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Which of these artists was named a National Heritage Fellow in 2000?
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Fairmont native Fred Torrey designed which one of these statues?
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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 Huntington expressionist abstract painter was the subject of the first retrospective of a West Virginia artist's work ever exhibited at the Culture Center in Charleston.
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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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This West Virginia first lady played a leading role in Mountain Artisans, a cooperative quilting business.
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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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