The Ruins Project
by Rachel SagerThe Ruins Project
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Contemporary mosaic artists and long-dead coal miners telling stories together on the ruins of an abandoned Pennsylvania coal operation
Free Subscription Benefits
- The stories that change you. Weekly essays from the intersection of mosaic, coal, and what it means to make marks that last.
Paid Subcription Benefits
- First chance to be a part of open calls for Ruins art. Live updates on the memoir as it comes into the world. Plus hundreds of archived essays you can fall into for days.
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- $6 a month
- $65 a year
About Rachel Sager
Appalachian artist. Owner and Curator of The Ruins Project.
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