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Art and Artists

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This statewide organization began as the Charleston Art Association in 1930.
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What Berkeley County native organized exhibits and painted backdrops for the American Museum of Natural History's African Hall?
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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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Kanawha County native Herman Hayes was best known for his work in this field.
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Artist Helen Chilton's best-known work involves what subject matter?
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This Huntington artist designed 80 U.S. postage stamps.
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This artist designed the West Virginia Veterans' Memorial and Military Women's Memorial at the State Capitol.
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Thaddeus Fowler was known for drawing what?
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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 prominent photographer was part of the Youghiogheny Forest artists' colony and for his 1957 photo essay "Harpers Ferry Awakens" in National Geographic.
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