Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
Spring 4-2024
College/Unit
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department/Program/Center
Center for Resilient Communities
Faculty Sponsor
Dr. Bradley Wilson
Abstract
Since 2020, the WVU Center for Resilient Communities and RiffRaff Arts Collective (RRAC) have worked in partnership to advance action research on arts-based development in Appalachia. RiffRaff Arts Collective inspires and empowers the arts and creativity in downtown Princeton, West Virginia, Southern WV and the Appalachian region. For 20 years the RRAC have drawn upon the power of music and the arts to promote healing, growth and transformation in small towns. By providing venues for expression and producing events and experiences that inspire and uplift, the RRAC is helping to reestablish the social and economic vitality of their neighborhood, the Mercer Street Grassroots District.
Digital Commons Citation
Blackburn, Kylie; Heinlein, Ben; Wilson, Bradley; McKinney, Lori; and RiffRaff Arts Collective, Princeton WV, "Creative Economies, Inclusive Communities: Arts-Based Development in West Virginia" (2024). Undergraduate Scholarship. 6.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/ugscholarship/6