LEWISBURG W.Va. (WVDN) – Carnegie Hall invites the community to the Carnegie Hall Artwalk on Saturday, Feb. 8, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. ArtWalk events at Carnegie Hall are free and offer visitors the opportunity to explore a wide variety of original works by local and regional artists, all set in a world-class historical venue.
Visitors are encouraged to immerse themselves in the arts while enjoying live music by John Maddy, complimentary light refreshments, and a cash bar. Each exhibit rotation features creative collaborations and three separate galleries showcasing unique work in multiple mediums, ranging from contemporary portraits in oil to heirloom-level craft arts.
The Lobby Gallery and the Board Room will feature West Virginia artist Newman Jackson. His paintings vary from large, portrait-style paintings to smaller canvases with imagery revealing the more psychological aspects of humanness. In some of the “psychological realities” paintings, his brush and colors convey an emotional atmosphere around partially resolved body forms.
Suzan Morgan’s work will be featured in the Old Stone Room. A textile artist who has been living and creating in central West Virginia since 1988, Morgan hand-dyes and prints all the textiles she uses, as well as most of the other fibers found in her work.
The Museum Gallery will house a curated exhibit of Carl Frederick Gaetner’s work. This collection is the first retrospective solo exhibition of Carl Frederick Gaertner (1898–1952) in over twenty years—and the very first in West Virginia. A nationally recognized painter from Cleveland, Ohio, Gaertner is celebrated for his evocative depictions of industrial landscapes, rural life, and transitional moments in art and society.
The exhibits run through the end of February and are free and open to the public, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
For more information, please visit carnegiehallwv.org, call 304-645-7917, or stop by the Hall at 611 Church Street, Lewisburg.
Carnegie Hall programs are presented with financial assistance through a grant from the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.
