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Optimism in Appalachia: Reclaiming hope through artwork, crafts, & poetry: Digital Library

Marshall University Library Exhibition 2023

Live Exhibition

The live exhibition may be viewed in Marshall University's Drinko Library through May 5, 2023. Pieces are displayed throughout the building.

Optimism in Appalachia: Digital Gallery

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
Look out below
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