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West Virginia State University's art gallery is named for this person.
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This photographer edited Wonderful West Virginia magazine for many years.
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What 19th-century Martinsburg-based artist sketched scenes of John Brown's hanging and the Civil War?
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Artist Helen Chilton's best-known work involves what subject matter?
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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 Huntington artist designed 80 U.S. postage stamps.
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Gutzon Borglum, who designed the statue of Collis P. Huntington in Huntington, is best known for designing what landmark?
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Warps and wefts are associated with what art form?
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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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