WV Quiz 2 Art and Artists

Question 1

Parkersburg’s A. P. Donaghho was known for what types of products?

Answer 1

Pottery

Question 2

Which one of these is based on stitching fabric?

Answer 2

Quilt making

Question 3

Which of these artists was named a National Heritage Fellow in 2000?

Answer 3

Dorothy Thompson

Question 4

This statewide organization began as the Charleston Art Association in 1930.

Answer 4

Allied Artists of West Virginia

Question 5

Artist Helen Chilton’s best-known work involves what subject matter?

Answer 5

nature

Question 6

This Cedar Grove native won the Governor’s Award at the West Virginia Juried Exhibition three times and the Award of Excellence at Huntington Museum of Art’s Exhibition 280.

Answer 6

Paula Clendenin

Question 7

This Parkersburg native was known for his paintings of golf courses and wildlife and established the first West Virginia chapters of Ducks Unlimited, National Ruffed Grouse Society, and Quail Unlimited.

Answer 7

Don Whitlatch

Question 8

This West Virginia first lady played a leading role in Mountain Artisans, a cooperative quilting business.

Answer 8

Sharon Rockefeller

Question 9

Rufus “Red” Ribble was best known for his photographs of what?

Answer 9

coal miners

Question 10

Warps and wefts are associated with what art form?

Answer 10

weaving