Aug. 24, 2018
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History (WVDACH) unveiled the 2018 Emerging Artists Exhibition at the Culture Center, State Capitol Complex in Charleston, and announced the award winners for the juried exhibition during the opening on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018.
Thirty West Virginia artists were selected for the exhibit, which features 43 pieces, including painting, drawing, mixed media, craft, photography, digital art and sculpture. Sixteen counties are represented in the show.
Three awards were presented for the exhibition. The Best of Show/Purchase Award was presented to Jesse Thornton, Huntington, Cabell County for No Service; second place to Terry Hickernell, Charleston, Kanawha County for Innocence Lost; and third place to Jenny Wilson, Morgantown, Monongalia County for Broke Down Fences. A list of all exhibitors is below.
“We are proud to showcase these amazing West Virginia artists,” said Randall Reid-Smith, WVDACH commissioner. “The arts is very important to our communities and with the emerging artists exhibition and the biennial juried exhibition we want to continue to feature as many artists from the Mountain State as we can.”
The entries and winners were selected by Kim Beck, an artist whose work includes drawing, print, installation and sculpture. Beck grew up in Colorado and now lives in Pittsburgh, Pa., where she is an associate professor in the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University. She has an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and BA from Brandeis University. Her work has been shown widely, including the Walker Art Center, Carnegie Museum of Art, Smack Mellon, Socrates Sculpture Park, Warhol Museum, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Omi Sculpture Park, Hallwalls and on the High Line in NYC.
The exhibit will be on display at the Culture Center in the West Virginia State Museum Commissioner’s Gallery until Feb. 27, 2019.
For more information about the exhibit, contact Cailin Howe, exhibits coordinator for the department, at (304) 558-0220.
2018 Emerging Artists Exhibitors
Stacie Carte
Charleston, Kanawha County
Only Dogs Beg
Drawing
Karen Chamblin
Belmont, Pleasants County
Got A Light?
Painting
Laura Chapman
Elkview, Kanawha County
Spring Meadow
Painting
and
Wildflowers II
Painting
Kilsong Cox
Elkins, Randolph County
Seneca Rocks in Springtime
Photography
and
Douglas Fall in Winter
Photography
Betsy Cox
Glen Dale, Marshall County
Forest Floor
Craft
and
Forest Greens
Craft
Michael Danko
Parkersburg, Wood County
Big Tree
Craft
Elizabeth Ann Dippold
Pine Grove, Wetzel County
Jeep Willy’s Pickup
Painting
Wanda Dragoo
Griffithsville, Lincoln County
Old Red Truck in Early Spring Snow
Painting
Kyle Dyer
Huntington, Cabell County
This Holler Isn’t Hollow
Mixed Media
Robert Fisher
Charleston, Kanawha County
Syrian Lullaby
Drawing
Christopher Folio
Hurricane, Putnam County
Kangaroo’s Vacation
Drawing
David Goldfarb
Ravenswood, Jackson County
Bee on Ironweed
Painting
and
Gladiola at Dawn with Lens Fare
Painting
Linda S. Gribko
Morgantown, Monongalia County
Hidden Tiger – The Whistleblowers
Digital Art
and
Heart of the Princess
Digital Art
Melvin Hartley
Fayetteville, Fayette County
Double Swirls
Photography
Terry Hickernell
Charleston, Kanawha County
Innocence Lost
Mixed Media
Second Place - $500
and
Code Blue
Mixed Media
Mark Jennings
Hinton, Summers County
Arrowhead, Eagle’s Nest, Meadow River Wildlife Management Area
Photography
Anthony Kelly
Milton, Cabell County
The Wedding of Mrs. John Arnold
Sculpture
and
Hindsight
Sculpture
Machele Kindle
Montgomery, Fayette County
Moroccan Dreams
Craft
Tori Myres
Charleston, Kanawha County
The Choice in Life is Yours
Mixed Media
John Nesius
Charleston, Kanawha County
Shucked and Ready
Painting
Jesus Perez
Alderson, Monroe County
Rock Wake
Photography
and
Twisted Journey
Photography
Daniele Piasecki
Martinsburg, Berkeley County
Hypnosis by Abstract II
Digital Art
and
Meditation on a Swirl of Dancing Leaves
Digital Art
Ed Rehbein
Beckley, Raleigh County
Inner Beauty
Photography
Damon Rhodes
Parkersburg, Wood County
Table-WV Farm Museum
Photography
Randy Selbe
Hurricane, Putnam County
Among the Emperor’s Collection
Sculpture
and
Topsy Turvy
Sculpture
Maggie Starcher
South Charleston, Kanawha County
Crystalliferous
Painting
and
Jaggy Snaggy
Painting
Jesse Thornton
Huntington, Cabell County
No Service
Photography
Best of Show/Purchase Award - $1,000
and
Somewhere Between Here and There
Photography
Shea Wells
Fayetteville, Fayette County
It’s the End of the World as We Know It, and I Feel Fine
Mixed Media
Jenny Wilson
Morgantown, Monongalia County
Broke Down Fences
Painting
Third Place - $250
Kevin Zorn
Morgantown, Monongalia County
Trilobite in Walnut
Craft
and
Drip handle in Walnut
Craft
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