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Photographer Walter Aegerter was associated with which town?
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West Virginia State University's art gallery is named for this person.
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This statewide organization began as the Charleston Art Association in 1930.
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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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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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This West Virginia first lady played a leading role in Mountain Artisans, a cooperative quilting business.
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Rufus "Red" Ribble was best known for his photographs of what?
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West Virginia's oldest known statue, located in Morgantown, depicts which U.S. founder?
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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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