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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Gov. Justice invites students to participate in annual Almost Heaven Governor’s Art Exhibition

CHARLESTON, WV — Gov. Jim Justice, the West Virginia Department of Tourism and the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History (WVDACH) invite all West Virginia students in grades K-12 to participate in the 2025 Almost Heaven Governor’s Art Exhibition. 

Entries are currently being accepted, and the deadline for submissions is Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 (hand-delivered or mailed and received no later than Jan. 17). Only one entry may be submitted per student.

Designed to showcase student creativity and the arts, this year’s exhibition is a call for one-of-a-kind postcard designs illustrating star gazing at your favorite West Virginia waterway. Selected postcard artwork will later be used by the Department of Tourism to personally invite travelers to Almost Heaven.

Awards will be given to 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in three categories: elementary school, middle school and high school. Winners will receive Blick Art Materials gift cards in the amounts of $100, $50 and $25.
Download art submission form here
Artwork can be standard postcard size, 5” W x 3-1/2” H x or 6” W x 4-1/4” H with a maximum of 11” W x 6” H and weigh no more than 3 pounds. Painting, printmaking, digital art, drawing, photography and mixed media are all acceptable mediums. All artwork must include a submission form.
Artwork and submission form should be dropped off or mailed to:

WVDACH
Attn: Sidney Duncan, ALMOST HEAVEN
The Culture Center
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East, Charleston, WV 25305
An exhibition of all selected entries will be on display at the State Capitol in Charleston beginning Feb. 12, 2025.

For additional questions, please contact Sidney Duncan, WVDACH exhibits coordinator, at (304) 558-0220 or [email protected].
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