Environment
Present Ghosts: River Valley
In this graphic series, artist Nina Elder reinterprets archival photographs of the River Valley to look past its industrial development.
Two Rumfords
Media artists Steve Norton & N.B.Aldrich capture the relationship of the River Valley’s infrastructure and environment.
The River Valley’s Other Working Landscape
In a series of watercolors, artist Tom Leytham documents the industrial ruins of this working-class community.
Mill Supply: Making Paper and Maintaining the Technological Sublime
Aaron Cayer revisits the architectural history of the paper mill and the ways in which the mill building has long dominated and organized the River Valley.
River Valley Cancer Yearbook
Kerri Arsenault collects the health stories of River Valley residents to make visible the mill’s toxic legacies.
Striking Bodies: Aligning Public Spaces
Aaron Cayer describes the River Valley’s long history of worker protests and strikes.
Body
Our bodies form the base unit for action, empowerment, freedom, and joy, writes literary critic John Freeman.
Maine’s River Valley: Labor, Landscapes, and Legacies
Aaron Cayer and Kerri Arsenault introduce Maine’s River Valley, its natural beauty, and the paper mill that has long-defined this community.
Difficult Terrain: The History of West Virginia’s Infrastructure
Caroline Filice Smith argues that the state should begin to view its land as a critical infrastructure.
Vacant Lots to Urban Farms: Food Justice in Appalachia
Rebecca Kiger shares a photographic essay documenting urban farm Grow Ohio Valley.