<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2024/08/fairmont-state-university-receives-grant-hold-exhibit-west-virginia-glass-industry.aspx" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>08/08/2024 10:16:56 AM</pubDate><title>Fairmont State University Receives Grant to Hold Exhibit on West Virginia Glass Industry in Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center</title><description>Fairmont State University has received $2,000 through the West Virginia Humanities Council. This grant will be used to curate, promote, and actualize Sand and Fire: 200 Years of West Virginia Glass, a Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center exhibit highlighting how the glass industry led to significant economic development in West Virginia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.</description><image><img src="/_images/news/unrecognizable-craftsman-making-glass-teapot-2023-11-27-05-27-06-utc-news.jpg" alt="Craftsman creating a glass tea pot by melting glass. "/></image><tags><tag>Academics</tag><tag>College of Liberal Arts</tag><tag>Events</tag><tag>Folk Life</tag></tags></item>