Exhibits | Art in the Libraries | West Virginia University

paw paw fruit laying on the ground with leaves

Groundwork

Downtown Library Floor 4 | Summer 2025

An exhibition of photography and poetry by Randi Ward. Groundwork began as a photographic study of the fallen, mottled fruits of Asimina triloba: the American pawpaw. Being on the ground, as it were, turned the project into an ecological meditation on intergenerational trauma and the potential for future healing.

Art is Healing

Downtown Library | Fall 2025 - Spring 2026

This exhibition will explore the intersection of art and medical science, highlighting how creative expression can support healing across various health conditions.

Imagining the End, Experiencing the Beginning

Downtown Library | Fall 2025 - Spring 2026

WVU PhD graduate in English, Olivia Wertz, will present an upcoming exhibition visually exploring key themes from two chapters of her dissertation on climate fiction.

AUP Book, Jacket, & Journal Exhibit

Evansdale Library | Summer 2025

This traveling exhibition showcases outstanding examples of book, jacket, and journal design from university presses across the country. Don’t miss this opportunity to explore the finest in scholarly design during its stop at WVU!

Voices Across Borders

Downtown Library FL 4, April 2025 | fall 2025

Welcome to our exhibition showcasing the powerful voices of international students in the Intensive English Program (IEP). This semester, our students wrote original vignettes inspired by The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros.

Presenters at WVU

Downtown Library - Classroom 2036

Enjoy a small collection of photographs from WVU's history featuring people presenting at WVU. Those featured include Mother Jones, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Maya Lin and Emily Calendrelli among others.

WVU Press Exhibition Space

Downtown Campus Library

The WVU Libraries has invited the WVU Press to present rotating exhibits of their newly released book covers around the 2nd floor of the Downtown Campus Library

Murals by WVU Art Movement Students

Downtown Campus Library | South Stairway

WVU undergraduate students in the WVU Art Movement group created acrylic paintings inspired by the seasons in West Virginia.

Contemporary Literary Appalachia: Reimagining Classic Appalachian Book Covers

Downtown Campus Library | ongoing

College of Creative Arts Professor of Graphic Design Joseph Galbreath's advanced design students worked with the West Virginia & Regional History Center Appalachian and Rare Book Collections to reimagine classic Appalachian book covers.

Read More About Literary Appalachia

Paintings by Max Hayslette

Downtown Campus Library (6th floor)

An installation of two-dimensional abstract paintings that are divided into foreground, middleground and background planes.

Photography by Betty Rivard

Downtown Campus Library

An exhibit of West Virginia Landscape Photographs.

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Life: Magnified

Health Sciences Library

An installation of thirteen back-lit images showing cells and other scenes of life magnified by as much as 50,000 times from the National Institutes of Health.

Photography by Allan Jones

Health Sciences Library

An exhibit of various medical microscopic photographs using an Olympus polarizing microscope at a 10X objective.

Unheard Voices

Health Sciences Library | Apr. - Aug. 2024

The aim of this exhibit will be to showcase art created by children currently in foster care who are residing in shelters and group homes across the state of West Virginia.

Coins Displays

Downtown Library & WVRHC | Spring 2025

WVU art history students curated two exhibits around coins, including one about whether to keep pennies or let them go and one featuring ancient Roman coins.

Current Exhibits