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Parkersburg's A. P. Donaghho was known for what types of products?
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Roane County artist Jeff Fetty is known for his work in this field.
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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 artist designed the West Virginia Veterans' Memorial and Military Women's Memorial at the State Capitol.
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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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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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What museum hosts the biennial West Virginia Juried Exhibition?
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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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For three decades, artist Chris Dutch worked with this Charleston artist on award-winning mixed media pieces.
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