Meet Callen McJunkin, the fourth 2009 YWCA Women of Achievement honoree and the last in our 4-week series of blog posts leading up to Thursday's event. It's not too late to get your tickets! $75 each (65% tax deductible) and you can buy them simply and securely online.
CALLEN MCJUNKIN brings an artistic flair to the state of West Virginia. After graduating with honors from Hollins College with a degree in art history, her love for art manifested itself in the business of representing artists and making fine art and craft available to area businesses and individuals. From exciting new regional artists to nationally recognized professionals, Callen has curated numerous exhibitions of fine regional and national artists and artisans – including curating the catalogue and acquiring the works for the permanent collection of West Virginia artists now on display at Marshall University College of Graduate Studies. She established the Callen McJunkin Gallery in 1991 and helped establish the Downtown Charleston ArtWalk to enliven downtown Charleston and make art more accessible.
Callen has lent her artistic expertise to the community by serving on the Sunrise Museum Board, Tamarack Advisory Board, the WV Commission on the Arts, FestivALL Steering Committee, Clay Center Advisory Board, Fund for the Arts Board and Kanawha Garden Club, and is a founding member and past president of the Clay Center Collector’s Club. She is also the former co-chair of the WV Committee to the National Museum of Women in the Arts, where her responsibilities included overseeing the exhibition of West Virginia Women Artists in Washington, and developing an educational program in WV for all ages to learn about women artists from 1300 to the present. In 2007, Callen received the Clay Center’s Kathe C. Payton “Spirit of Volunteerism” Award for her continuous commitment to making our community a more beautiful place.
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