Food Justice in Appalachia
An exhibit by WVU Libraries in partnership with the WVU Food Justice Lab and the WVU Center for Resilient Communities.
Exhibition Dates:
Online Launch: August 2021
Print exhibition at WVU Downtown Campus Library: August 2021-June 2022
General submissions have been closed.
Food, Nutrition during COVID in Appalachia: Call for Elementary and Junior/High School Creative Work Thru April 28, 2021
For inclusion in an exhibit by WVU Libraries in partnership with the WVU Food Justice Lab and the WVU Center for Resilient Communities. For information see the project outline here.
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Exhibition Partnership/Collaborative opportunities: To cross promote departments, programs, institutes, projects, etc.: If your department, program or organization would be interested in co-sponsoring the exhibit and programming, a modest amount would help us do this. Sponsors help us fund the exhibition design, printing and installation, events (opening reception, speaker events, panel discussions), publicity (postcard), travel (exhibit will travel through West Virginia) and programming. Sponsors are recognized in highly visible ways. Special poster printing and distribution: A poster with a visually interesting infographic to include logos of all supporters will be distributed regionally to all supporters, contributors, artists, food justice interest groups, and many local restaurants. For more information see our outline of sponsorship levels here or contact Paula Martinelli, paula.martinelli@mail.wvu.edu.
The exhibit will also become a digital exhibit living on the WVU Libraries' website and archived on The Research Repository at WVU.
Questions? Questions: Lead Curator: Sally Brown Deskins, WVU Libraries' Exhibits Coordinator, 304.293.0369, email
Scholarly Consultants:
- Joshua Lohnes Food Policy Research Director
- Emily Tingler Graduate Research Assistant
- Information on Art in the Libraries
- Information on WVU Food Justice Lab
Art by Gerardo Valera, courtesy WVU Food Justice Lab