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In what city was Thomas Anshutz's painting The Ironworkers' Noontime set?
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Which one of these is based on stitching fabric?
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The Youghiogheny Forest Colony for artists was located in what county?
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This Clarksburg native designed the central element of the Korean War Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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This Cedar Grove native won the Governor's Award at the West Virginia Juried Exhibition three times and the Award of Excellence at Huntington Museum of Art's Exhibition 280.
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In 1997, this artist became the first West Virginia woman ever to receive a federal commission for art, for two paintings at the IRS National Computing Center in Martinsburg.
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This Parkersburg native was known for his paintings of golf courses and wildlife and established the first West Virginia chapters of Ducks Unlimited, National Ruffed Grouse Society, and Quail Unlimited.
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In the 1950s, West Virginia's Future Homemakers and Future Farmers clubs raised funds to build the Crafts House at this place.
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What year was the first Mountain State Art & Craft Fair held at Cedar Lakes?
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When this work won the top art prize for the 1963 Centennial, Charleston Mayor John Shanklin called it "atrocious."
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