by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | PAINTING YEARS
Once upon a time, I diapered babies. I taught those babies to talk and walk at an early age. With love, I taught them to laugh and play. Along the way, they learned to use their hands creatively. I taught them to pray. I scrubbed floors, prepared their...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | Gallery Years
The Phoenix Hill Neighborhood was considered a ghetto area of Louisville, Kentucky when Ray Schumann began renovating Ursuline Academy and renting shop space by opening the doors of The Cloister. Located at the corner of Shelby and Chestnut Streets in the city’s...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | CHESTNUT STREET-PHOENIX HILL, Uncategorized
Purchasing the “Brown House” in 1995 began another chapter in my adventures of rehabbing old houses. The two-story brick building was located at 730 East Chestnut Street in Louisville, Kentucky, right next to the “Pink House” which is why I thought it a...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | Artists and Friends
The whirlwind I came to know as Trinette found me walking along the first-floor hallway. Without taking many breaths that I could notice, she gave me her life story complete with references and why she needed to start painting…NOW! The Seneca...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | Artists and Friends
I purchased the “Pink House” in 1987 from Mike and Rita Longaker. Located at 728 E. Chestnut Street, the house was a two-story brick building a short distance from the renovated shops of The Cloister where I was Executive Director of the non-profit...
