Making the arts easier to discover

Our mission is to make the arts easier to discover, experience, and support by connecting people with artists, cultural organizations, creative businesses, and cultural destinations throughout their communities.

WestVirginiaArts.com is produced by Guardswell Enterprises Inc.. Its primary purpose is statewide arts discovery: approved destinations, Artists & Makers, and Arts News & Announcements, with listings being developed beginning in the Eastern Panhandle.

The longer-term vision is a network of state-based arts websites encouraging cultural tourism and strengthening creative communities.

About the founder

David F. Heatwole is an artist, curator, collector, publisher, and arts advocate with past exhibition and collaborative arts experience. He previously operated EXHIBITIONS Art Gallery as a physical fine-art gallery in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

EXHIBITIONS is now being revived as an online exhibition initiative, with original curated presentations and appropriate institutional collaborations envisioned for its future program. Inaugural exhibitions are in development.