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Buckhannon’s Suzan Morgan among artists selected for 2021 West Virginia Juried Exhibition

Who will be Next? by Buckhannon artist Suzan Morgan.
"Who will be Next?" by Buckhannon artist Suzan Morgan. (File Photo)

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 – Mixed Media

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 – Mixed Media
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 – Mixed Media
Molly Davis, Morgantown – Mixed Media
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 – Ohio
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 – Photography
Damon Rhodes, Parkersburg – Photography
Norm Sartorius, Parkersburg – Sculpture
Robin Tennant, Vienna – Photography

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