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Art and Artists

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This Upshur County artist was known for detailed wood sculptures.
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Which of these artists was named a National Heritage Fellow in 2000?
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Which Martinsburg native made some of the earliest-known sketches of Seneca Rocks and the Canaan Valley?
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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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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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What year was the first Mountain State Art & Craft Fair held at Cedar Lakes?
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During the Civil War, this 12-year-old future artist guided U.S. troops to an important river landing in Parkersburg.
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The Madonna of the Trail statue in this West Virginia city is one of 12 identical statues across the country honoring America’s pioneering women
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