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08/12/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/12/2026 06:31
Art Museum of WVU offers media preview of largest exhibition on record
Art Museum of WVU Exhibition Coordinator Sam Boehm, left, works with Robert Bridges, curator, to position a large Blanche Lazzell piece on the museum wall in preparation for the exhibition opening Aug. 21. (WVU Photo/Rebecca Particka)
WHAT: The Art Museum of West Virginia University invites media members to a preview of "Blanche Lazzell: Becoming an American Modernist." The first exhibition from the Art Museum of WVU to tour the nation, it celebrates University alum Lazzell, who was born in and lived just outside of Morgantown, and her revolutionary printmaking work.
WHEN: Monday, Aug. 17, 11 a.m.
WHERE: The Art Museum of WVU, 20 Fine Arts Drive, Morgantown
WHO: Robert Bridges, curator, Art Museum of WVU
NOTES: Parking is available across from the Museum Education Center in the lots below Evansdale Crossing.
Individual media interviews will be available at the preview and cannot be guaranteed at the exhibition's opening on Aug. 21, or other events.
Learn more about Lazzell and the exhibition.
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