Michelle Waters

Kelen Heller

Have you ever met someone and felt like you’ve been friends, forever? Have you ever listened to a song, to a band, and felt like they were a missing piece of y...

Latrobe Street Mission

“Thank you for just seeing us as human beings," a resident at Latrobe Street Mission told me this after sharing dinner together. This was my first experience se...

Shop Local in WV

This year, Clutch MOV has invited me to explore small/local businesses on the WV side of the Mid Ohio Valley, finding new favorite places (and visiting a few of my own classic favorites) to shop for Holiday gifts. Tucked into all kinds of corners thr...

Center Stage

Just over a year ago, it wouldn’t have seemed unusual to assume you’d be traveling at least two hours to see some of your favorite national musical acts perform...

Out of the Darkness

Blue, Teal, Purple and Green. Those were the colors of beads I wore at today’s Out of the Darkness (suicide prevention and awareness) Walk. Each color means so...

Parkersburg Art Center

As a perpetual student, and lover of learning new creative things, I’m over-the-moon happy to have the Parkersburg Art Center right here in my own town. The Parkersburg Art Center, located at 725 Market St. in downtown Parkersburg, WV, is not just a ...

Apple Picking

One of the things I love the most about working for Clutch MOV is finding things in my own back yard that I never knew existed. My favorite apple in the whole ...

The Brain

Recently, after spending some time with a large, immersive sculpture built by my art family at REsolve, a woman confided in us. She was told as a child that her...

Creative Cooking

Do you love watching cooking shows, but wish you could slow the chef down, ask questions about the process, see the food cook in real time and learn a trick or two in a professional kitchen environment? Would you love knowing the chefs who are teachi...
Michelle Waters

Michelle Waters

Author & Photographer

Born and raised in Ohio, Michelle Waters has now lived in West Virginia for 16 years. She is a full-time photographer of people, animals, food, live music and events, and loves trying new foods, traveling, and spending time with the people she loves. She also teaches art classes through Artsbridge, The Parkersburg Art Center and Riverside Artists Gallery.

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