The call for the 2025 Faculty/Staff Award is now closed.
WVU Art in the Libraries’ Faculty/Staff Exhibit Awards
As part of its mission, The Art in the Libraries Committee seeks to highlight the art and scholarship of WVU faculty and staff. With the Faculty/Staff Exhibit Award, Art in the Libraries committee invites current WVU faculty/staff to submit ideas for consideration for an exhibit to visually showcase their scholarship in new and experimental ways. These can present a visual evolution of their work, visualize their research and influences, or answer a research question. Faculty/staff proposals should be based on academic or creative research and lend themselves to visual interpretation with Library consultation. Your proposal will be evaluated not only on the strength of your research or project, but also on its ability to be displayed visually and accessibly to the diverse range of people who visit the Libraries.
Goals of these awards are to:
provide a multidisciplinary platform for deeper learning.
foster intellectual discourse and discussion.
demonstrate the breadth of WVU's creative and innovative activity.
Faculty/Staff Exhibition Award
Exhibit Location: Downtown Campus Library, Room 1020
Duration: 1 semester
Programs: Awardee can give a public lecture, program or demonstration.
Award: $1,000 as professional development funds (Award includes help with design, installation, promotion, and coordination of a public program, offering an opportunity for exposure.)
Eligibility: All West Virginia University faculty or staff
Deadline for submission: Dec. 31, 2024.
How to Submit:
- Download the proposal form.
- Complete the questions on the form.
- Copy and paste abbreviated CV onto the end of the form, along with any example images.
- Save entire document as PDF labeled: Lastname_Firstname_Facultyexhibitproposal.pdf.
- Email to sally.brown1@mail.wvu.edu. Subject line: Faculty exhibit award proposal.
Winners will be selected by the Art in the Libraries Committee. Selection will be based on applications that best meet the award's goals listed above. Proposals with the most complete vision or clearest plan will be given the strongest preference.
Applicants may contact Sally Brown sally.brown1@mail.wvu.edu for a tour and/or consultation before applying.
Proposal Examples:
-Jennifer Ripley Stueckle proposal
Past Winners:
2025-26 Award Winner: Judith Wasserman, “Activating Urban Space for Health and Movement”
2024-25 Award Winner: Jennifer Ripley Stueckle, Teaching Professor of Biology. Title: A rainbow’s fantastic fins.
-Panels of Jennifer Ripley Stueckle exhibit
2023 Faculty/Staff Winner: Yong- Lak Park, Professor of Entomology: Insect Origami: Creative Arts Meets Biological and Physiological Sciences
2022 Faculty/Staff Winner: Colleen Moretz: Sustainable Fashion Design Exploration: Transformation to Zero-Waste.
-Panels of Colleen Moretz exhibit
2020 Faculty/Staff Winner: Nancy Caronia: Dime Novels: Racialization and Erasure.
2019 Faculty/Staff Winner: Lara Farina: Big Green Data: Herbals, Science and Art.
-Panels of Lara Farina exhibit
2018 Faculty/Staff Winner: Jaime Banks & Nick Bowman: Avatars and their Players: From Object to Other.