Oct. 5, 2011
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
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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
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Daniel Kaufmann
Huntington
Constructed Landscape 2
and
Rooms 13
GOVERNOR’S AWARD
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Calhoun County
Keith Lahti
Chloe
Parts
Clay County
Brian Reed
Ivydale
Spirit Staffs
MERIT AWARD
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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
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and
Running
Jefferson County
Dave Barnes
Shepherdstown
Modern Windsor Rocker
MERIT AWARD
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Kanawha County
Dick Allowatt
St. Albans
St. Virgin
Cristofer Botkin
Nitro
Filter Feeders
MERIT AWARD
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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
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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
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and
Form Traveler, South Charleston, WV
Maggie Starcher
South Charleston
Towards the End
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
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Barbara Walker
Charleston
Rattle #1-11
Randall S. Yoho
Charleston
Isaac
and
Joe’s Collar
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
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Lewis County
Linda J. C. Turner
Jane Lew
Flags and Windsocks
MERIT AWARD
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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
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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
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Ohio County
Guy Gellner
Wheeling
Hightower-Psalm 18:2
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
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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
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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
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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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