Janet (Gogo) Ferguson, Noted Jeweler and direct descendant of Andrew Carnegie - She preserves nature in silver and gold wax-cast baubles — earrings shaped like raccoon bones, bracelets of rattlesnake vertebrae — which she sells on Martha's Vineyard. (Hillary Rodham Clinton has a "power jewelry" necklace of armadillo scales, she says.) Gogo's family have been active stewards for six generations on Cumberland, which now exists as a National Park due to their love and desire to protect forever this very special place.
Gogo Ferguson
Photographer Guy Mendes has written, produced and directed a wide variety of programs during his 30 years at Kentucky Educational Television. A native of New Orleans, Mendes studied writing under Wendell Berry and photography with Ralph Eugene Meatyard. He is the author of two books on photography, Local Light and Light At Hand.
Guy Mendes
'Cumberland Island Sisters' - Dr. Mary Lloyd Ireland, Sally Dodd, and Leslie Dodd - Nationally reknowned Lexington orthopaedic surgeon and Cumberland Island Photographer Mary Lloyd Ireland fell in love with Cumberland Island and with her unique clinical eye for detail and beauty has captured the magic of the Island.
Sally Dodd has spent the past eight years as a portrait photographer. Her photographs are exclusively animal portraits. She has photographed horses, dogs, and cats across the US. She returns to Cumberland Island twice a year to capture the remarkable beauty of the island.
Lexington part-time artist and full-time accountant, Leslie Dodd, has been drawing and painting for over 30 years in a variety of open studio sessions and workshops. Her biggest thrill as an artist came several years ago when she was asked to provide several beach paintings for the movie Spanglish. Only one painting is visible in the big screen version of the movie, a scene in the beach house where Adam Sandler is eating an egg sandwich. Her painting “Into the Ocean” is visible above his right shoulder. The same scene also appeared in an Adam Sandler interview on Oprah! Leslie paints primarily on the weekend and vacations. Her favorite place on earth to paint is on Cumberland Island, Georgia where her “Sisters” (one biological, the rest spiritual) are happy to pose for her.
Sandra Baker-Hinton, Watercolorist, grew up in the Appalachian Mountains of Northeast Tennessee. Whether working in an abstract or more realistic style the shapes, forms, colors, and textures in her work reflect our natural environment.
Sandra Baker-Hinton
Painter Robert Tharsing is known for the breadth and depth of his artwork. It is not unusual for him to be concurrently at work on separate abstract and representational paintings, another painting that combines elements of both, and a piece of sculpture. He also designed and built his family’s summer home on an island in Nova Scotia along with most of the furniture within it, and he sometimes makes books and jewelry.
Robert Tharsing
Painter & Writer, Ann Tower has been a professional artist in Lexington since earning a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Kentucky in 1975. Ms. Tower's work has been exhibited widely in museums and galleries throughout the region and in New York, California, and New England, as well as in Italy, Canada, and Ecuador. Her paintings are in numerous private and public collections
Ann Tower
Glass Artist, Adam Kaser graduated from The Wellington School of Columbus, Ohio in 1994 and went on to study Fine Art at the Columbus College of Art and Design. First introduced to the medium in Columbus through the nonprofit cooperative hot shop Glass Axis, Adam has worked primarily in glass since 1997. He has work in galleries along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as well as in places as far away as New Zealand.
Adam Kaser
Designer, Michael Michaud joined the Four Seasons Design Group with his Silver Seasons collection of jewelry in 1995. Entering the industry in 1973 as an apprentice mold cutter, Michael quickly mastered the skills and techniques he uses today to capture all the beauty and exquisite detail of nature in metal.
Michael Michaud
Gourd Artist, Jennifer Zingg's sculptures are unique and whimsical creations that truly are one of a kind. Through out her life, Jennifer has looked to the natural world for inspiration. Her trips to the Georgia and Florida coasts, including snorkeling trips to the Florida Keys have inspired a colorful series of aquatic creatures. Jennifer's work is award winning and has transformed the use of gourds as art.
Jennifer Zingg
Joe Graves, Carnegie heir and Lexington resident - Mr. Graves is loaning the exhibition historical photographs, books, and memorabilia from his private collection. Mr. Graves has been a state senator, state representative and Lexington city council member who has spent a lifetime promoting civil rights and fair accommodation laws.
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