IKT Post Congress 2022 | Appalachia | 19 - 21 September 2022

Traveling to Eastern Kentucky for two nights, the program of the IKT Post Congress 2022 will include visits to artist studios, institutions such as the Kentucky Artisan Center, Appalachian school of Luthiery, and Appalshop, a 50-year-old multimedia studio. Appalachia is a vast area that stretches from southern New York to north Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. It encompasses 420 counties across 13 states, spans 205,000 square miles, and is home to some 25 million people. Appalachian Kentucky is a microcosm of the region as a whole and is emblematic of a relationship the region has had with the rest of the United States, similar geographically to many places elsewhere in the world.

Appalachian culture is a way of life that dates back to the 1700s, when Europeans began immigrating to America in greater numbers. The culture is diverse and multicultural as people came from all over to settle in the mountains and work the mines. You will hear what artists and curators have to say about life in the mountains in these times, meet local personalities, see and experience visually compelling work, and enjoy the beautiful serenity of the 9th oldest mountain range in the world.