The Beehive Design Collective will be in Chattanooga to release its “True Cost of Coal” graphic campaign.
Four members of the Beehive Collective will present a "Picture-Lecture" in which they tell stories described in their huge graphic, an elaborate narrative illustration that explores the complex story of mountaintop removal coal mining and the broader impacts of coal.
The image is the culmination of an intensive, collaborative research process. To make the poster, the Beehive interviewed hundreds of community members throughout the Appalachian region.
The Bees craft these stories into visual metaphors, weave them together in a patchwork “quilt,” and share them with audiences as a larger-than-life banner.
The Beehive’s picture-lectures prompt discussion and understanding of contemporary struggles about energy and coal, while honoring the deep legacy of the Appalachian experience.
The Bees are currently on a tour of Appalachia and have stops all over Eastern Tennessee. This is part of a national tour that was launched at Appalachia Rising, national day of action to END MTR in Washington, D.C., last month.
Upon seeing the graphic, Tanya Turner of Pineville, Ky., said, “This image is changing Appalachia. Appalachians are taking back Appalachia and this image is a tool for that change.”
Picture-Lecture
Saturday, Oct. 23
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Green/Spaces
63 E. Main Street
Chattanooga
Free
Potluck
Sunday, Oct. 24
1 p.m.
Sequatchie Valley Institute
@Moonshadow
1233 Cartwright Loop
Whitwell, Tn. 37397
Donations/sliding-scale
Picture-Lecture
Monday, Oct. 25
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Chattanooga State
Humanities Building Lobby
Free
Sponsored by Sequatchie Valley Institute and Cherokee Sierra.