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41174
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The walls of businesses at West Jefferson are adorned with art that reflect the town’s two sources of renown. Murals include pastoral scenes that reflect its cheese-making tradition. The art walls also continue the artistic expression tradition started by Benjamin Long, creator of the local Episcopal church’s famous frescoes.
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37163
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Old and New Worlds, along with the Renaissance and modern day, meld in the fresco painted by Ben Long, who studied the art form in Italy before bringing it to this Episcopal church’s walls. Long, also the painter of the frescoes in St. Mary’s in West Jefferson, has helped make these churches popular visitation spots, who the author numbered at 50,000 people annually.