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Jessica Nelson |

The Art Museum of WVU will host the exhibition "Blanche Lazzell: Becoming an American Modernist" and a variety of related events and activities open to the community throughout the fall semester.

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Jessica Nelson |

The WVU School of Art and Design hosts a variety of art exhibitions and featured artist lectures each year. The fall 2026 lineup includes a nearly monthlong exhibition of artwork from faculty in a variety of mediums, two lectures related to the Art Museum of WVU exhibition “Blanche Lazzell: Becoming an American Modernist,” a public art display on the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center grounds, and guest artist lectures on performance/installation art and interior design and architecture.

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West Virginia University Fashion Design and Merchandising (FDM) students and faculty will be represented at the 2026 International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) Conference, with five undergraduate student designs and three faculty/professional designs accepted for exhibition.

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Erica Lindsay |

The largest collection of artworks by West Virginia University alum Blanche Lazzell, a Monongalia County native and pioneer of early American modernism, is coming back home to the Art Museum of WVU as its largest exhibition ever.

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Erica Lindsay |

Olivia Martens showed up at the Ruby Amphitheater in Morgantown’s Hazel Ruby McQuain Park at 10 a.m. sharp. It was July 17, 2026, and Martens, a student in the West Virginia University Music Business and Industry Program from Red Hook, New York, had arrived to set up for Switchfoot, a rock band known for its worship music, and Hello June, a West Virginia-based indie band.

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Jessica Nelson |

Artist Jamie Lester stands beside the bronze statue "Aphrodite" in the Giardini Marinaressa in Venice, Italy. (Photo courtesy of Jamie Lester)

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Jessica Nelson |

The WVU School of Theatre and Dance’s 2026-27 season includes musicals, comedic plays and dance performances featuring current students as actors, dancers, scene and costume designers, sound and lighting technicians, choreographers and stage managers.

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Jessica Nelson |

Alison Smallwood, a Sports and Adventure Media major in the WVU Reed School of Media and Communications, was recognized with a digital media award at the 51st Gracie Awards for her “Mountaineer Playbook” segment “3-in-30.”

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Jessica Nelson |

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago brings world-class talent and choreography to the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre at the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center Sept. 4 at 7:30 p.m.

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Jessica Nelson |

Students in the WVU Reed School of Media and Communications were enlisted by Goals House, the advocacy arm of Freuds Communications, to engage young people in initiatives related to water cleanliness, access and sanitation. One group of students proposed a winning strategy to cut through Gen Z’s compassion fatigue and make them “Give a Sh*t.”

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Jessica Nelson |

Radhica Ganapathy is the new director of the West Virginia University School of Theatre and Dance, and Michael Vercelli, who has served as the interim director for the past year, is the director of the School of Music effective July 2026.

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Jessica Nelson |

The WVU Wind Symphony recently traveled to France to perform at the Festival des Anches d’Azur thanks to the generous support of donors.

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