by Gerry Furgason | Nov 3, 2024 | ART SHOWS
Watching my relatives work in our family Poplar Level Road Grocery Store inspired me to follow in their footsteps. My five year old ambition was to grow strong enough and tall enough to stand at the checkout counter and sack groceries like my Brother Paul and to...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 29, 2024 | ART SHOWS
After the first year of exhibiting my paintings at the Saint James Art Show, I understood simple easels were not a stable means for public viewing, so my brother-in-law, Lewis constructed a standing wooden four-panel hinged frame. He used hardware cloth for the...
by Gerry Furgason | Jun 1, 2024 | ART SHOWS
What would Aunt Theresa think? Here I was curled up in a sleeping bag on the hard ground of a country hill just before dawn. I recalled how comforting Aunt Theresa’s feather bed was after my sister Jean and myself spent a day romping in the summer fields with our next...
by Gerry Furgason | Jun 1, 2024 | ART SHOWS
After a recent conversation with an artist friend about the importance of artists receiving acclaim for their works, I wondered which reception has been the most important to me. Purchase awards and ceremonies with speeches and ribbons flashed through my memory...
by Gerry Furgason | Mar 14, 2024 | ART SHOWS
The road trip to Chicago was uneventful until our convoy of artists reached the Dan Ryan Parkway. Mickey Hackett had made arrangements for Revella Coffman and myself to participate in the summer show and was in the lead car with her husband George. This being...
by Gerry Furgason | Mar 12, 2024 | ART SHOWS
After Show Visitors walk away from the line of arts and craft booths along a city street, the flurry of activity that then transpires is calculated and precise when vehicles pull up to the curb and exhibitors begin packing up for the journey home to studios and...
