Skip to main content

Lydia Warren AC ’14 Receives Leadership in Arts Award from Fairmont Arts and Humanities Commission

Published July 17, 2025

Lydia Warren AC ’14, director of the Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center, received a Leadership in Arts Award from the Fairmont Arts and Humanities Commission for her passionate advocacy for the arts and her efforts to expand cultural programming. The folklife center was named Institution of the Year by the West Virginia Association of Museums. Warren majored in music at Smith and earned a Ph.D. in music from the University of Virginia Charlottesville.