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Photographer Walter Aegerter was associated with which town?
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Which of the following skills is artist Jude Binder NOT known for?
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Parkersburg's A. P. Donaghho was known for what types of products?
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This Upshur County artist was known for detailed wood sculptures.
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Which one of these is based on stitching fabric?
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Which of these artists was named a National Heritage Fellow in 2000?
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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 Charleston-based artist helped outfit the state Centennial showboat Rhododendron and curate the 1968 Appalachian Corridors exhibition.
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West Virginia's oldest known statue, located in Morgantown, depicts which U.S. founder?
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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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