West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History to Host Exhibition Opening and Awards Ceremony at Culture Center
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The 23rd biennial West Virginia Juried Exhibition will open at the Culture Center, State Capitol Complex in Charleston, along with an awards ceremony, on Sunday, Nov. 5, at 2 p.m. Sixty-six West Virginia artists were selected for the exhibit, which will feature 89 pieces, including painting, drawing, mixed media, craft, photography, digital art, sculpture and print. Thirty counties are represented in the show.
The exhibit opening reception and awards ceremony is free and open to the public. The exhibit will remain at the Culture Center until Feb. 10, 2024.
“The West Virginia Juried Exhibition continues its tradition of presenting the best of our state’s well-known and emerging artists,” said West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History Curator Randall Reid-Smith. “This exhibition is supported by one of the nation’s largest endowments for juried exhibitions, allowing the department to collect contemporary art for the State Museum collection.”
At the opening reception, the department will announce the exhibition award winners. Governor’s Award winners will receive $5,000 for their work. Award of Excellence winners will receive $2,000 for their work. These are purchase awards, and the art will become part of the West Virginia State Museum’s permanent contemporary art collection.
Merit Awards of $500 each will also be presented that afternoon.
For more information, contact Rachel Keeney, exhibits coordinator for the department, at (304) 558-0220 or Rachel.M.Keeney@wv.gov.
The following artists, by county, will be featured in the exhibition:
Barbour
Kylie Proudfoot-Payne, Belington – Painting
Berkeley
Daniele Piasecki, Martinsburg – Mixed Media
Boone
Judy Foxx, Madison – Painting
Braxton
Steve Balcourt, Exchange – Photography
Patrick Facemire, Gassaway – Painting
Brooke
Herb Weaver, Bethany – Mixed Media
Cabell
Mary Chaney, Huntington – Painting
Vernon Howell, Barboursville – Mixed Media
Larry Mayne, Huntington – Sculpture
Don McDowell, Huntington – Mixed Media
Larry Sumpter, Culloden – Painting
Clay
Brian Reed, Ivydale – Painting
Doddridge
Beth Crowder, West Union – Painting
Fayette
Kevin Umbel, Fayetteville – Painting
Greenbrier
Kelsie Tyson, Ronceverte – Crafts
John Williams, Renick – Sculpture
Hampshire
Susan Feller, Augusta – Crafts
Jackson
Debbie Sisson, Ripley – Painting
Jefferson
Bruce Fransen, Harpers Ferry – Sculpture
Kanawha
Dick Allowatt, St. Albans – Mixed Media
Edward Grose, South Charleston – Crafts
Sharon Harms, Charleston – Painting
Frederick Hays, Elkview – Painting
Thorney Lieberman, South Charleston – Photography
Chet Lowther, Charleston – Painting
Lynn Payne, Charleston – Painting
Shannon Scott, Charleston – Print
David Simmons, Charleston – Painting
Lesa Smith, Charleston – Painting
Michael Teel, St. Albans – Painting
Marion
Derek Overfield, Fairmont – Painting
Greg Satterfield, Fairmont – Painting
Liuqing Ruth Yang, Fairmont – Painting
Marshall
Betsy Cox, Glen Dale – Crafts
Mercer
John Coffey, Princeton – Painting
Leiane Gibson, Bluefield – Photography
Mingo
Clayborn Dotson, Williamson – Crafts
Monongalia
Nancy Abrams, Morgantown – Photography
Molly Davis, Morgantown – Sculpture
Stephen Lawson, Morgantown – Photography
Connie Moeller, Morgantown – Painting
Monroe
Donald Earley, Greenville – Mixed Media
Jesus Perez, Alderson – Photography
Jo Perez, Alderson – Crafts
Nicholas
Cecil Ybanez, Richwood – Painting/Mixed Media
Ohio
Brian Fencl, Wheeling – Painting
Robert Villamagna, Wheeling – Mixed Media
Thomas Wharton, Wheeling – Painting
Mindi Yarbrough, Wheeling – Painting
Pleasants
Karen Chamblin, Belmont – Painting
Putnam
Pat Cross, Eleanor – Painting
Cathy Fulks-Thomas, Winfield – Mixed Media
Ryan Kennedy, Poca – Drawing
Raleigh
S. Benita Goode, Beckley – Drawing
David Green, Crab Orchard – Photography
Tammy McGraw, Beckley – Photography
Nicole Suptic, White Oak – Drawing
Randolph
Kilsong Cox, Elkins – Photography
David Johnston, Dryfork – Photography
Taylor
Best Keener-Flanery, Grafton – Crafts
Tucker
John Ryan Brubaker, Thomas – Photography
Kimberly Trathen, Thomas – CraftsUpshur
Suzan Morgan, Buckhannon – Mixed Media
Wood
Mike Danko, Parkersburg – Crafts
Christine Rhodes, Parkersburg – Painting
Damon Rhodes, Parkersburg – Photography