CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The 22nd biennial West Virginia Juried Exhibition will open at the Culture Center, State Capitol Complex in Charleston, along with an awards ceremony, on Sunday, Nov. 14, at 2 p.m. Eighty West Virginia artists were selected for the exhibit, which will feature 110 pieces, including painting, drawing, mixed media, craft, photography, digital art, sculpture and print. Twenty-five 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. 19, 2022.
“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. Awards 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 Charles Morris, director of museums for the department, at (304) 558-0220 or Charles.W.Morris@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
Brooke
Diane Kessler, Weirton – Painting
Herb Weaver, Bethany – Sculpture
Cabell
Mary Chaney, Huntington – Painting
Vernon F. Howell, Barboursville – Mixed Media
Peggy Jean Humphrey, Barboursville – Mixed Media
Don McDowell, Huntington – Painting
Laura Moul, Milton – Photography
Larry Sumpter, Culloden – Painting
Jesse Thornton, Huntington – Photography
Calhoun
Margaret Volkwein, Orma – Painting
Clay
Brian M. Reed, Ivydale – Print/Sculpture
Greenbrier
M. Jane Holt Emmons, White Sulphur Springs – Crafts
Fierce Sonia, Grassy Meadows – Digital Art/Mixed Media
Hampshire
Susan L. Feller, Augusta – Crafts
Kanawha
Dick Allowatt, St. Albans – Mixed Media
Rafael Barker, Charleston – Photography
Perry Bennett, Charleston – Photography
Laura Chapman, Elkview – Painting
Robert Fisher, Charleston – Sculpture
Frank Gourley, Charleston – Crafts
Sharon Harms, Charleston – Painting
Frederick D. Hays, Elkview – Painting
Carol Hilleary, Cross Lanes – Painting
Barrie Kaufman, Charleston – Sculpture
Kenny Kemp, Charleston – Photography
Tina Mooney, Elkview – Photography
Lynn Payne, Charleston – Painting
Nan Perry, Nitro – Painting
Steven Wayne Rotsch, Charleston – Photography
Katarina Short, Charleston – Painting
Regina Swim, Charleston – Crafts
Marion
Greg Satterfield, Fairmont – Painting
Marshall
Betsy Cox, Glen Dale – Crafts
Mason
Larry Bragg, Point Pleasant – Painting
Mingo
Clayborn Dotson, Williamson – Crafts
Randall Sanger, Williamson – Photography
Monongalia
John Michael Barone, Morgantown – Painting
Shari Lynn Bennett, Morgantown – Sculpture
Molly Davis, Morgantown – Sculpture
Christian DeLeon, Morgantown – Sculpture
Alison Helm, Morgantown – Sculpture
Betsy Jaeger, Morgantown – Painting
Nicole Jasinski, Morgantown – Mixed Media
Stephen Lawson, Morgantown – Photography
Griffin Nordstrom, Morgantown – Mixed Media
Judith Raese, Morgantown – Painting
Jenny Wilson, Morgantown – Painting
Monroe
Mark Harrison Cline, Caldwell – Painting
Donald Earley, Greenville – Drawing/Painting
Jo Dugan Perez, Alderson – Crafts
Jesus Perez, Alderson – Photography
Nicholas
Anne Johnson, Summersville – Photography
Ohio
Jes Reger Davis, Wheeling – Painting
Brian Fencl, Wheeling – Painting
Cheryl Ryan Harshman, Wheeling – Print
Thomas Thomas, Wheeling – Crafts
Robert Villamagna, Wheeling – Mixed Media
Thomas Wharton, Wheeling – Painting
Pendleton
F. Brown Steele, Franklin – Painting
Pocahontas
Peggy Owens, Marlinton – Painting
Putnam
Pat Cross, Eleanor – Painting
Anna Toler Frazier, Fraziers Bottom – Mixed Media
Randy Selbe, Hurricane – Crafts
Raleigh
John Comerci, Beckley – Photography
Robby Moore, Beckley – Mixed Media
Meg Rader, Beckley – Painting
Ed Rehbein, Beckley – Phototgraphy
Lindsey Toney, Crab Orchard – Print
Randolph
Becky Blackley, Elkins – Crafts
Kilsong Cox, Elkins – Photography
David S. Johnston, Dryfork – Photography
Nevada Tribble, Elkins – Mixed Media
Upshur
Suzan Ann Morgan, Buckhannon – Mixed Media
Wayne
Diane Springer, Lavalette – Painting
Wood
Christine Rhodes, Parkersburg – Painting
Damon Rhodes, Parkersburg – Photography
Norm Sartorius, Parkersburg – Sculpture
Robin Tennant, Vienna – Photography