Where stories became legacy

Keep up with the Mountain Workshops

What began as a class trip in 1976 became a movement in visual storytelling. For nearly five decades, Western Kentucky University’s Mountain Workshops have brought storytellers and communities together to honor everyday life through powerful images, video and words.

The Mountain Archive

Choose a town to explore through stories.

2020's

Photo by Mountain Workshops
Maysville | Mason County | 2025

Williamsburg | Whitley County

Oct 22 - Oct 26Feels Like Home
2024

Paris | Bourbon County

Oct 24 - Oct 28Horses. History. Hospitality.
2023

Leitchfield | Grayson County

Oct 18 - Oct 22A Community Devoted
2022

Remote | Nation Wide

Oct 19 - Oct 23Storytelling Across America
2021

COVID | Remote Lecture Series

Sep 12 - Sep 12Mountain Sessions
2020

1990's

Photo by Unknown Photographer
Columbia | 1992

Central City

Where Paradise Lay
1999

Franklin

tbd
1998

Russellville

Oct 7 - Oct 11tbd
1997

Campbellsville

TBD
1996

Smithville, Tennessee

TBD
1995

Glasgow

TBD
1994

Jamestown, Tennessee

TBD
1993