All work must be fully assembled, completelydry, and ready to display in a highly trafficked public setting.
-Frames are required for 2D work, including poetry and other short works of literature must have hanging wire on the back.
-3D work must be no larger than 45 inches high by 26 inches wide, by 7 inches deep, and also weigh 5lbs or less to fit within locked display cases.
-Framed work and wall-hanging, three-dimensional pieces must be wired securely. All other three-dimensional works must be self-supporting.
-If your artwork does not meet these requirements, please email Sabrina at tho4@marshall.edu to see what we can arrange.
Show dates: January 9 - May 5, 2023
–Drop off entries to library: December 8 & 9, 2022 | 8:30am - 5pm
–Jurors select artworks: December 12, 2022
–Email notification of accepted/not accepted works: December 13, 2022
–Pickup artwork not selected: December 14 & 15, 2022 | 8:30am - 5pm
–Install dates: December 16, 2022
–Opening reception: February 2, 2023 | 4pm
–Pickup artwork at the end of exhibit: May 18 - 12, 2023 | 9am - 5pm
Hardships due to numerous and evolving tragedies such as global pandemic, financial insecurity, and the climate crisis can threaten to overwhelm our mental health and sense of hope for the future. Creative expression is an outlet that can encourage, reveal, and buoy optimism for the future. The goal of this exhibition is to highlight creative works that reveal, illuminate, and engage audiences to a sense of happiness and hope. In Optimism in Appalachia: Reclaiming Hope through Artwork, Crafts, and Poetry, we encourage artists, writers, and crafters to display their work that highlight hope, joy, and anticipation for a better future. We encourage our students, faculty, staff and community members to display work that will encourage a creative and hopeful spirit on campus and throughout Appalachia.
Eligibility: Open to all community artists.
Ann Grimes
Best Friends
Fiber Arts
Ann Grimes
Butterfly Hula Hoop #1
Fiber Arts
Ann Grimes
Butterfly Hula Hoop #2
Fiber Arts
Ann Grimes
Learn to Paint
Mixed Media
Ann Grimes
Look Up
Fiber Arts
Ann Grimes
Sing
Mixed Media
Ann Grimes
Take time to smell the flowers
Mixed Media
Baylee Grueser
Bears of change
Mixed Media
Baylee Grueser
The Monarch Shards
Acrylic on Glass
Bonnie Moore-Delong
Chair & Churn
Oil on Canvas
Bonnie Moore-Delong
Feet Washin'
Oil on Canvas
Bonnie Moore-Delong
Hogs
Oil on Canvas
Bonnie Moore-Delong
Mama Waiting
Oil on Canvas
Bonnie Moore-Delong
Papaws
Oil on Canvas
Bonnie Moore-Delong
Sad Iron
Oil on Canvas
Bonnie Moore-Delong
Shine
Oil on Canvas
Bonnie Moore-Delong
Watch for spiders & snakes
Oil on Canvas
Cassandra Watson
Isolating for a glaze of light
Photography
Cassandra Watson
Overlook Tennessee
Photography
Cassandra Watson
Shining through the trees
Photography
Cecil Ybanez
Mushrooms on blue mason jar
Clay and Jar
Cecil Ybanez
Mushrooms on jelly jar
Clay and Jar
Christie Saunders
A day at Blenko
Acrylic on Canvas
Christie Saunders
A new day
Acrylic on Canvas
Claire Webb
4th and 10th
Watercolor
Claudia Simes
Cherokee Eagle Dance
Acrylic on Canvas
C. Michelle Alford
Balancing the Force pendant
Spalted cherry wood
C. Michelle Alford
Dice Mandala pendant
Laser engraved wood
C. Michelle Alford
Draxolotyl Hatchling earrings
Laser engraved leather
C. Michelle Alford
Lotus wooden pendant
Laser engraved wood
C. Michelle Alford
Spalted Maple pendant
Spalted maple wood
Diane Smallwood Arthur
Broken Dreams (discarded)
Oil on Canvas
Diane Smallwood Arthur
A Field of Golden Daffodils
Oil on Canvas
Diane Smallwood Arthur
Running into Spring
Watercolor
Diane Smallwood Arthur
Summer
Watercolor
Elaine Cruse
Rico and his friends
Photography
Erin Waugh
Tradition in Progression
Mixed Media
Gracie Cornelius
Appalachian Medicine
Acrylic & Clay
Hanna Kozlowski
Stutter Flutter
Oil on handcut paper
Hannah Turner
West Virginia Mountains
Poetry/Prose on paper
Isa McMullen
Behind every great man
Mixed Media
Jillian Brown
Avacado
Cyanotype
Jillian Brown
Vicks Plant
Cyanotype
Karrie Lykins
Hydrangeas
Oil on Canvas
Karrie Lykins
Origins
Mixed Media
Karrie Lykins
Rolling Hills of WV
Oil on Canvas
Katherine Spencer
Cycles
Stoneware
Kilsong Cox
Bear Rock Preserve
Photography
Kilsong Cox
Flag Trees on Dolly Sods Wildreness
Photography
Kilsong Cox
For all of us
Photography
Kilsong Cox
New River Gorge NP Bridge
Photography
Kilsong Cox
Yellowstone '88 Great Fire
Photography
Laura Moul
After the rain
Photography
Laura Moul
Lone Sunflower
Photography
Laura Moul
Sunflower Faces
Photography
Leigh McDonald
1 world
Mixed Media
Leigh McDonald
Keys of Hope
Fiber Arts
Leigh McDonald
Live & Let Live
Mixed Media
Leigh McDonald
Mysterious
Mixed Media
Leigh McDonald
Topography of a bird
Fiber Arts
Linda McGuffey
Braxxie Fasnacht Mask
Cardboard & Acrylic Paint
Linda McGuffey
Mothman Fasnacht Mask
Cardboard & Acrylic Paint
Madison M. Graves
Hope for Blue Skies and Orange Souls
Poetry/Prose on paper
Marcus Farmer
By the Brook
Mixed Media
Mark B. Isaac
Rough Faces
Sculpture
Marla Tolley
The Next Ridge
Fiber Arts
Martha Anne Sommers
Reusing, Remembering, Reuniting
3 piece tile mosaic
Martha Anne Sommers
Reusing, Remembering, Reuniting
3 piece tile mosaic
Martha Anne Sommers
Reusing, Remembering, Reuniting
3 piece tile mosaic
Mat Brown & Bethany McFann
Hope is Alive
Mixed Media
Megan Randolph
DNA Strand Type: Appalachian
Scuplture
Noah Chapman
Make Way
Ceramic & Wood
Noel Edmunds
Sunshine Room
Mixed Media
Rong Wang
Hope for the future
Acrylic on Canvas
Rong Wang
Lighty Woods
Acrylic on Canvas
Rong Wang
Secret Forest
Acrylic on Canvas
Sabrina Jones
Masterpiece
Poetry/Prose on paper
Samantha Taylor
Marching toward a brighter future
Paint & Foam
Sandra Charles Wiehe
Black, White, and Bright
Fiber Arts
Sandra Reed
Appalachian Bunker
Acrylic Ink
Scott Daniels
The View
Wood & Paint
Seth Hardwick
Whatever you want
Ceramic
Silas Endicott
Legacy
Mixed Media
Sophie Leffew
Join Hands
Ceramic
Sophie Leffew
Unplug
Ceramic
Stacy Castle
Beautiful foggy morning
Photography
Stacy Castle
Brrrr
Photography
Stacy Castle
Caring for each other
Photography
Stacy Castle
Sing me a song
Photography
Stacy Castle
Yellow Bellied Sap Sucker
Photography
Terri Barron
We Are Marshall
Oil on Canvas
Vernon F. Howell
All work and play
Mixed Media
Vernon F. Howell
Celebration
Mixed Media
Vernon F. Howell
Emergence
Mixed Media
Vernon F. Howell
Good Time
Paint on canvas
Willow Hess
In your own backyard
Mixed Media