Video Released from AppIndies' One Vision/Many Voices Project

Mountain City Traditional Arts is proud to have been part of this project!

Wherever Rivers Flow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlim77QidkE&feature=player_detailpage

 

 A video by filmmaker Mike Snyder of Independent Pictures showcasing the original song, “Wherever Rivers Flow,” wraps up a year-long community visioning and art project produced by the Appalachian Independent, appindie.org based out of Frostburg, Maryland . With support from the Maryland Humanities Council, Allegany Arts Council, the Appalachian Regional Commission’s Teaching Project, Allegany College of Maryland and Frostburg State University, the “One Vision Many Voice” project encouraged area residents to consider the question, “What do we most value in the region and how can we retain those values while moving toward a more sustainable future?” Presentations, film screenings and discussions were produced as part of the project, and community members contributed quilt squares depicting their visions of the region. Using those squares, The Cumberland Piece Makers Quilting Club crafted two large quilts and the squares provided inspiration for mountain residents and children from Frostburg’s Beall Elementary whom worked with the duo Magpie to write a song, “Wherever Rivers Flow.” Snyder’s video, the song, and the quilts produced are the culmination of the efforts of hundreds of voices. They are tangible markers of a community’s One Vision, Many Voices.