Author: Christina Hogue
Major Program: Quality Arts Engagement & Experiences
Expanding Monroe County Homemakers One Basket at a TimeThe Basket Club is the newest Monroe County Homemakers club. Although the club does not have a strong heritage in the community, it does have many excited participants each month! The club has grown since it officially became a homemaker’s club in the fall of 2022. Basket enthusiasts from across the region poured i
Author: Kristy Porter
In 2017, with the help of volunteer leaders, Pike County Extension Community Arts began Pikeville Poetry, to gather people to write poetry and share writing-related events together.Until 2020, Pikeville Poetry hosted dozens of writing workshops at both Extension and other various local locations, such as art stores and coffee shops. Pikeville Poetry even helped organize several local events, such as participating in 100 Thousand Poets for Change, part of the largest poetry reading in history wit
FMD (Functional Mental Disability) classrooms are full of excited, talented students. In 2021, Sue Akers, a Pike County 4-H program assistant, used her network connections from previous work at Belfry area schools to recognize and introduce this group of young people to 4-H programming. After an initial visit with one FMD class, this idea soon expanded to regular monthly visits with several FMD programs across the county. In Fall 2022, Sue approached the Pike County Community Arts team, say
