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The Youghiogheny Forest Colony for artists was located in what county?
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This artist was known for his sketches of the Civil War.
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This statewide organization began as the Charleston Art Association in 1930.
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This Huntington expressionist abstract painter was the subject of the first retrospective of a West Virginia artist's work ever exhibited at the Culture Center in Charleston.
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What year was the first Mountain State Art & Craft Fair held at Cedar Lakes?
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Renowned architect Walter Gropius designed additions to this West Virginia museum?
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Rufus "Red" Ribble was best known for his photographs of what?
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A statue of which person stands outside the Mingo County Courthouse?
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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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This Summers County potter plays music while he works and says his glaze differs based on the type of music he's playing at the time.
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