Adventure’s Edge
131 Pleasant Street
Artists: Adrian Kiger, Marty Ferguson,
Gabe DeWitt
Medium: Fiber, Photography
Special: FREE carabiner frames to the first 50 attendees that come through our location.

Adrian Kiger is a native of Morgantown and has dabbled in wearable and useable art throughout her lifetime.  Her ‘Glam Gloves for Domestic Divas’ are a perfect example of her flair for life and design. If you haven’t seen them you should and if you don’t have a pair, shame on you.

Marty Ferguson is a resident of Morgantown who does really amazing hand painted and felted scarves.  Marty will also be showing some of her weavings.

Gabe DeWitt is from Preston County and is already well known for his incredible photography.  He most recently was awarded the Best Outdoor Photo in the Morgantown Adventure Photo Contest. 

All-Pro Photography
160 Pleasant Street
Artist: Dale Sparks
Medium: Photography
www.all-prophoto.com
allprosparks@aol.com

Alpha Associates hosted at Morgantown Dental Group
142 High Street
Artist: Colleen Simmons
Medium: Pencil
www.alphaaec.com/holiday/index.php

Alpha Associates will display a collection of original drawings and prints of WV historical buildings created for the company since 1985.

Ami’s Clayworks Studio
1301 University Avenue
Artist: Ami Hirata
Medium: Stoneware & Porcelain
Special: 50% off sale table items

Visit a working studio. Ami Hirata, a long-experienced professional potter, builds one-of-a-kind ceramic pieces in stoneware and porcelain with wood and bamboo elements. Her unique vases, covered casseroles, platters, bowls, dishes, teapots, cups, and sake carafes are richly glazed. (Weekend sale 1:00-5:00. Corner of Walnut and University.)

Appalachian Gallery
44 High Street
Artists: Various
Special: Door prize and discount coupons

Appalachian Gallery features a variety of works by West Virginia artists including paintings, photographs, drawings, collages, mosaics, limited-edition lithographs & block prints by such popular artists as Glen Barnes, Frank Ceravalo, William Goebel, Daryl Gray, Jan & Jonathan Heath, Peggy Isaack, Eddie Maier, Penelyn Peterson, Joe Watring and Don Whitlatch. www.wvcraft.com

Arrow Gift Shoppe
220 High Street
Artist: Lyn Halapy
Medium: Embroidery

Arts Monongahela
201 High Street
Artists: Susan Ting, Will Brewer, Lou Dadyburjor, Janet Simpson, Nancy Swisher, Linda Jones, Cynthia Myerberg, Janet Jo McIntosh,
Mary Elizabeth Smith
Medium: Porcelain, Oil Paint, Fabric
Special: Quilt demonstration by Linda Jones and refreshments

Award-winning quilts will be on display at the Jackson Kelly Gallery at Arts Monongahela. Linda Jones will be doing a demonstration of quilting techniques.

Susan Ting works with porcelain clay that she hand carves after the pieces are thrown on the wheel. Leaves and nature are often seen in her carvings, with the Ginkgo leaf being a favorite motif. Recently, she has been carving organic lines and shapes to suggest movement and fluency. www.zenclay.com , zenclay@hotmail.com

Aull Center for Local History & Genealogy Research
351 Spruce Street
Artist: Adam Cross
Medium: Oil Paint

His most recent works are serious studies in the areas of drawing, printmaking and painting representing his efforts to acquire the fundamental training and skills needed to begin his service with the Lord. Works include several recent portrait commissions and projects worked on under professors Joseph Lupo and Naijun Zhang. www.flickr.com/photos acrosstheart/, Across4ivy@aol.com

Bead Monster Boutique
310 High Street
Artist: Robin Dallas
Medium: Jewelry
www.beadmonsterboutique.com

Robin Dallas, artist and owner of Bead Monster Boutique, graduated from WVU with a degree in fine arts. For Arts Walk she will feature a collection of her artwork through the years.

Black Bear Burritos
132 Pleasant Street
Artist: Malissa Goff
Medium: Oil Paint

Malissa Goff is a local artist whose work ranges from painting to multimedia pieces to sculpture.  The subject matter of her paintings includes portraiture, the graphic quality of people as images from past to present, and some siren subjects inspired by storybook fiction and folklore. www.malissagoff.com, coffee4frank@yahoo.com

Blue Moose Café
248 Walnut Street
Artists: Mark A. Blaschak, Karrie Roberts,
Frances Hall
Medium: Photography, Various, Fiber

Mark Blaschak believes Nature doesn’t need to be altered to be beautiful. Moving a leaf takes away from the natural state and takes away from their true, natural beauty. The sun rise and the playful shapes of clouds are beautiful because they are natural, as is his flower photography. mblascha@gmail.com

Karri Roberts is a locally based illustrator and a graduate of West Virginia University, where she received a BFA in Printmaking. She is also the Blue Moose Cafe’s current art director and exhibits her artwork regularly. Her artwork includes the use of many different mediums (printmaking, watercolor, pen and ink).

Frances Hall is a local area artist who works primarily in fiber. She is a doll artist, with work in Tamarack , at Mountainmade and at ETSY.com.  She has recently started working on small quilted wall hangings.  She will have on display, at the Blue Moose, Victorian style quilted Christmas Stockings

Buffalo Wild Wings
268 High Street
Artist: Gino DeRosa
Medium: Oil Painting

Gino DeRosa is a recent graduate of the WVU Fine Arts program with a Teaching Certification.  He works mainly with oil paints and paints realistic landscapes of West Virginia and Pennsylvania scenery during all four seasons.www.freewebs.com/ginowvu/

Café Bacchus
76 High Street
Artists: Heimo Riedel
Medium: Photography
Special: Free food/appetizers

Photography has been a passion for Heimo Riedel since he started before the age of nine in black and white with a 1920s medium-format bellows camera given to him by his grandfather. Over the last decade his interest has migrated to digital photography and high definition videography. hriedel@hsc.wvu.edu

Cardello LIghting
1279 University Avenue
Artist: Sam Madia
Medium: Mixed Media
Special: Discounts on Tiffany Lighting Fixtures and Wall prints, refreshments

A Morgantown native, Sam taught art at the junior and senior high level in Monongalia County and the college level at WVU and California University of Pennsylvania. Sam indicates his greatest satisfaction as a teacher was during his years in West Virginia. Sam currently resides in California, PA. His artwork is for sale through Monongalia Arts Center, 107 High Street, Morgantown.

Carvel Ice Cream
143 High Street
Artist: Our Studio
Medium: Various
Special: 25% discount on hot apple and hot berry waffle bowl sundaes

Our Studio, based in Morgantown, WV, is a community space aiming to nurture the artist in everyone. We provide a positive and fun environment that fosters personal growth and confidence. Our Studio offers art-based programs for all ages. We also host art exhibitions and more! www.ourstudio.org

Cold Stone Creamery
356 High Street
Artist: Kristina Palumbo
Medium: Oil Paint

For this body of work she has chosen to reference old family photos dated from 1950-1970. Pulling from old black and white photography, she chose to re-work the images by adding patterning and color. She has mixed both realism and abstraction to create her own personal family album. Kpalumbo@mix.wvu.edu

Coni & Franc
422 High Street
Artists: Gabrielle Merandi, Francesca Merandi
Medium: Photography, Jewelry
Specials: For every $200 spent, receive $50 off. 50% off select bridal gowns. 20% off full price gowns

Francesca Merandi creates jewelry made with semi precious stones and crystal, silver and gold. Chesca281@hotmail.com

Gabrielle Merandi makes handmade crystal, silver and gold jewelry and also does floral photography. gmerandi@hotmail.com,

Coombs Flowers
401 High Street
Artist: Annie Morris Simcoe
Medium: Handmade paper
Special: 20% off all merchandise

Annie Morris Simcoe makes all of her own paper using materials that she gathers near her home in Morgantown. She draws her inspiration, and many of her materials, from the amazing natural landscape of this region.www.annabellepetuniahead.com

Copper Beech Townhomes
360 High Street
Artist: Sharon Goodman
Medium: Oil Paint

Sharon Goodman’s paintings are immediate and energetic. She wants the motions of her hand to be apparent on the paper or canvas and add another dimension to the painting, a spontaneity that the viewer can feel. Her work is inspired by movement, color and Nature. www.sharongoodman.net

Dairy Queen
444 High Street
Artist: Bill Mayer
Medium: Wood

Bill is a wood carver who starts his pieces with a chainsaw and then moves to his chisels to finely craft his work. He will feature his Old World-style Santa Clauses at this year’s event.

G2 Gifts/Gallery
40 High Street
Artist: WVU Printmakers, Lisa Johanns
Medium: Printmaking, Jewelry

Special: 10% off all purchases

This exhibition will showcase artists working in a variety of printmaking mediums. The prints that will be on display include techniques such as silkscreen, lithography, relief and intaglio. The students represented in this show are raising money to attend an International Printmaking Conference in Chicago.

Necklaces Beaded by Lisa will be available at g2 gifts/gallery during the month of October.  Started in 2004, Lisa beaded necklaces for her friends and family and now creates jewelry full time.  Her classy casual style has been popular at craft shows throughout West Virginia. BeadedbyLisa@yahoo.com

Gibbie’s Pub & Eatery

368 High Street
Artist: Jessica McDonald
Medium: Oil Paint

Jessica McDonald is a native artist from Morgantown, WV. Her work focuses on the idea of taking viewers on a euphoric sensorial experience of a sinful overindulgent fixation. By creating edible landscapes of confectionary sweets, she documents these temporary sculptures into Photorealistic abstract candy landscape paintings. Kokomobreeze30@yahoo.com

Infinite Lens
107 High Street
Artists: Sue Amos, Frank Scafella
Medium: Photography
www.infinitelens.com
Special: Free gift certificates to the first 10 people who stop by and request one.

Sue Amos will be exhibiting photographs she has taken of the MAC (Monongalia Arts Center) since moving her studio there over a year ago.  Some of the photographs are of architectural details while others capture reflections and shadows in and around the MAC. A few of her images are digitally enhanced. 

Frank Scafella will have on display several large panoramas of sunset and sunrise photographed from the tops of Middle and Rich Mountains in Randolph County, WV.

Interior Images
374 High Street

Interior Images features one of a kind home furnishings including original oil paintings. They feature solid-wood, made-in-America Harden Furniture and Mark Roberts Fairies—a specialty collection of limited Christmas ornaments.

John P. Kuehn Antique and Estate Jewelry
300 High Street
Artist: Amberlee Christey
Medium: Photography
Special: 50-75% off antique and estate jewelry

A WVU graduate with dual BFA degrees in sculpture and photography, she started her own photography business specializing in fine art, weddings and portraits. She pursued her interest in sculpture on a smaller scale and completed Bench Jeweler Certification at the American School of Jewelry and currently works as a goldsmith for John P. Kuehn. amberlee@amberleechristey.com, www.amberleechristey.com

Judith Anne’s Shop Around
the Corner
217 Wall Street
Artist: Ryan Pujals
Medium: Pencil on Paper
Special: Live music (pianist) and complimentary favor

My work is a reflection of what I perceive in life. Each piece depicts a scenario or choice in life that anyone could experience. The pictures I create are on regular art paper and drawn with a graphite pencil. Every sketch has a meaning to it that I believe stands to show a spiritual side of life. ryan_timeswv@hotmail.com

Main Street Morgantown
127 High Street
Historic Audio Walking Tour
downtownmorgantown.com

Take a Self Guided Historic Audio Walking Tour of Downtown Morgantown. Visit 51 Historic, architectural and cultural sites with one hour of audio and a colorful, 28 page brochure. Interesting stories told by professional actors, music and sound effects. A MUST DO EVENT!

Maxwell’s Restaurant
1 Wall Street
Artist: Ariana Winter
Medium: Photography
Special: Seafood Special

Milan Puskar Health Right
341 Spruce Street
Artist: Ian Benson
Medium: Photography

Still World Images, specializes in documentary and fine art photography that maintains journalistic ethics and integrity. The images are intended to remind those who view them that grace and beauty are everywhere, and that stories worth hearing are all around us. www.stillworldimages.com

Mills Group, LLC
206 High Street
Artist: Lorna Vincent Venter
Medium: Clay/Bronze Sculpture/Drawing

The best compliment she gets is the reaction kids have to her sculptures - they HAVE to touch them.  She enjoys the expressive nature of her work, and that essentially is her motivation to create.  She wants to give you something to think about in the eyes of her subjects, in their gesture, in their lack of those things too.  Enjoy. www.adventuresinelegance.com

Monongalia Arts Center
107 High Street
Artist: Neal Newfield
Medium: Photography

“Humans for Sale” explores the sad hopes, loyalties and betrayals that constitute human trafficking. The focus is Southeast Asia, arguably the world’s center for sex trafficking. The exhibit does not shy away from the beauty of Southeast Asia nor the ugliness of trafficking, and not infrequently the images are a blend of these contrasting energies. www.monartscenter.com

Montmartre
127 High Street
Artist: WVU Ceramics Department
Medium: Stoneware and Porcelain

The Ceramics Department and Production Studio will display a range of work produced by faculty, staff and students. The Production Studio concentrates on attention to detail and technical ability to create functional ceramics. Their Exhibition will be a sampling of products that will be available at the annual Holiday Sale December 5, 6 & 7th in the Main Lobby at the College of Creative Arts. Christopher.Brown@mail.wvu.edu

Morgantown History Museum
111 High Street
Artist: Monica Wilkins, Lynn Lysick
Medium: Watercolor & Polymer Clay
Special: Refreshments will be provided

Monica Wilkins is a member of the West Virginia Watercolor Society and was juried into the Pittsburgh Watercolor Society in the fall of 2007. She currently teaches watercolor at the Morgantown Art Association Gallery and has had a painting accepted into the 2008 International Watercolor Show Aqueous Open.

Lynn Lysick’s creative process continually leads her into new directions.  Her watercolor paintings and polymer clay jewelry are inspired by many visual sources as well as an ever present need to experiment. lynn.morgantown@gmail.com

Mountain People’s Market Co-op
1400 University Avenue
Artist: Eddie Maier
Medium: Woodblock Printmaking

Special: Prepared coffee & snacks

Eddie works with oil painted woodblock printmaking, a process that consists of carving a slab of wood, inking the surface, then using the inked block to print onto handmade paper. Much of his inspiration comes from traveling in America and abroad to places in Europe and Ghana, West Africa. Morkthedork@hotmail.com, www.pbase.com/eddiespaghettiart

M.T. Pockets Theatre Company (located in Monongalia Arts Center)
107 High Street
Artist: Jen Hoke
Medium: Photography
Special: Reception to meet ensemble and board members, Suddenly Last Summer by Tennessee Williams at 8:00 pm. Tickets: $13 Gen. Public/$11 Seniors/$8 Students (Mature Audiences)

Jen Hoke, owner of Jen Hoke Photography, specializes in fusing artistry and the simplicity of realism into her photojournalism work, which spans a seemingly endless range from lifestyle to nuptials. Her lens connects her to that sparkle in the eyes; confirming that there is beauty even within a box of darkness.www.jenhokephotography.com

Pathfinder
235 High Street
Artist: Dan Cunningham
Medium: Music
Special: 30% off all clothing and hardware – ski and snowboarding

Dan calls his music “New Appalachian” music and features his unique style of finger-picking guitar and vocals.  The music includes original songs from his first three CD’s plus popular and traditional tunes. Dan has performed/recorded with Phil Keaggy (Grammy nominee and Dove award winner), Robin Kessinger (1985 National Flatpicking Champion), and Nedra Talley Ross (Ronettes).pickndawg@yahoo.com, www.pickndawg.com

Riverstone Ale House
227 Chestnut Street
Artists: George Scott, Silas Spellman
Medium: Oil and Acrylic
Special: $1 off drafts, $.50 off wine

George Scott started painting fifteen years ago in an attempt to satisfy an urge of ideas and expressions.  He considers himself to be an abstract expressionist, like John Micheal Basquait and Jackson Pollock.  He originally chose oil for the vibrant and rich colors and has also used acrylic paint for its ease of manipulation. gogeo7@gmail.com

Silas Spellman, a graduate of WVU with B.A. in Fine Arts, has been showing work locally since 1998. While he continues to exhibit his easel paintings and collaborate on larger projects with other artists, he is currently accepting commission work for private and corporate clients. www.espectro.com

So.Zo
473 High Street
Artists: Ryan Dunkerley, Erin Clemens
Medium: Photography, Media

Ryan Dunkerley’s art revolves around two main themes: socio-economic observations and the resolution of self in art. As a digital artist, he is interested in the building of new mediums’ aesthetic criteria, specifically how these new mediums span the global class system creating a unique style composed of a multitude of cultural inputs www.ryan-dunkerley.com

Erin Clemens is a Morgantown native who became interested in the visual aspects of art by extension of her love of expression, communication and the written word. Her creative work reflects the broad spectrum of her interests, focusing on photography, poetry, digital poetics and video essays. www.erin-clemens.com

Spruce Street Studios
300 Court Street
Artists: WVU Art Faculty - Robert Bridges,
Naijun Zhang, Dylan Collins, Joseph Lupo,
Jason Lee, Ericka Osborne
Medium: Painting, drawing, prints

Spruce Street Studio will exhibit a selection of WVU Art Faculty’s recent work.

Tanner’s Alley Leather Design Studio
416 High Street
Artists: John Hriblan, Sally Williams,
Rachel Robinette
Medium: Multimedia, recycled leather, leather

John is a Morgantown native making everything in life a piece of art. Specializing in scrimshaw, carving and painting of everything from jewelry to custom knives to custom automobiles. Mostly working with natural materials such as ivory, wood, leather & feathers while also utilizing synthetic materials. A true West Virginia craftsman, making do with what is available. john2dixie@hotmail.com, http://residents.bowhunting.net/thehriblanclan/crafts.htm

Sally Williams will display handbags made from recycled leather and gourd art.

Rachel Robinette specializes in Artistic Designs in Leatherand can be contacted at 304-685-0665. Robinre_ll@hotmail.com

Taylor Morgan Restaurant and Delicatessen
216/218 Walnut Street
Artists: Gino DeRosa, Leann Arthur
Medium: Oil Paint, Photography

Gino DeRosa recently graduated in May of 2008 from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Teaching Certification for Art K-Adult. These paintings are a series of his exploration of circuit boards and their interaction with light.

Leann Arthur is a Junior news editorial journalism major at WVU. Her background is in mostly journalistic and documentary photography, having worked for The Dominion Post and WVU Photographic Services. She does freelance work around Morgantown and hopes to pursue a career in travel photojournalism. larthur@mix.wvu.edu

The Elegant Alley Cat
358 High Street
Artist: Beth Sodomick
Medium: Painting
Special: 25% off Vera Bradley Riviera Blue pattern – Perfect colors for WVU!

Beth is a 2008 graduate of WVU with a major in Visual Art. Her paintings are based on historic Morgantown photographs and are focused on documenting the changes in the people, establishments and landscapes of our town.

The Mirror’s Image
229 Spruce Street
Artists: Rob Haining, Mari Nichols-Haining,
Judy Pincus
Medium: Segmentation Relief Portraiture (woodworking), photography, watercolor

Robert is owner and operator of “The Mirror’s Image”.  In addition to mirror etching, he has recently begun a form of woodworking art to be featured at tonight’s Arts Walk. Rob@mirrorsimage.com, www.mirrorsimage.com

Mari moved to Morgantown with her five children nearly a decade ago - about the same time she discovered the rewards of capturing elusive moments through her camera lens. Although her day job as a science writer pays the bills, she finds creative outlet through photography and with her published poetry. marinichols@gmail.com

Judy has been creating art since childhood and feels as if she was preparing to be a portrait artist without realizing it! She did become one and traveled for eight years creating art on the spot. She’s been concentrating on watercolor paintings for the last seven years, capturing scenes of her adoptive state. http://javajnkie.imagekind.com

The Vintage Room
467 Chestnut Street
Artist: The Jenny Wilson Trio
Medium: Music

The Jenny Wilson Jazz Trio plays every Friday at the Vintage Room in Morgantown on Chestnut St.  The trio showcases Jenny’s piano improv and smoky vocals.  Husband Nathan Wilson provides the backbone of the trio on upright bass and drummer Mic Fries keeps the groove. www.JennyandNathan.com

The Warner Theatre
147 High Street
Artist: Derek Overfield, Lauren Adams
Medium: Acrylic & Pastel, Oil & Acrylic
Special: Free small popcorn with purchase of other item

Derek Overfield is a semi-abstract realist painter focusing on the figure. Working directly from life with a fast and loose approach, he gives vitality and honesty to his figures. Elements of simplicity, energy, contrast and a sense of the heroic are prevalent in his work. derekoverfield@gmail.com, www.derekoverfield.com

Lauren Adams is a painter focusing on two distinct styles. Her landscapes, painted rapidly on location, emphasize the importance of experience. Lauren’s acrylic works are inspired from memories, which are represented by birds. Those ideas are expressed through simplicity, color, and the utilization of concies, haiku-influenced imagery. info@laurenadamsart.com, www.laurenadamsart.com

Tonique’s Trilogy
130 Fayette Street
Artists: Jessica Brick, David Stead, Cate Campbell, Nic Romanoli, Michael Green
Medium: Prisma pencil, mixed media, photography, multimedia

Jessica Brick is a 2007 graduate of WVU in Textiles, Apparel and Merchandising who will display fashion croquis rendered in Prisma pencil.

David Stead is a 2007 graduate of WVU in Visual and Performing Arts who takes an artistic approach to hairstyling as well as mixed media art.

Cate Campbell explores the abstract rendered in many mediums. Her vision is to encourage young artists by showing and selling their work at Trilogy.

Nic Romanoli is an international photographer with works depicting the beauty of the human body.

Michael Green is an art teacher at Morgantown High School and a well known artist throughout the area.

Vance’s Blues
111 Walnut Street
Artist: Chitra Tatachar
Medium: Digital Photography
Special: Fall Sale – All regularly prices items 10-20% off!

Chitra Tatachar is a Web Developer and photographer who resides in Morgantown, WV. Her primary interests are landscape and nature photography. She endeavors to capture the play of light and the mood of a scene. She is a stock photographer for istockphoto, Dreamstime and other stock photo agencies. hatric111@yahoo.com, http://community.wvu.edu/~ct014/