Sleepy Hollow Farm
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Turtle Feathers' Smokey Mountain Gourd Museum
Turtle Feathers announced the closing of the Turtle Feathers' Smokey Mountain Gourd Art Museum. The museum had nearly 500 pieces of gourd art from all over the world.
Thelma Kushe was a gourd artist from southern California and her pieces date back to the 1930's. Much of the collection belonged to Opal Lilly, a Floridian, who was great friends with the likes of Minnie Black, Jim Story, Dr. Miller (Lynn Rehm's father), and Eugene Deardorf to a name a few. They met at the Ohio gourd show and swapped many of their pieces with each other.
The collection included 50 of Minnie Blacks, the famed Kentucky folk artist, who was well known for her whimsical folk art pieces, including 2 self-replica dolls and some of her original band instruments. It is truly an outstanding collection that will spark the imagination of many gourd artists and offer a unique experience for all.
The muesum was located at 140 Frye Street, Bryson City, NC and was only 10 miles from the Cherokee Indian Reservation. It was housed in "Sleepy Hollow Farm & Friends" , an arts and crafts gift shop owned by Joan Glover. It was one block from the Great Smokey Mtn. Railroad.
Classes were also being offered, group or private. For more information contact Ronna Wuttke (TurtleFeather's link above) or Joan (Contact Us link above).
If you have any ideas to help Ronna relocate this museum, please contact us. This would be a great museum for all to enjoy.