Interview Summary

Barbara Church discusses the history of the Ovenfork Mercantile, which she owns and operates, including moving a cabin there from Bad Branch Falls which had been built in the 1860s. She talks about her paintings, which address domestic violence. She also relates how she learned to bottom chairs in her family. She discusses the WING (Women's Initiative Networking Group), a MACED project (Mountain Association for Community Economic Development).

Interview Accession

2016oh489_aky007

Interviewee Name

Barbara Church

Interviewer Name

Joy Gritton

Interview Date

2011-03-21

Interview LC Subject

Letcher County (Ky.) Artists

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Church, Barbara Interview by Joy Gritton. 21 Mar. 2011. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Church, B. (2011, March 21). Interview by J. Gritton. Artists of Kentucky: Eastern Kentucky Women Artists Working for Social Change Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Church, Barbara, interview by Joy Gritton. March 21, 2011, Artists of Kentucky: Eastern Kentucky Women Artists Working for Social Change Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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