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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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The Youghiogheny Forest Colony for artists was located in what county?
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This Morgantown native was a teacher and administrator at Charleston's Mason College of Music & Fine Arts and had her work exhibited at the National Museum of Women and the Arts and the West Virginia State Museum.
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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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This Sutton-based artist designed the statue of Robert C. Byrd in the West Virginia State Capitol and a bronze memorial to Hawks Nest Tunnel victims at Tamarack in Beckley.
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Renowned architect Walter Gropius designed additions to this West Virginia museum?
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In what city is the Stifel Fine Arts Center located?
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Warps and wefts are associated with what art form?
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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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