CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History will unveil the 2022 West Virginia Emerging Artists Juried Exhibition in the Commissioner’s Gallery of the West Virginia State Museum at the Culture Center, State Capitol Complex in Charleston on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, at 2 p.m. The award winners also will be announced during the opening. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
This year’s exhibition features 58 creative pieces representing the talents of 44 West Virginia artists from 19 counties. A complete list of exhibitors is below.
The juror for this year’s Emerging Artists Exhibition was Lauren Frances Adams. Adams teaches full-time at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Md. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she trained in mural painting, and from Carnegie Mellon University with a Master of Fine Arts degree in 2007. Her work has been exhibited widely in artist-run spaces, historic houses, university galleries, museums and public spaces. Adams has been a visiting artist and critic at Valand Academy in Sweden, Funen Academy in Denmark, and at universities, colleges and museums throughout the United States. Adams has exhibited at the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Warhol Museum, Nymans House National Trust in England, Royal NoneSuch Gallery, The Mattress Factory, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Smack Mellon, and CUE Art Foundation. She attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and has held residencies at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans, La.; Cité internationale des Arts in Paris, France; Sacatar Foundation in Bahia, Brazil; and Back Lane West in Cornwall.
The Department will present three awards for the exhibition. The Best of Show/First Place Award will receive $1,000; second place will receive $500; and third place will collect $250.
Eligible artists had to be 18 years of age and older and maintain a permanent domicile in West Virginia. Each artist could submit two pieces for the exhibit jurying in painting, print/drawing, mixed media, craft/wall hangings, photography, digital art and/or sculpture. All pieces must have been created between 2020 and 2022.
The exhibit will be on display until April 15, 2022. The Culture Center is open Tuesday – Saturday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
For more information about the exhibit, contact Laiken Blankenship, exhibits coordinator for the department, at (304) 558-0220 or Laiken.J.Blankenship@wv.gov.
Emerging Artists Exhibitors (Alphabetical Order)
Rafael Barker
Kanawha County
Welcome to “The Jungle”
Photography
Perry Bennett
Kanawha County
Apparition
Photography
Shari Lynn Bennett
Monongalia County
Trace
Photography
and
Yellow Orbit
Photography
Bonnie Boyce
Cabell County
Baby Dress Circa 1952
Painting
Larry Keith Brumfield
Cabell County
Sunflowers Bloom at Night in Ukraine Under the Moonlight And The Sparkling Stars Above
Digital Art/Mixed Media
Karen Chamblin
Pleasants County
Pansy Frenzy
Painting
Mary Chaney
Cabell County
Road to Stratford
Painting
Sadie Chidester
Marion County
Reminiscence
Painting
and
C-Section
Painting
John Comerci
Raleigh County
Highlands Sky
Photography
Gabbi Cooper
Wetzel County
Nancy’s Kitchen
Mixed Media
Kilsong Cox
Randolph County
Feeling like Monet
Photography
Pat Cross
Putnam County
Emerald Path
Painting
and
Bearded Beauty
Painting
Emily Paige Curry
Mercer County
Rabbit
Print/Drawing
Sherry B. Dolan
Boone County
Happy at Last
Painting
Donald T. Earley
Monroe County
Crayon
Print/Drawing
and
March 32
Painting
McKenna Entsminger
Raleigh County
Harnessed Tiger Moth
Painting
and
Salt Marsh Moth
Painting
Sarah Rose Furrow
Putnam County
Ferociously Beautiful
Print/drawing
Leiane Gibson
Mercer County
Lightning Bugs and Bolts
Photography
Elizabeth Haley
Kanawha County
Sit Awhile
Mixed Media
and
WV Country Road
Mixed Media
Caleb Hatcher
Fayette County
Into the Red
Mixed Media
Frederick D. Hays
Kanawha County
Intersections and Angels
Painting
and
Ride My School Bus
Painting
Vernon F. Howell
Cabell County
Out and In
Mixed Media
and
Shedding Some Light
Mixed Media
Anne Johnson
Nicholas County
Comet Neowise on Summersville Lake
Photography
David S. Johnston
Randolph County
Sunset on the Heath Barrens
Photography
Sharon K. Jones
Kanawha County
Patiently Waiting
Painting
Kevin King
Lincoln County
Dawn’s Early Light
Photography
Ric MacDowell
Kanawha County
Do Not Stand
Photography
Don McDowell
Cabell County
Skyline
Painting
Jill Moles Mullins
Clay County
Mountain Technology
Photography
William Murray
Kanawha County
Lake Escape
Painting
Griffin Nordstrom
Monongalia County
Hanging Quilt 02 & 03
Crafts
and
Single Use Quilt
Crafts
Peggy Owens
Pocahontas County
Kandinsky’s Appalachian Symphony
Mixed Media
Jesus Perez
Monroe County
Morning Alderson
Photography
Jo Perez
Monroe County
Pandemonium
Crafts
Daniele Piasecki
Berkeley County
Baby Blue Planet of Childhood #2 Edition of 15
Photography and Digital Art
Shaina Prince
Kanawha County
You Have Memories in Places I’ve Never Been
Painting
and
Letting Go of Grief
Painting
Ed Rehbein
Raleigh County
Convergence
Photography
Jack M. Rife
Kanawha County
Infanerator: Mod. Cry Baby Cry
Sculpture
and
Chiminea: Mod. Angry Abe
Sculpture
Sandy Riggs
Boone County
Fond Memories
Painting
Mary Roy
Harrison County
New River Gorge National Park
Crafts
Linda Stonestreet
Putnam County
Color Storm
Painting
and
Windy Colors
Painting
Adam Talbert
Nicholas County
Road in Richwood
Digital Art
Hannah Watters
Kanawha County
Shelf Line #2
Mixed Media
and
Shelf Line #3
Mixed Media
Cecil Ybanez
Nicholas County
Blue Man
Sculpture
and
Maharaj’s Slipper
Sculpture