James Gooch

Date of Graduation

2017

Document Type

Problem/Project Report

Degree Type

MS

College

Reed College of Media

Department

Reed College of Media

Committee Chair

John Temple

Committee Co-Chair

Dana Coester

Committee Member

Bradley Freeman

Committee Member

Rosalie Peck

Abstract

Removal Notice – Gooch, James Painting the Horizon: A Look at Art, Community, and Identity in Appalachia:

https://doi.org/10.33915/etd.7181 ; https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/7181

Removed to protect the privacy of project participants.

Painting the Horizon: A Look at Art, Community, and Identity in Appalachia highlights the lives and careers of five native West Virginian artists from around the state. Focusing on the many ways art has enriched their personal lives, this professional multimedia project also seeks to demonstrate how these individuals—as mentors and teachers—are using art to generate positive change, a stronger sense of community, and revolutionize the cities and towns they call home. Showcasing the best of West Virginia, Painting the Horizon aspires to make a lasting contribution to the information already available on culture and art in terms of identity, community, and therapy in Appalachia. By following the models of civic and community journalism, it seeks to inform audiences of the talented and devoted artists living in the Mountain State, as well as the inherent power art possesses to make an enduring, positive impact in rural Appalachian communities. Painting the Horizon will be published on a subsite hosted by the digital publication 100 Days in Appalachia; it will include written stories composed by the project author, audio excerpts from each interview, as well as a selection of original photographs and sample artwork provided by the subjects.

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Removal Notice – Gooch, James Painting the Horizon: A Look at Art, Community, and Identity in Appalachia:

https://doi.org/10.33915/etd.7181 ; https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/7181

Removed to protect the privacy of project participants.

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