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Mar 10, 2010	JUST IN! I now have copies of the super-fab documentary All Rendered Truth, made by Scott Blackwell of the Folk Artists Foundation and Patrick Long. This DVD gives amazing and intimate perspectives on 21 renowned Southern artists, including Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Mose Tolliver, Clyde Jones, Bernice Sims, James Harold Jennings, Lonnie Holley, and many others. A must-see! The 57-minute DVD, with lots of extras, costs $20, and I ship for free! To order one, email me and I will send you a paypal invoice.
Feb 15, 2010	The 8th annual FEARRINGTON FOLK ART SHOW is this weekend! TWO CHANCES to talk art with me and with other collectors at the show . . . 1. Join us for the Collectors' Preview and Opening Symposium *this Friday, February 19, at 6:00. I will be joined by other panelists -- artist Peter Loose and filmmaker Scott Blackwell -- for a lively discussion and a preview of Scott's fabulous film All Rendered Truth. Advance tix are $25; for more info, see http://www.fearrington.com/village/folkart.asp 2. Join me and Scott Blackwell at McIntyre's Books* in Fearrington Village at 1:00 this Saturday and again at 1:00 this Sunday. We will lead further discussions about the fascinating field of folk art and will recommend some of the art books that we love. Fun!
Jan 27, 2010	Drop by the Old Granary Gallery in Fearrington Village to see two art exhibits I have curated! From January 29 until February 18, come enjoy a SNEAK PREVIEW of the Fearrington Folk Art Show in the Old Granary Gallery. The Preview will include works by artists Leonard Jones, Peter Loose, and Sarah Rakes; all three of these artists will be attending and exhibiting at the Fearrington Folk Art Show February 19 - 21. Then, the weekend of the Fearrington Folk Art Show, come view works by Alabama self-taught artists Jimmy Lee Sudduth and Mose Tolliver in the Old Granary Gallery. Both of these artists died recently, and both have left behind powerful and enduring renderings of their worlds. This exhibit will feature a selection of their paintings and will include such subjects as self, family, home, and nature.
Jan 6, 2010	Happy New Year! I have just posted marvelous new works by Sarah Rakes and Cher Shaffer. Please take a look!
Dec 10, 2009	Frohe Weihnachten: That’s German for “Merry Christmas.” Guglhupf Bakery & Café will be hosting a German Christmas Market this weekend for the first time. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, local artists with the Durham Craft Market, The Ginger Young Gallery and Outsiders Gallery will be selling their wares at Guglhupf. The café will provide mulled cider and Glühwein (mulled wine) for the festive event, and sell its popular Dresden-style Christmas Stollen, a dense leavened bread made from a sweet dough with citrus peel, raisins, almonds and spices. For information, call Guglhupf at (919) 401-2600 or go to www.guglhupf.com.
Dec 9, 2009	THANKS to everyone who attended my annual benefit art sale December 5 and 6! Despite the nasty weather, we raised more than $500 for Paws4Ever. My Paws4Ever adoptee Wonton the Gallery Dog and I are delighted we could help to keep those homeless pups and kitties fed and cared for this winter. To learn more about Paws4Ever, please visit www.paws4ever.org. It is a marvelous and very effective organization!
Nov 14, 2009	Help the animals and find unique gifts at the 2009 GINGER YOUNG GALLERY HOLIDAY ART SALE Saturday, December 5th 10:00 – 5:00 Sunday, December 6th 12:00 – 5:00 other times by appointment – please call (919) 932-6003 One-of-a-kind paintings, sculptures, garden art, ornaments, wreaths, & art books by 65 Southern folk & self-taught artists. Many new works by Peter Loose * Sarah Rakes * MC Jones James Arthur Snipes * Leonard Jones * Cher Shaffer * Tom Tarrer Great gifts! Dozens of original art items for under $50! 10% of sales will benefit Paws4Ever! Paws4Ever is a no-kill animal shelter in Orange County dedicated to improving animal welfare and fostering a humane community through education, care, adoption,and training. To learn more, visit www.paws4ever.org 5802 Brisbane Drive, Chapel Hill Take I-40 to exit 266; go 1.3 miles north on Hwy86 (toward Hillsborough). Turn right on Mt.Sinai Rd. After 7/10 of a mile, turn left on Brisbane Drive. Questions? (919) 932-6003 or ginger@gingeryoung.com Preview the art at www.gingeryoung.com Become a fan of Ginger Young Gallery on Facebook Bring a donation of dog food or cat food for the Paws4Ever shelter, and receive $5 off any purchase! Ginger Young Gallery is going green! We are not sending postcards for this sale. Please share this invitation with friends, fellow animal lovers, and art fans.
Jun 25, 2009	Please join me at Folk Fest 2009 in Atlanta August 14 - 16! For more info, please visit http://www.slotinfolkart.com/folk_fest/folk_fest.html.
Apr 25, 2009	Support SEEDS by shopping at Ginger Young Gallery's Spring 2009 BENEFIT ART SALE! Saturday & Sunday, May 9 & 10 from 10 am – 6 pm. The sale will feature 1000+ works by 65 southern self-taught and folk artists, including paintings, sculptures, garden art and found object robots. Pound cake and strawberries will be served, and kids are welcome. Unique Mother's Day and graduation gifts! 10% of all sales will benefit SEEDS. Meet the SEEDS youth on Sunday from 2 – 4 pm and join in making potato print Mother’s Day cards and flowerpots! The gallery is located at 5802 Brisbane Drive in Chapel Hill. Directions: Take I-40 to exit 266; go 1.3 miles north on Hwy 86 (toward Hillsborough). Turn right on Mt. Sinai Road. After 7/10 of a mile, turn left on Brisbane Drive. For more information, call (919) 932-6003 or email ginger@gingeryoung.com.
Dec 30, 2008	One of my highlights of 2008 was giving a talk at Duke University's John Hope Franklin Center on self-taught artists of the American South. Please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCryr1M9fE8 to see an excerpt from the talk, in which I was explaining the improbability and genius of Montgomery, Alabama artist Bill Traylor. Here's to more explorations of this amazing field of art in 2009 and beyond!
Dec 20, 2008	THANKS to all who attended my art sale on December 6 and 7 to benefit Create the Change, a new initiative of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice. Together, we raised $900 to support the important work Create the Change is doing to strengthen our communities and to give everyone a voice. Stay tuned for news of my Spring 2009 Benefit Art Sale!
Nov 16, 2008	Don’t miss the 2008 GINGER YOUNG GALLERY HOLIDAY ART SALE! Saturday, December 6th 10:00 – 5:00 Sunday, December 7th 10:00 – 5:00 other times by appointment – please call (919) 932-6003 Paintings, sculptures, garden art, ornaments, & books by 65 Southern folk & self-taught artists, including Peter Loose * Sarah Rakes * Jimmy Lee Sudduth * Mose Tolliver * Fred Kessler * James Arthur Snipes * Howard Finster * Earl Jones * Cher Shaffer. Great gifts! Hundreds of original art items for under $50! 10% of sales will benefit Create the Change, a new initiative of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice. To learn more, visit www.ctcdurham.blogspot.com/ 5802 Brisbane Drive, Chapel Hill Take I-40 to exit 266; go 1.3 miles north on Hwy 86 (toward Hillsborough). Turn right on Mt.Sinai Rd. After 7/10 of a mile, turn left on Brisbane Drive. Questions? (919) 932-6003 or ginger@gingeryoung.com
Jun 15, 2008	Thanks to EVERYONE who came by our May 31 and June 1 art sale to benefit Room to Read! It was a blast -- Clyde Jones led children in painting the Clydemobile outside, while Peter Loose played his art dulcimer inside as art fans enjoyed our pound cake and fresh-from-the-field strawberries. Sales, donations, and guest book signatures enabled us to donate an impressive $2,442 to Room to Read! Signed Clyde Jones books are still available for those who haven't yet gotten their copy of this delightful book . . .
Apr 23, 2008	Dear fellow art fans, Please join me for Ginger Young Gallery’s spring 2008 BENEFIT ART SALE! Saturday, May 31 10:00 – 6:00 Sunday, June 1 10:00 – 6:00 Contact me if you’d like to arrange a sneak preview on Friday, May 30. I will invest 10% of the weekend’s sales in Room to Read. Committed to making global literacy a reality, Room to Read builds schools and libraries, and gives scholarships to girls, in underprivileged villages in Asia and Africa. To learn more, visit www.roomtoread.org, or read John Wood’s book, Leaving Microsoft to Change the World. At this sale, I will have many previously unexhibited works by Mose Tolliver, James Arthur Snipes, and Jimmy Lee Sudduth; Peter Loose’s new book celebrating our own Clyde Jones, Our Friend Clyde; and a huge selection of paintings, carvings, and garden art (and, of course, pound cake and strawberries!). Come be inspired by the tremendous creativity bursting from our walls, and bring friends – I’ll donate $1 to Room to Read for everyone who drops by! Warmly, Ginger Young Directions: take I-40 to exit 266; go 1.3 miles north on Hwy 86. Turn right on Mt. Sinai Rd., After 7/10 of a mile, turn left on Brisbane Drive. Questions? (919) 932-6003 or ginger@gingeryoung.com
Apr 22, 2008	NEW RELEASE! Peter Loose's book celebrating Bynum, NC, artist Clyde Jones, has recently been published. Entitled "Our Friend Clyde", the book is a beautiful testament, through words and photos, to the power of one man and his art to unify and enrich an entire community. Autographed copies of the book will be available at the Chatham Arts Council's annual Clydefest in Bynum on Saturday, April 26; at the Haw River Festival on Saturday, May 10; and at Ginger Young Gallery's annual spring benefit art sale Saturday and Sunday, May 31 and June 1.
Mar 11, 2008	Lots of new works are being added this week by Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Tom Tarrer, Kacey Carneal, Richard Burnside, James Arthur Snipes, and Mose Tolliver! Check back often . . . .
Feb 1, 2008	Sponsored by John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University, as part of Black History Month: African-American self-taught artists of the American South: Renderings of their everyday lives Wednesday, February 13 John Hope Franklin Center, Room 130 12:00 - 1:30 Lunch will be served Despite their lack of formal training, a handful of African-American self-taught artists from the Southeastern US have emerged as creative powerhouses in the past twenty years, their genius recognized and celebrated by the mainstream art world. Some of their most eloquent renderings depict their everyday lives. In this talk, we will discuss these visual narratives and the ways in which they bear witness to rural farm life, race, work, family, and childhood. We will examine artworks by such artists as Jimmy Lee Sudduth, James Arthur Snipes, Bernice Sims, Mose Tolliver, Eddie Hayes, and MC Jones. An avid art collector for thirty years, Ginger Young has run a business in Southern self-taught art since 1990 and represents more than 60 artists in her Chapel Hill home gallery. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, she has taught at Duke's Center for Documentary Studies and UNC's Friday Center, and has published articles and letters about self-taught art in Bible Review, Christianity and the Arts, Oxford American, Gallery Notes, and Folk Art Finder. To learn more, visit www.gingeryoung.com.
Dec 6, 2007	Please join us for WILD IMAGINATION: Works by Six Self-Taught Artists from the American South Howard Finster James Harold Jennings Nellie Mae Rowe James Arthur Snipes Jimmy Lee Sudduth Mose Tolliver Curated by Ginger Young at the Athenaeum Gallery Alexandria, Virginia December 15, 2007 - January 27, 2008 Opening Reception: Saturday, December 15, 6:00 — 8:00 Gallery Talk by Ginger Young at 7:00 The Athenaeum Gallery 201 Prince St. Old Town Alexandria www.nvfaa.org Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Friday: 11:00 — 3:00 Saturday and Sunday: Noon - 4:00
Oct 25, 2007	Don't miss Ginger Young Gallery's 2007 Holiday Open House! Saturday, December 1 10:00 - 5:00 Sunday, December 2 10:00 - 5:00 Paintings, sculptures, garden art, and gifts by 65 Southern folk and self-taught artists -- all price ranges! 10% of all sales will be donated to Student U., an innovative program to help Durham middle schoolers achieve academic excellence. To learn more, visit www.studentu.da.org/ Silent Auction: come bid on a special critter created by Clyde Jones and the Student U. participants! Meet Clyde and the students at 12:30 on Saturday. 5802 Brisbane Drive, Chapel Hill Take I-40 to exit 266; go 1.3 miles north on Hwy 86 (toward Hillsborough). Turn right on Mt. Sinai Road. After 7/10 of a mile, turn left on Brisbane Drive. Questions? 919 932 6003 or ginger@gingeryoung.com Clyde Jones posing with the critter he has very generously donated to the Student U. silent auction. The Student U. participants will paint and glitter it prior to the Holiday Open House. Come bid on it -- all proceeds go to Student U.!
Oct 1, 2007	Please join us for Mud, Twigs, Tin, and Wood: The Art of Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Mose Tolliver, and James Arthur Snipes Curator: Ginger Young, Ginger Young Gallery Thursday, October 18 - Friday, November 30, 2007 John Hope Franklin New Media Space Opening Reception, Thursday October 18, 5:30 - 7:00pm Sponsored by the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies, Duke University -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Without benefit of a single art class or conventional supplies, each of these three artists pays rich testament to his life as an African-American male in twentieth-century Alabama. Jimmy Lee Sudduth, who died last month at the age of 97, used a mixture of mud, natural pigments, and paint to capture his town, his family, and the homes where he worked as a gardener. Mose Tolliver, who died in 2006, rendered everyday moments on found wood with lyricism and beauty. James Arthur Snipes delights in portraying his friends and neighbors on tin and framing them with twigs. Each of their works is intensely personal, an enduring visual memoir of everyday life.
Sep 4, 2007	We are deeply saddened to report that self-taught African-American artist Jimmy Lee Sudduth died on September 2, 2007 at the age of 97. Mr. Sudduth died at the Fayette Medical Center in his lifelong hometown of Fayette, Alabama. Mr. Sudduth was internationally renowned for his inventive and joyful mud paintings on plywood. Born in Caines Ridge, Alabama in 1910, Sudduth first began painting with mud when he was three, and was fond of saying that he could identify 36 different shades of mud around his rural Alabama home. He augmented his mud images with the colors created by grasses, wild berries, and housepaint. His subjects ranged from Southern mansions and cotton picking to self-portraits, his beloved dog Toto (of which there were several), and New York City skyscrapers. Mr. Sudduth outlived two wives and a son. He had many relatives in the area around Fayette, and would often entertain them and his many admirers with his exuberant harmonica playing and his painting demonstrations. Even after he was in poor health and was no longer painting, he continued to attract a steady stream of fans and admirers with his warmth and wit. From January 15 through March 27, 2005, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts mounted a major exhibition of paintings by Jimmy Lee Sudduth. A beautiful hardcover companion book to the exhibition, entitled Jimmy Lee Sudduth and edited by Susan Mitchell Crawley, is available at www.amazon.com. Highly recommended!
Aug 20, 2007	Ginger Young Gallery now has an Atlanta location! Please visit our booth at the Atlanta Antique Gallery next time you are in Atlanta. For directions, or to order works shown there, please visit: http://www.atlantaantiquegallery.com/wsm/c-444_folk_art.html Any items ending in "DEC" are from our gallery! In the booth and online, you will find a selection of works by Linda Bruton, Howard Finster, Sybil Gibson, Sharon Hardy, James Harold Jennings, Peter Loose, Sarah Rakes, Steve Shepard, Earl Simmons, James Arthur Snipes, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Tom Tarrer, Mose Tolliver, and Hubert Walters, as well as tramp art.
May 22, 2007	A big thanks to the many art collectors who came to our annual spring benefit art sale on May 5 and 6. We raised a total of $1374.20 for PlayPumps International, a fantastic and innovative nonprofit organization that provides clean drinking water to communities in Africa, via pumps that are powered by children's play equipment. To learn more about PlayPumps, please visit www.PlayPumps.org. A special thanks to goes to artists Cher Shaffer and Mike Esslinger, who generously donated works to the sale; 100% of their price was included in the donation to PlayPumps. We are delighted that our benefit sales have raised more than $25,000 for a variety of local, national, and international causes over the years!
Apr 28, 2007	Please join us for the TENTH annual Ginger Young Gallery Spring Art Sale! Saturday, May 5, 2007: 10:00 - 6:00 Sunday, May 6, 2007: 10:00 - 6:00 featuring 1000 works by 60 Southern folk and self-taught artists, as well as our legendary pound cake and strawberries! Paintings, sculptures, garden art, found object robots, and more -- great Mother's Day and graduation gifts! 10% of all sales will benefit PlayPumps International, an innovative nonprofit organization that provides clean drinking water to communities in Africa, via pumps that are powered by chiildren's play equipment. To learn more, visit www.PlayPumps.org 5802 Brisbane Drive, Chapel Hill directions: take I-40 to exit 266; go 1.3 miles north on Hwy 86 (toward Hillsborough). Turn right on Mt. Sinai Road. After 7/10 of a mile, turn left on Brisbane Drive. We hope to see you there!
Nov 26, 2006	Don't miss the 2006 Ginger Young Gallery Holiday Open House! Saturday, December 9 10:00 - 5:00 Sunday, December 10 10:00 - 5:00 other times by appointment -- call (919) 932-6003 Browse a huge array of paintings, sculptures, and garden art by 60 Southern folk and self-taught artists -- all price ranges! More baaah, less humbug! 10% of all sales will go to Heifer International's Kids to Kids Campaign, which donates baby goats to families in need! To learn more, visit www.heifer.org/kids. 5802 Brisbane Drive, Chapel Hill Directions: Take I-40 to exit 266; go 1.3 miles north on Hwy 86 (toward Hillsborough). Turn right on Mt. Sinai Road. After 7/10 of a mile, turn left on Brisbane Drive. Questions? Call (919) 932-6003 or email ginger@gingeryoung.com.
Sep 12, 2006	I will be teaching a course in UNC's Friday Center for Continuing Education's Community Classroom Series this October! Entitled "Contemporary Self-Taught Art of the American South", it will meet on Monday evenings. To learn more and to register, please visit: http://www.fridaycenter.unc.edu/pdep/ccs/index.htm Here are some archived items from the Gallery's past events:
Mar 22, 2005	SPRING INTO ART at the 2005 Ginger Young Gallery Spring Art Sale! Saturday, April 30, 10:00 - 5:00 Sunday, May 1, 10:00 - 5:00 rain or shine! other times by appointment Paintings, sculptures, garden art, and more -- great Mother's Day and graduation gifts! Meet guest artists Sarah Rakes and Mike Esslinger! 10% of all sales, and all proceeds from a special silent auction, will benefit Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina. 5802 Brisbane Drive, Chapel Hill Take exit 266 off I-40; go 1.3 miles north on Hwy 86 (toward Hillsborough). Turn right on Mt. Sinai Rd. After 0.7 miles, turn left onto Brisbane Drive. Questions? (919) 932-6003 or ginger@gingeryoung.com
Feb 26, 2005	Today's issue of the Raleigh News & Observer ran a fun story about my home gallery! Click here if you'd like to read it. Many thanks to journalist Zoe Voigt for her delightful writeup.
Feb 20, 2005	The Dial, a new publication that bills itself as "a philosophic art journal," released its premiere issue this month. The topic of this issue is "A Symposium: Towards a Definition of Folk Art." I was honored to author one of the essays exploring this topic. The Dial is published by the Hurm Museum Press; the Hurn Museum opened in Savannah, Georgia, in the fall of 2004. To learn more about the Hurn Museum, please visit www.hurnmuseum.org.
Dec 30, 2004	Happy New Year! We are delighted to report that our December 11 and 12 Benefit Art Sale was a big success. We raised more than $1500 for Paperhand Puppet Intervention! Friends who shopped for art also enjoyed the live music of Jimmy Magoo and the amazing Paperhand creations which covered our walls and grounds. Lots of kids came and played, and there was much holiday creativity in the air! Many thanks to all who attended and who helped make the event such fun. Stay tuned for news of our Spring 2005 Art Sale!
Nov 10, 2004	Find unique gifts and support a great cause at the 2004 Ginger Young Gallery Holiday Art Sale! Saturday, December 11 10:00 - 5:00 Sunday, December 12 10:00 - 5:00 5802 Brisbane Drive, Chapel Hill Come browse more than 1000 paintings, sculptures, works of garden art, ornaments, and gifts by 60 Southern folk and self-taught artists. Ten percent of all sales will be donated to Paperhand Puppet Intervention, an amazing puppetry troupe (themselves self-taught artists!) that uses cardboard, papier mache, trash, and a variety of puppetry styles to help promote social change, peace, and hope for a better world. Paperhand will be selling some of their creations -- puppets, masks, and a variety of smaller objects -- at the event. To learn more about Paperhand, please visit www.paperhand.org This event is free and open to the public, and kids are especially welcome! If you cannot join us that weekend, call (919) 932-6003 or email ginger@gingeryoung.com for an appointment. We'll be open by appointment every day til Christmas! Directions: Off I-40, take exit 266. Go 1.3 miles north on Hwy 86 (toward Hillsborough). Turn right onto Mt. Sinai Road. After 7/10 of a mile, turn left onto Brisbane Drive. For further info, please call (919) 932-6003 or email ginger@gingeryoung.com. If you would like us to mail a postcard invitation to the sale to you or a friend, email us at ginger@gingeryoung.com with the name and address to be mailed to. We hope to see you there! These are some of the hauntingly beautiful puppets created by Paperhand for their show this past September, "Wood, Stone, Fire, and Bone", at the Forest Theatre in Chapel Hill.
May 14, 2004	Many, many thanks to all who helped make the spring benefit sale for Piedmont Wildlife Center a huge success! We sold more than 40 works of kids' donated wildlife art, we had a visit from Alistair the Great Horned Owl, and we celebrated guest artist Peter Loose's birthday with a surprise Bird-Day Cake presented by his dear friend Clyde Jones. Overall, we raised more than $1,000 to support the important work of Piedmont Wildlife Center. Thanks again to all the animal lovers and art lovers who joined in the fun!
Apr 20, 2004	Celebrate wildlife at the eighth annual Ginger Young Gallery Spring Art Sale! featuring 800 artworks by 65 Southern folk artists Saturday, May 1, from 10:00 to 6:00 Sunday, May 2, from 10:00 to 6:00 10% of all sales will be donated to the Piedmont Wildlife Center, a wonderful nonprofit working to save, serve, and study native North American wildlife. This free event will include paintings, sculptures, garden art, birdhouses, and much more, and is the perfect place to pick up a unique Mother's Day gift or graduation gift while supporting a great cause! We will also be showcasing wildlife art of some extremely talented and creative local children! To volunteer for this event or to receive a postcard about it, email us by clicking here! Joining us for the weekend will be guest artist and wildlife lover Peter Loose - and if he's feeling well enough, his amazing dog Bongo. If you haven't read the children's books starring Bongo yet, come do so at the event. Ginger Young Gallery is located at 5802 Brisbane Drive in Chapel Hill. Take exit 266 off I-40; go 1.3 miles north on Hwy 86 (toward Hillsborough). Turn right on Mt. Sinai Road. After seven-tenths of a mile, turn left onto Brisbane Drive. Questions? Call (919) 932-6003 or email us.
Feb 28, 2004	Calling all kids! Do you enjoy making art? Do you love wildlife? Do you want to help sick, injured, and orphaned wild animals? Please come to a free WILDLIFE ART WORKSHOP Sunday, April 25, 2004, anytime between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m., at the Chapel Hill Public Library (off Estes Drive, just north of the intersection with Franklin Street). Come dig into a wealth of fun and creative art materials to paint, draw, or sculpt your favorite wild animals! You will have the chance to donate one piece of finished art to Kids’ Art for Animals, a special exhibit and sale of kids’ wildlife art at Ginger Young Gallery’s art sale to benefit Piedmont Wildlife Center the following weekend, May 1 and 2. All proceeds from Kids’ Art for Animals, and 10% of the gallery’s sale of 1000 works of Southern folk art, will benefit the important work Piedmont Wildlife Center is doing to care for sick, injured, and orphaned animals. If you want to donate a piece of art to the sale and can’t attend the workshop, or if you need directions, please contact Ginger Young at (919) 932-6003 or at ginger@gingeryoung.com; or Nancy Kelly at (919) 929-7776 or nmkelly@aol.com. For more info about PWC, please visit piedmontwildlifecenter.org. Thank you for caring about wild animals!
Jan 10, 2004	Ginger Young Gallery is once again delighted to be showing the works of Jimmy Lee Sudduth and Mose Tolliver at the second annual Fearrington Folk Art Show on Saturday, February 21st and Sunday, February 22nd, 2004, from 10 am to 5 pm. In addition to the works by old masters Sudduth and Tolliver, I will be exhibiting new works by James A. Snipes and Leonard Jones. Experience a rare opportunity to meet over 30 of the Southeast’s finest folk artists; paintings, paper-mache objects, garden art, sculptures, furniture, and ornaments will be available Participating artists include Peter Loose, Clyde Jones, Sam the Dot Man McMillan, Mary Proctor, Benny Carter, Mr B, and Danny Doughty. Call Ginger Young Gallery at 919-932-6003 or the Fearrington offices at 919-545-5704 for further information. The Fearrington Folk Art Show is free and open to the public.
Dec 15, 2003	Ginger Young Gallery raised more than $500 for the American Cancer Society at its eighth annual Holiday Art Sale on Saturday, December 13! Thanks to all who came out and helped make this show a big success. We featured 600 works of art by 65 Southern self-taught and folk artists, including lots of new works by Leonard Jones, Sarah Rakes, James Snipes, Peter Loose, Mose Tolliver, and Jimmy Lee Sudduth. If you missed the sale, there's still plenty of great works. We are here through the holidays -- just call (919-932-6003) or email us for an appointment. Have a safe and art-filled holiday!
Aug 16, 2003	We've just returned from the tenth annual Folk Fest at the North Atlanta Trade Center! Ginger Young Gallery was joined by 85 other galleries specializing in folk, self-taught, and outsider art from around the world; artists Peter Loose and Jon Eiseman were my special guest artists at the show; in addition to their works, I exhibited art by James A. "Buddy" Snipes, Nellie Mae Rowe, Eddie Hayes, and Sybil Gibson, as well as vintage works by Mose Tolliver. Also in attendance at Folk Fest were artists Sarah Rakes, R.A. Miller, Pat Juneau, and Woodie Long. It was a terrific weekend. If you missed it, plan now to attend Folk Fest 2004, to be held the third weekend in August!
Jun 7, 2003	Thanks to all who joined us for the sixth annual Ginger Young Gallery Spring Art Sale on Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1. We raised a grand total of $5350 for Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina! We were delighted that guest artists Kacey Carneal and Peter Loose were in residence for the benefit weekend. Kacey ran a fantastic painting workshop with 23 kids on Saturday, and Peter dazzled kids and adults alike with his homemade dulcimer concerts. We thank The Barbecue Joint and Pepper's Pizza for their donation of fantastic gourmet pizzas. If you missed the fun, you can still come out to see the art by appointment. Just email us or give us a call at (919) 932-6003 to set up a time.
Feb 24, 2003	Ginger Young Gallery was delighted to exhibit the works of Mose Tolliver and Jimmy Lee Sudduth at the first annual Fearrington Folk Art Show on February 22 and 23, 2003. Also participating were more than 30 folk artists from around the Southeast, including Peter Loose, Sam McMillan, Benny Carter, Vollis Simpson, and the Triangle's own Clyde Jones. It was a terrific, art-filled weekend!
Dec 9, 2002	Many thanks to all who braved the ravages of the Triangle's December ice storm to join us for our 2002 Holiday Art Sale! We sold some art, enjoyed strong coffee, and even convinced a few visitors still without power to indulge in a hot shower. Ten percent of all sales were donated to the Music Maker Relief Foundation. Please call us at (919) 932-6003 if you were not able to join us for the benefit and want to make an appointment for another time to view the art. We see people by appointment seven days a week. And as always, we offer an impressive inventory: more than 600 paintings, sculptures, garden items, ornaments, and books by 65 Southern folk and self-taught artists. To receive a postcard to our future benefit shows, please click here
Aug 21, 2002	Art was abundant at the ninth annual Folk Fest in Atlanta August 16, 17, and 18. Ginger Young Gallery was joined by 85 other galleries specializing in folk, self-taught, and outsider art from around the world; guest artists Peter Loose (with his piano-playing dog Bongo, of course), Jon Eiseman, Myrtice West, Woodie Long, and Sarah Rakes joined us for the show. More than eight thousand attendees browsed the vast selection of art and talked with the participating artists and galleries. Don't miss this great event next August! For more info, call Folk Fest at (770) 932-1000.
Jun 4, 2002	Thanks to all who joined us for Ginger Young Gallery's annual Spring Art Sale and Benefit on June 1 and 2, 2002! More than 300 attendees browsed 600 paintings, sculptures, works of garden art, and birdhouses by 65 Southern self-taught and folk artists. Guest artist Peter Loose and his dog Bongo, as well as chainsaw critter artist Clyde Jones, joined us! More than $ 2500 was raised for the Women Build Partnership of the Orange County Habitat for Humanity. A special thanks goes to silent auction donors Peter Loose, Clyde Jones, Frank McGuigan, Doug Stuber, Heywood Coffey, Kata Billups, Betsy Wilson, Adam Narcross, Doug Odom, and Shelley Golden's knitting group for their extraordinary generosity! Habitat for Humanity brings families and communities in need together with volunteers and resources to build decent, affordable housing. The Women Build Partnership involves women in the construction of Habitat houses. The Orange County, NC Chapter of Habitat has completed 85 homes over the past fifteen years; two of these homes were built by the Women Build Partnership, and the third will be completed this summer. Stay tuned for news of my holiday 2002 benefit sale!
Jan 15, 2002	Ginger Young Gallery is delighted to announce a partnership with Windy Oaks Inn, Chapel Hill's only Bed and Breakfast Inn. On display at the Inn are gallery works by Sarah Rakes, Tom Tarrer, Ruby Williams, Roy Minshew, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, and others. The farmhouse inn, former home of Pulitzer-prize winning playwright Paul Green, is nestled on 25 acres of towering oaks and was lovingly restored by Innkeeper Kim Oglesby in 2001. For reservations or more info about the Inn, please visit www.windyoaksinn.com or call (919) 942-1001.
Dec 10, 2001	Thanks to all who attended my Holiday Benefit on December 1 and 2. We raised more than $1,200 for America's Fund for Afghan Children, managed by the American Red Cross! Stay tuned for info on my annual spring benefit and garden party --dates and details to be announced shortly.
Oct 25, 2001	Howard Finster, one of the world's leading pioneers in the field of folk art, died at age 84 at a hospital in Rome, Georgia, on October 22, 2001. He had created more than 50,000 "sermons in paint" by the time of his death, with his most prominent work being his three-acre Paradise Garden behind his home in Pennville, Georgia. Many of us were first introduced to this amazing field of art by Reverend Finster, and he will be greatly missed.


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