderness survival skills, and full spectrum doula work. Talcon is committed to the
use of ethically harvested materials that she processes by hand.
Lisa moved to Athens, Ohio, 30 years ago and currently owns Southeast Ohio
Fiberworks, a yarn business in which she collects and processes local wool in

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