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Which of these artists was named a National Heritage Fellow in 2000?
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Fairmont native Fred Torrey designed which one of these statues?
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The Youghiogheny Forest Colony for artists was located in what county?
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Kanawha County native Herman Hayes was best known for his work in this field.
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This Kanawha County native sculpted a bear on the former West Virginia Tech campus at Montgomery, a beaver at Bluefield High School, and a madonna and child in a Kanawha Valley church.
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This Huntington expressionist abstract painter was the subject of the first retrospective of a West Virginia artist's work ever exhibited at the Culture Center in Charleston.
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Renowned architect Walter Gropius designed additions to this West Virginia museum?
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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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In what city is the Stifel Fine Arts Center located?
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When this work won the top art prize for the 1963 Centennial, Charleston Mayor John Shanklin called it "atrocious."
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