Interview with Peggy Petrocy

Dublin Core

Title

Interview with Peggy Petrocy

Subject

Art -- Study and teaching
Artists
Community development
Economic development
Petrocy, Peggy
Small cities

Description

Peggy Petrocy is an artist who sells her artwork almost exclusively in Elkin, NC. Petrocy discusses the challenges and successes that she faced growing up, how she settled in a small rural community, the support she receives from the local community, the different demographics who buy her art, and the correlation between small local artists and historic downtown areas.

Creator

Petrocy, Peggy

Source

WCU Oral History Collection - Introduction to Oral History

Date

2023-04-05

Contributor

Freeman, Nicole

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

sound recordings
transcripts

Language

eng

Type

Sound
Text

Identifier

71833
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/71833

Spatial Coverage

Elkin (N.C.)
Surry County (N.C.)

Extent

0:28:16(duration)
12(pages)

Is Part Of

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina

Citation

Petrocy, Peggy, “Interview with Peggy Petrocy,” OAI, accessed April 30, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/71833.