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In what city was Thomas Anshutz's painting The Ironworkers' Noontime set?
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This Upshur County artist was known for detailed wood sculptures.
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This Kanawha County native sculpted a bear on the former West Virginia Tech campus at Montgomery, a beaver at Bluefield High School, and a madonna and child in a Kanawha Valley church.
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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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A street on Charleston's West Side is named for this artist.
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In 1852, a group of artists documented scenic sites in what would become West Virginia while riding on this railroad.
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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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George Kossuth was a noted photographer in this city.
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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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