Thorney Lieberman’s “Coy & Carissa Daniels” won a $5,000 award in the 2007 W.Va. Juried Exhibition To see all the major award winners , click here. To see a complete list of artists in the show, click here.

Sweet: “Speaking of supporting West Virginia artistry (see post below), you could purchase some art at The Parkersburg Art Center from the 2007 W.Va. Juried Exhibition in that city through Feb 8.”
Sour: “You could purchase some that hasn’t already been purchased by the W.Va. Cultural Center as an award winner for their permanent collection. IF, that is, they ever have an art exhibition space again over there at the state capitol grounds.”
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Sweet: “The Collection with No Place to Show. I wonder if there will be enough exhibition space for art in the new renovation.”
Sour: “We keep hearing about the whiz-bang, gizmo-techno Culture and History museum coming our way in the basement of the Cultural Center… we’ll see. So far, we have ugly escalators going to nowhere.”
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Sweet: “Well, Parkersburg did a good job of showcasing the show. (more…)

Some of the Blenko Glass on view at The Purple Moon in Charleston, W.Va.

Sweet: “Sour, let’s gather our thoughts on some arts exhibitions and events we’ve seen recently.
Sour: “Well, we mentioned the Purple Moon and I love their new retro glass show over there. They continue to impress with great exhibits that feature mid-century art.” (more…)

EXHIBITS MENTIONED IN THIS POST:
Bluegrass Kitchen ‘Pillow Talk’ Show; Clay Center’s ‘Let There Be Light’ and ‘They Are Still With Us’ and C Gallery in Hurricane
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Sweet (singing): “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas — everywhere you go!”
Sour: Oh, the holiday onslaught is here.! I’m already worn out. Twelve holiday gallery openings, four holiday museum shows, five traffic jams at Southridge, six weeks of turkey leftovers in the fridge and about 500 Christmas tree and 1,000 ornament viewings this week. This season is off to its usual surreal start.” (more…)