The Augusta Heritage Center of Davis and Elkins College (West Virginia) was established in 1973 as a community-sponsored workshop program and has continued since 1980 as a college affiliated, nonprofit organization. Rooted in local traditions, the center supports folk-related activities and sponsors in-state programs and research, primarily through the West Virginia Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program. This publication describes the apprenticeship program, explores various aspects of West Virginia folk art and folklife, and profiles master artists who instruct apprentices. The following areas are examined: (1) folk music and instruments; (2) dance (square dances, ethnic dances, and step dancing or clogging); (3) traditional handicrafts, such as fiddle and dulcimer making, basket weaving, quilting, chair caning, and weaving; (4) decorative folk art, such as wood carving, interior decoration, cross stitching, and Ukrainian Easter egg decoration; (5) local food specialties and traditional food preparation; (6) traditional farming practices; (7) ethnic traditions in West Virginia; (8) folk speech and oral tradition; (9) folk songs; (10) folk tales; and (11) traditional beliefs, proverbs, and superstitions. A final section describes programs and activities of the Augusta Heritage Center, including requirements and benefits of the apprenticeship program, research and documentation projects, publications and recordings, community outreach efforts, and public presentations and workshops. This publication contains many photographs. (SV)