Book reading and signing - June 17th from 2 PM to 4PM. Come to The Inn at Warm Springs to meet our Guest Speaker, author of Dancing at the Warm Springs Hotel. Read more for details.

A look back at 2022 by Kathleen Curtis Wilson.

Keynote Presentation: Kathleen Curtis Wilson Monday July 18th 2022 - 7 PM to 9 PM Tickets: $73 or Free with CVP, includes dinner, cash bar available After 25 years documenting the hand woven textiles in Southern Appalachia, Kathleen Curtis Wilson has a treasure trove of photographs and stories to share, including photographs of a rare bed rug, a woven quilt made by two enslaved women in Tennessee, and a suit of clothing made of fabric woven c. 1820 in North Carolina. She will share the fascinating story of two Appalachian women who wove the furnishings for the Lincoln bedroom in the Woodrow Wilson White House and show a few images of the crafts made during the earliest years of the settlement school movement. With every piece of cloth, the history of the region is revealed. Kathleen will present a visual tour of the talent and diversity of the strong, resilient men and women who settled in Southern Appalachia.

From Enslavement to Entrepreneurship in Appalachian Virginia. Beautiful and sassy, Alice Bolden was used to getting her own way. One hot summer day in 1932, she sashayed out of her family’s home in the black community of West Warm Springs, Virginia, wearing shorts. Her mother, Elizabeth Morris Bolden, looked up from her gardening. Mother and daughter locked eyes.