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The West Virginia Division of Culture and History (WVDCH) has announced the winners in the 17th biennial West Virginia Juried Exhibition 2011. West Virginia artists and craftspeople were presented with 18 awards totaling $33,000 in a Friday, Sept. 30 ceremony at Oglebay Institute’s Stifel Fine Arts Center in Wheeling. The exhibit features 72 works in the areas of painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, photography, mixed media and crafts by 60 artists from 23 West Virginia counties. The exhibition will remain on display through Jan. 2, 2012.

The 72 pieces of art in the exhibit, including the award winners, were chosen by jurors Ryan Grover, curator at the Biggs Museum of American Art in Dover, Del., and Philip R. Jackson, assistant professor of art and head of the painting program at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. Grover and Jackson viewed more than 400 submissions to select the show. The awards money is made available through the West Virginia Commission on the Arts (WVCA) of the West Virginia Division of Culture and History from funds appropriated by the West Virginia Legislature. The awards constitute one of the largest endowments for any single juried exhibition in the country.

There are three Governor’s Awards of $5,000, one of which is designated as the D. Gene Jordon Memorial Award, after former chairman of the WVCA who died in 1989. There also are seven Awards of Excellence of $2,000, all of which are purchase awards, as are the Governor’s Awards, and at the close of the exhibition these works will become part of the West Virginia State Museum contemporary art collection. In addition, there are eight Merit Awards of $500, which do not become part of the museum’s collection. A complete list of participants and winners is attached.

Many of the works on display are for sale and may be purchased through the close of the exhibition. The Stifel Fine Arts Center at Oglebay Institute is located at 1330 National Road in Wheeling. It is open from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Saturday. It is closed Sundays.

For more information about the West Virginia Juried Exhibition 2011, contact Betty Gay, exhibits coordinator for the Division, at (304) 558-0220, ext. 128, or Brad Johnson, director of exhibitions at the Stifel Fine Arts Center, at (304) 242-7700.

From its inception in 1979 until 2005, the West Virginia Juried Exhibition was presented at the Culture Center, State Capitol Complex, Charleston. In 2007, Randall Reid-Smith, commissioner of the WVDCH, decided to have the exhibition travel to Parkersburg, sharing the best in art with yet another community in the Mountain State. “One of my goals has been to touch every part of our state with outstanding cultural events. In 2009, The Huntington Museum of Art had the exhibition on display. This year, we are delighted to have the opportunity to expand our outreach to the community by placing the West Virginia Juried Exhibition 2011 in Wheeling,” he said.

“The Stifel Fine Arts Center at Oglebay Institute has enjoyed working with the outstanding leadership at the Division of Culture and History to bring this exciting exhibit to the Wheeling area,” added Johnson.

The West Virginia Division of Culture and History is an agency within the West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts with Kay Goodwin, Cabinet Secretary. The Division, led by Commissioner Randall Reid-Smith, brings together the past, present and future through programs and services focusing on archives and history, arts, historic preservation and museums. For more information about the Division’s programs, events and sites, visit www.wvculture.org. The Division of Culture and History is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

MEDIA NOTE: Photos of the award-winning works are supplied as links after the artist’s name

West Virginia Juried Exhibition 2011 Exhibitors

Berkeley County

Frank Ceravalo
Martinsburg
Elakala Panorama

Michael C. Mendez
Martinsburg
Occupation Sinner (Self-portrait for Oscar Wilde)

Sterling “Rip” Smith
Martinsburg
Bare Pantry

Braxton County

Steve Balcourt
Exchange
Reclining Nude

Tiera Floyd
Sutton
Mom
and
Self, II
MERIT AWARD
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Brooke County

Herb Weaver
Bethany
Roadweavers
and
Truth Wielder
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
http://www.wvculture.org/agency/press/photos/HerbWeaverTruthWielder.jpg

Cabell County

R. Michael Bowen
Huntington
Decanter

Ron Haeberle
Huntington
Clear Morning on Dry Branch
and
Reflections–Cranberry River

Vernon F. Howell
Barboursville
Six Fold
and
Taking a Stand
GOVERNOR’S AWARD
http://www.wvculture.org/agency/press/photos/Howell1.jpg

Daniel Kaufmann
Huntington
Constructed Landscape 2
and
Rooms 13
GOVERNOR’S AWARD
http://www.wvculture.org/agency/press/photos/DanielKaufmann2Rooms13.jpg

Calhoun County

Keith Lahti
Chloe
Parts

Clay County

Brian Reed
Ivydale
Spirit Staffs
MERIT AWARD
http://www.wvculture.org/agency/press/photos/Reed4.jpg

Fayette County

Paul Corbit Brown
Oak Hill
Lily

Tandi Stephens
Oak Hill
Haïr

Greenbrier County

Mark Cline
Caldwell
Easing Up
GOVERNOR’S AWARD
D. GENE JORDON MEMORIAL AWARD
http://www.wvculture.org/agency/press/photos/MarkCline2EasingUp.jpg
and
Running

Jefferson County

Dave Barnes
Shepherdstown
Modern Windsor Rocker
MERIT AWARD
http://www.wvculture.org/agency/press/photos/chair.jpg

Kanawha County

Dick Allowatt
St. Albans
St. Virgin

Cristofer Botkin
Nitro
Filter Feeders
MERIT AWARD
http://www.wvculture.org/agency/press/photos/CristoferBotkin2view2.jpg

Harold Edwards
Charleston
Unit 16

Charles Jupiter Hamilton
Charleston
West Virginia State Fair (The Bad Year)

Brian Humphreys
Belle
Untitled
and
Untitled

Newman Jackson
Charleston
Bologna Sandwich and
Root Beer Kool-Aid from a Jelly Jar

Keith W. Johnson
Charleston
Lustrous Evanescent

Michael Keller
Saint Albans
Fire
and
Rabbit
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
http://www.wvculture.org/agency/press/photos/MichaelKeller2Rabbit.jpg

Ralph Kennedy
Charleston
Cholas Drinking Beer, La Paz, Bolivia

Thorney Lieberman
Charleston
James and Kailee Brandon

Kate Long
Charleston
Miles to Go

James E. Lykins
Charleston
Bear Hunter-Eyes on the Prize

Brittain McJunkin
Charleston
Untitled, NYC

Joe Neil
Charleston
Untitled #216

Susan G. Poffenbarger
Charleston
New River Gorge

Jack M. Rife
Charleston
Anxiety Separation

Ellie Schaul
Charleston
Bigley Avenue 64/77 Split
MERIT AWARD
http://www.wvculture.org/agency/press/photos/EllieSchaul1BigleyAvenue64-77split.jpg
and
Form Traveler, South Charleston, WV

Maggie Starcher
South Charleston
Towards the End
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
http://www.wvculture.org/agency/press/photos/MaggieStarcher2TowardstheEnd.jpg

Barbara Walker
Charleston
Rattle #1-11

Randall S. Yoho
Charleston
Isaac
and
Joe’s Collar
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
http://www.wvculture.org/agency/press/photos/RandallSYoho1Joe’sCollar.jpg

Lewis County

Linda J. C. Turner
Jane Lew
Flags and Windsocks
MERIT AWARD
http://www.wvculture.org/agency/press/photos/LindaJCTurner1FlagsandWindsocks.jpg

Lincoln County

Ric MacDowell
Hamlin
Winter’s Veil

Marion County

Melissa May
Barrackville
Pricketts Creek in Winter

Derek Overfield
Fairmont
Man with Infant
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
http://www.wvculture.org/agency/press/photos/DerekOverfield1ManwithInfant.jpg

Monongalia County

Martha M. Failinger
Morgantown
Stop Along the National Highway

Elizabeth Jaeger
Morgantown
Mirror and Doorway

Jennifer Yerdon LeJeune
Morgantown
Henny Penny and Mrs. Cluck Cluck go to Market

Roger Smith
Morgantown
Big Bang

Kurt Teeter
Morgantown
Silhouette Storage Jar #3

Susan T. Ting
Morgantown
Floating Gingko
MERIT AWARD
http://www.wvculture.org/agency/press/photos/SusanTing2FloatingGingko.jpg

Ohio County

Guy Gellner
Wheeling
Hightower-Psalm 18:2
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
http://www.wvculture.org/agency/press/photos/GuyGellner12Sa%20223Hightower.jpg

Cheryl Ryan Harshman
Wheeling
Doors and Windows

Nancy Tirone
Triadelphia
Wishful Thinking

Robert Villamagna
Wheeling
Blue Rabbit
and
Mountain Music

Pendleton County

F. Brown Steele
Franklin
Rise and Shine
MERIT AWARD
http://www.wvculture.org/agency/press/photos/FBrownSteel2RiseandShine.jpg

Pocahontas County

Laurie Cameron
Hillsboro
Walton for Sheriff

Douglas Chadwick
Hillsboro
Greenbrier River, April

Putnam County

Mary Grassell
Hurricane
The Lace Stretchers
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
http://www.wvculture.org/agency/press/photos/MaryGrassell1TheLacestretchers.jpg

Barbara Marsh Wilson
Hurricane
Low Tech Inventor

Raleigh County

Ron Bailey
Beaver
The Ghosts of King Coal No. 1

Randolph County

Ruth Blackwell Rogers
Kerens
Listening to the Garden Humming and Bustling within Itself

Roane County

Chuck Conner
Spencer
Couched in Kolkata
and
Himalayan Hats

Summers County

Marcia Springston
Forest Hill
Lidded Jar with Diamonds

Upshur County

Laurie Goldstein-Warren
Buckhannon
Wait’n

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