Winter 2025-26 People & Mountains

This issue of the magazine profiles our 2025 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship showcases, the frontier fort archaeology of Kim and Stephen McBride, and three Revolutionary War generals from what is now West Virginia.

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The West Virginia Humanities Council's grantmaking remains paused at this time. Grant opportunities will remain paused unless and until federal funding is restored through the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).


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Meet the 2024-25 Folklife Apprenticeship Pairs

This program celebrates and supports traditional artists in passing on cultural knowledge, stories, and techniques to their apprentices.

Meet the apprenticeship participants »

Watch the 2022-23 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Showcases

If you missed the showcases last fall, you can now watch the recordings on the West Virginia Folklife YouTube channel.

Watch all three showcases »

Grafton Monster Pin!

New Council GEM (Give Every Month) members who donate $5 or more per month will receive this exclusive pin. We’d love your support!

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West Virginia National Cemeteries Project

The Humanities Council works with high schools students to research and write biographies of veterans

Find out more about the project »

Please support the historic MacFarland-Hubbard House, our headquarters. The property serves as an active programming venue, and is itself an important community landmark.

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Our Golden Anniversary

In 2024, we celebrated our 50th anniversary. Check out some of the grant projects we've funded and programs we've sponsored since 1974.

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Celebrating America250 with 25 years of Little Lectures!

Check out our 2026 lineup »

The Broad Side April 2025 Issue

A Taste of Times Past: Collecting Cookbooks around the Mountain State

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Exploring the imaginary landscape of West Virginia through the lens of genre fiction and folklore

Listen to the podcast here »

This Week in West Virginia History

Visit wvpublic.org to hear This Week in West Virginia History, a collaboration between e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia and West Virginia Public Broadcasting.

The West Virginia Humanities Council serves West Virginia through grants and direct programs in the humanities. Formed in 1974 at the invitation of the National Endowment for the Humanities, it is the principal organization promoting the humanities in West Virginia.

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