Libertas e Fidelitate: Rights and Revolution in West Virginia’s Coalfields
Curated by the Watts Museum
WVU Downtown Library, 6th Floor Reading Room | Summer - Fall 2026
Libertas e Fidelitate: Rights and Revolution in West Virginia’s Coalfields shows how American ideals like liberty and equality inspired coal miners and their families to fight for better lives and working conditions. It also explores how miners shifted their loyalties—from coal companies to unions—when faced with oppression, redefining what freedom and citizenship meant in their communities.
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Reflecting on Freedom: 250 Years Through the Eyes of WVU Alumni Artists
Downtown Library (Main Campus) | August 2026 - May 2027
In honor of the United States’ 250th anniversary, the 2026–27 WVU Alumni Art Show invites viewers to explore freedom and independence through the eyes of West Virginia University alumni artists. This exhibition gathers a rich spectrum of perspectives—personal, historical, political, and cultural—demonstrating that the meaning of liberty is neither fixed nor singular.
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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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