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Old Corbin factory shelters Huntington art scene

Herald-Dispatch photo by Sholten Singer The Huntington Music and Arts Festival’s Pop Visions exhibit is held on Saturday, June 18, 2016, at the West Edge Factory in Huntington.
Herald-Dispatch photo by Sholten Singer
The Huntington Music and Arts Festival’s Pop Visions exhibit is held on Saturday, June 18, 2016, at the West Edge Factory in Huntington.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Ever since Coalfield Development purchased the old Corbin Building in Westmoreland, the former garment factory has experienced a new life not as an industrial center, but a playground for the arts scene.

Now dubbed the West Edge Factory, the shop’s cleared warehouse hosted its second Culture Storm art show in less than a year Saturday with around 20 local artists setting up on the old wooden floor.

“It’s progressive, and that’s the best thing I can say about it for Huntington,” said Zac White, one of the three main organizers and a vendor himself.

Operating under the flag of the annual Huntington Music and Arts Festival, Cultural Storm is a twice yearly art show..

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