On Friday, Oct. 19, at the Parkersburg Art Center, 16 awards totaling $29,000 were presented to West Virginia artists and craftspeople. The awards ceremony preceded the opening of the West Virginia Juried Exhibition 2007 at the Parkersburg Art Center.
The exhibition, presented biennially by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, features works in the areas of painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, photography, mixed media and crafts by 67 West Virginia artists. It will be on display through Feb. 8, 2008.
All 81 pieces in the exhibit, including the award winners, were chosen by jurors Michael Northrop, professor of art and humanities at Glen Oaks Community College in Centreville, Mich., and Jerry Slipman, owner of the Pacini Lubel Gallery in Seattle, Wash. Northrop and Slipman viewed more than 330 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 (WVDCH) from funds appropriated by the West Virginia Legislature. The awards constitute one of the largest endowments for any single juried art exhibition in the country.
Northrop said “The artwork submitted to this show exhibited a rich diversity in form, subject and style. It was obvious to me from the beginning of the adjudication that West Virginia has a dynamic arts community with national class artists.”
Slipman added “The citizens of West Virginia should take great pride in both the quality of creation and the expanse of artistic expression submitted by the artisans of West Virginia.”
Three $5,000 Governor’s Awards, one of which is designated the D. Gene Jordon Memorial Award, and five $2,000 Awards of Excellence are purchase awards and those works become part of the West Virginia State Museum Collection. In addition, eight $500 Merit Awards were given.
Many of the works on display are for sale and may be purchased through the close of the exhibition. The Parkersburg Art Center’s hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 - 5 p.m. The Center is located at 725 Market St., Parkersburg. The reception for the exhibition was sponsored by Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital and Mountain State Blue Cross Blue Shield.
Since its inception in 1979, the West Virginia Juried Exhibition has been held at the Cultural Center, State Capitol Complex, Charleston. Within the extensive mission of the WVDCH is the element of arts promotion throughout West Virginia. In order to further this goal, the Commission and the Division decided to have the exhibition travel to Parkersburg, sharing the best in art with yet another community in the Mountain State.
“Since I’ve become commissioner, one of my goals has been to touch every part of our state with outstanding cultural events. We are excited to have the opportunity to expand our outreach to the community by placing the West Virginia Juried Exhibition 2007 in Parkersburg,” said Randall Reid-Smith, commissioner of the WVDCH.
For more information about the West Virginia Juried Exhibition, call Emily Ritchey, exhibits coordinator for the Division, at (304) 558-0220, ext. 128, or Abby Hayhurst, executive director of the Parkersburg Arts Center, at (304) 485-3859.
The West Virginia Division of Culture and History, an agency of the West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts, brings together the state’s past, present and future through programs and services in the areas of archives and history, the arts, historic preservation and museums. Its administrative offices are located at the Cultural Center in the State Capitol Complex in Charleston, which also houses the state archives and state museum. The Cultural Center is West Virginia’s official showcase for the arts. The agency also operates a network of museums and historic sites across the state. For more information about the Division’s programs, visit www.wvculture.org. The Division of Culture and History is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
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Media Note: A complete list of artists in the exhibition, including the winners, is enclosed. Please note artists from your area. Photos of the award-winning works in the exhibition can be found on our website Friday evening, Oct. 19, at www.wvculture.org/museum/wvje2007/press.html.
West Virginia Juried Exhibition 2007
Exhibitors and Award Winners
Sue Amos
Morgantown
Shepherdstown, WV
Digital Nikon D-200/RP30 Print
14” x 11”, $250
Stephen Beckner
Elkview
Pinhole Trek of the East End
Multi-layered Photograph
7” x 38 1/2” x 1”, $350
Jude Binder
Big Bend
Moving Wood - Locust Burl
Locust Wood
7” x 4 1/2” x 3 1/2”, $1560
Cristofer Botkin
Nitro
Natural Deselection
Wood, Copper Pipe,
Plastic Pipe, Oil Paint
28” x 38 1/2” x 8”, $875
Ellen P. Broudy
Lewisburg
General Store at Millbrook
Digital Inkjet Print
13 1/2” x 17 1/2” x 1”, $235
Cynthia Camlin
Morgantown
Open Monad, Section 2
Watercolor, Acrylic, Wood
32” x 48” x 48”, $4400
and
Open Monad, Section 6
Watercolor, Acrylic, Wood
28” x 48” x 44”, $4400
Susan Carney
Shepherdstown
Cat’s Cradle
Pencil, Acrylic, Spray Paint on Archival Paper
38” x 30”
Award of Excellence $2000
and
Swing
Pencil, Acrylic, Spray Paint
on Archival Paper
38” x 30”
Frank Ceravalo
Martinsburg
Blackwater Canyon Panorama
Archival Papers and Inks
10” x 25” x 1”, $300
Rob Cleland
Charleston
Uncle Harlan (no relation)
Oil on Canvas
12” x 12” x 1 1/2”, $600
Beth Sears Cox
Williamstown
Lamp Bearer
Bronze
8 1/2” x 8 1/2” x 7”, $5000
and
Torso
Oak
21 1/2” x 10” x 4 1/4”, $4900
JoeAnn Crawford
Tornado
Beyond the Trees
Watercolor
16” x 20” x 1”, $150
T. Paige Dalporto
Charlton Heights
Wedding, Charleston, W.Va.
Digital Image
20” x 26” x 2”, $950
Sarah E. Dolecki
Shenandoah Junction
A Long Time
Slide, Glass, Copper Foil, Silver Solder, Chain
1/4” x 1/2” x 1/8”, $350
Chris Dutch
Charleston
Chrysalis - Station 14
Glass, Fired Paint, Lead
28” x 69” x 1 1/2”, $2000
Susan Feller
Augusta
Nurturing Friendship
Mixed Media
37” x 31” x 2”, NFS
Merit Award $500
Trisha Fox
Canvas
Up or Down?
Stoneware
12 1/2” x 3 1/2” x 3”, $200
Diana Frazier
Huntington
Chaise
Mahogany
40” x 59” x 24”, $5000
Lee Fritch
Vienna
Tree Lines
Watercolor
27” x 30” x 1”, $550
Guy Gellner
Wheeling
On The Wing and a Snare - Romans 1:22-25
Pencil
12” x 11 1/2”
Award of Excellence $2000
Mirjana Golubovic
Morgantown
Enchanted Forest #17
Acrylic, Ink, Tissue Paper on Gold Leaf
31” x 26” x 1”, $910
Todd Griffith
Charleston
Fleur-de-Lis
Digital Archival Print
13” x 13”, $300
Bruce K. Haley Jr.
Charleston
Mother Earth:
Plains of Potrerillo
Pigmented Inks on Archival Paper
25” x 40” x 1”, $950
George Harper
Harrisville
Plane Geometry
Acrylic on Paper
20” x 23” x 1”, $1200
Cheryl Ryan Harshman
Wheeling
Crop Circle
Clay Monoprint
13” x 19”, $500
Gary Hartley
Beckley
Alone at Prince
Digital Archival Print
12” x 18”, $275
and
Passing Time in Tienlong
Digital Archival Print
13” x 20”, $275
Alison Helm
Morgantown
Universal Chef
Stainless Steel, Glass, Minerals
5’ x 4’ x 2’, $5000
Frank P. Herrera
Martinsburg
Volcan Pua 2006
Silver Halides, Paper, Gelatin
15” x 15”, $800
Traci Higginbotham
Cross Lanes
Music
Acrylic on Canvas
36” x 36”, $625
Vernon Howell
Barboursville
Mixed Mix (Diptych)
Corrugated Cardboard, Acrylics,
Pencil, Pen & Ink, Photos
17” x 29” x 1 1/2”, $2000
Young Kim
Morgantown
Salt & Earth (S.T.)
Salt, Red Clay, Bowl, Cotton
36” x 36” x 1”
Award of Excellence $2000
and
Salt & Earth (J.S.)
Salt, Red Clay, Bowl, Iron Powder
36” x 36” x 1”, $2000
Stephen Lawson
Morgantown
Patterson’s Farm
Chromogenic Photograph
15” x 60”, $2000
and
Rising of the Hunter’s Moon
Chromogenic Photograph
22” x 40”, $2000
Thorney Lieberman
Charleston
Coy & Carissa Daniels
Black and White Silver Prints
Mounted on Steel Sheet
84” x 36”
D. Gene Jordon Memorial Award $5000
and
Anita Cecil
Black and White Silver Prints
Mounted on Steel Sheet
84” x 36”, $4800
Merit Award $500
William Lightner
Charleston
Trail at Watoga
Oil on Canvas
40” x 30” x 2”, $780
C. Mason
Martinsburg
The Life and Death of C. Mason
Plaster, Paint, Metal Cabinet
48” x 17” x 30”, NFS
Sandra J. Mathena
Princeton
Cruising Kitty City
Mixed Media
27” x 21”, $275
and
Downtown
Mixed Media
18” x 21 1/2”, $250
Jonathan Matthews
Charleston
Fingerpainting 2
Acrylic
48” x 36” x 3”, $1300
Jack McCullough
Baker
Messengers
Newspaper, Tape
7 1/2” x 14” x 8”, $900
Betty McMullen
Charleston
Fantasia
Cotton Warp and Rag, Commercial Fabrics, Cotton, Silk
36” x 31”, $1200
Merit Award $500
Raymond McNamara
Charleston
Long Ago at a Far Away Base
Woodcut
30” x 40” x 2”, $600
and
Totem
Woodcut
23” x 15” x 1 1/2”, $350
Clayton McNearney
Huntington
Id Takes Ego for a Ride
Multiple Plate Etching with Collograph
43” x 20”, $750
Merit Award $500
and
Nothing is Just One Thing
Monoprint
42” x 30”, NFS
Michael C. Mendez
Martinsburg
Ten Year Chip
Toned Silver Gelatin Print
56” x 38”
Governor’s Award $5,000
Jamie R. Miller
Charleston
Monster at the Door
Painting
5’ x 3’, $500
Merit Award $500
and
What’s For Dinner
Copper, Quilt, Safety Pins,
Model Magic
3’ x 5’, $500
Betty Neely
Fairmont
Tranquility
Watercolor on Watercolor Board
21” x 23” x 1”, $3000
O
St Marys
Red Dahlia
Alabaster
18” x 20” x 8”, $6500
J. P. Owens
Poca
Untitled
Mixed Media Monoprint
14” x 5”, $200
Steve Payne
Charleston
Turbulence
Archival Photograph
21” x 28” x 1 1/4”, $600
Susan Poffenbarger
Dunbar
Autumn Pond
Pastel on Pastel Cloth
35” x 31”
Governor’s Award $5000
Bill Richardson
Delbarton
Ganesh
Digital Media
24” x 30”, NFS
Heimo Riedel
Morgantown
Liquid Sculpture II
Digital Print
16” x 20” x 1/2”, $500
Jeff Runyon
Hurricane
Stump
Digital Print
11” x 14” x 1”, $150
Norm Sartorius
Parkersburg
Pan’s Mandrake
Mountain Laurel
6” x 4” x 9”, NFS
Merit Award $500
and
Spoon Dreams II
Brazilian Rosewood,
Ebonized Cherry Base
10” x 9” x 6”, $4600
Gregory M. Sava
Birch River
Tulip Poplar Bloom - Fall Version
Digital Print
12” x 18”, $150
Frank A. Scafella
Morgantown
Blue Barn
Giclee Print
13” x 19”, $300
Adriane Schramm
West Liberty
Internal Angst No. 1
Acrylic and Ink Pen
48” x 36” x 2”, $1000
and
Internal Angst No. 2
Acrylic and Ink Pen
48” x 36” x 2”, $1000
Linda Schweitzer
Morgantown
August
Oil on Linen
13” x 25” x 2”
Award of Excellence $2000
Carter T. Seaton
Huntington
Consider the Widow
Stoneware, Paper, Glass Beads,
and Waxed Patina
14” x 11” x 10”, $725
Lana Jo Shockey
Philippi
Noah’s Ark
Oil and Acrylic
20” x 24”, NFS
David Simmons
Charleston
Wet Purple Morning
Oil on Canvas
20” x 30”, $300
F. Brown Steele
Franklin
Blues
Watercolor
14 1/4” x 19”, $1100
Caryl Toth
Hurricane
Veiled Memories
Acrylic, Oil Stick, Pencil
50 1/2” x 41 3/4” x 1 1/2”, $2000
Merit Award $500
Riley A.Vann
Charleston
Les Pieds
Photograph
18” x 14”, $275
Dana Vanway
Vienna
Primitive Doll
Cotton Fabric and Mixed Media
22” x 11”, $78
Robert Villamagna
Wheeling
Coal Mine Queen
Printed Metal, Nails, Rubber, MDF
36” x 24” x 1 1/2”
Award of Excellence $2000
Drema Duncan Watts
St. Albans
4:00 PM @ The Church
Acrylic Transfer, Acrylic,
Oil Pastel
24” x 24” x 1 1/2”, $1500
Herb Weaver
Bethany
Under Pressure
Low-Fired Ceramics
36” x 20” x 16”, $700
Margaret York
Teays
Pineapple Doily
100% Cotton Thread
16 1/2” x 16 1/2”, $56
Naijun Zhang
Morgantown
The Marksman
Oil on Linen
16” x 20”, NFS
and
The Trumpeter
Oil on Linen
18” x 16”, NFS
Merit Award $500
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