Master artist Dorothy Thompson (top) with apprentice, JoAnn Gardner, work at a loom in Dorothy’s "loom barn." Dorothy has taught numerous persons to weave including two people within the West Virginia Folk Art Apprenticeship Program. Dorothy was nominated for a National Heritage Fellowship by the Augusta Heritage Center and received that prestigious award in 2000.                                                                                             (A10990)

Master artist Tom Lynch (right), works with Lonnie Bender at the old Linger Chair Shop in Upshur County. Tom himself apprenticed to chair makers of the Linger family over twenty-five years ago. Bender has recently refurbished the old chair shop, and Tom is showing him techniques in the same shop and on the same old machinery on which he learned.                        (A201C)

Joe Gainer works with apprentice, Rose Miller, in the craft of white oak basketry. Rose had some basket weaving skills, but had not used white oak. Through the apprenticeship, Rose learned how to apply her skills to working with white oak, the most common traditional material in West Virginia.                                                                                         (FA800Q)

Joe Herrmann works with master fiddler, Israel Welch, at Israel’s mountain top home in Mineral County. Israel retains a large repertoire of traditional tunes from the eastern panhandle country. An accomplished fiddler himself, Joe is now passing those tunes to others.                                  (M1097F)