art in the libraries
Enriching the connection between WVU Libraries' collections, library services and new ways of seeing, learning and understanding.
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Voices, Visibility, and Community: LGBTQ+ West Virginia
Evansdale Library | West Virginia University Libraries
This exhibit celebrates the vibrant, resilient, and diverse LGBTQ+ individuals and organizations who have shaped communities across West Virginia. From rural counties to college towns, West Virginians have built chosen families, led advocacy efforts, created art, and forged spaces of belonging — often against the odds.
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Reflecting on Freedom: 250 Years Through the Eyes of WVU Alumni Artists
Downtown Library (Main Campus) & Nutting Gallery in the WVU Alumni Center | August 2026 - May 2027 | Reception on Oct. 15, 2026, at the Nutting Gallery
Reflecting on Freedom, created for the United States’ 250th anniversary, brings together works by West Virginia University alumni artists that explore the many meanings of freedom, independence, identity, resistance, and self-expression through a wide range of artistic perspectives and media..
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The Architecture of Care: Visualizing Invisible Labor in the Health Humanities | A Collaboration between WVU Art in the Libraries and WVU Press
WVU Health Sciences Pylons | August 2026 - May 2027
"The Architecture of Care" is an invitational exhibition highlighting the often-unseen labor of caregiving in clinical and domestic settings. Featuring high-resolution reproductions and artist narratives, it explores the emotional and physical demands of care while celebrating the launch of WVU Press’s "Connective Tissue" series, showcasing artists like Sally Jane Brown, Julia Clift, and Miki Nishida Goerdt.
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