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ContactInformationHowardFinster'sParadiseGardens
JordanPoole200NLewisStreetSummerville,GA30747
Phone:7068080800or7068080801Fax:www.paradisegardenfoundation.org
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HowardFinster's"ParadiseGardens"
HowardFinster's"ParadiseGardens"
OneofChattoogaCounty'smostinfluentialandfamouscitizenswastheReverendHowardFinster.Finster,sometimescalledthe"FatherofFolkArt",usedvarioustypesoffolkartworktospreadhisevangelicalandhumanitarianmessagetotheworld.Inhislifetime,Mr.Finstercreatedover46,000originalpiecesofartwork.HislegacyandworkareforeverintertwinedwithChattoogaCountyandthenationalartcommunitythroughhis"ParadiseGardens."
"ParadiseGardens"istheartenvironmentoffamedcountrypreacherturnedfolk/visionaryartistHowardFinster.TheGardenswerebegunin1961andcontinuedasthefocusofHowardFinster'slaborforover30years.Howard'spaintingcareer,whichbeganin1976andresultedinover46,000paintings,wasbornouthisvisionarylaborsin"ParadiseGardens."TodayHowardFinster'sartisinthepermanentdisplaysofmajormuseumsandisprizedbyartcollectorseverywhere.
"ParadiseGardens",oneoftheWorld'sgreatestBeautySpotsasHowarddeclaredit,wasthesiteofhundredsofdocumentariesandnumerousmusicvideosfrombandssuchasREMandTheNewsBoys.REM'sfamous"RadioFreeEurope"singlewasfilmedintheGardens.HowardalsocollaboratedwiththegroupTalkingHeadsfortheiralbum"LittleCreatures."Howard'scoverartforthealbumwonAlbumCoveroftheYearfromRollingStone.JohnnyCarsonhadRev.FinsterappearontheTonightShowtoshowcasetheGardens,andHowardbecamethedarlingofuniversitiesandartgalleriesaroundthecountry.
HowardFinsterwasrecyclingfromthe1940'sandturnedaformerswampinhisbackyardintooneoftheworld'smostcelebratedartenvironments.HisartworkinParadiseGardensiscolorful,inspiringandanamazingcombinationofmaterialsandthemescelebratinghisloveofpeople,mechanicalobjects,hisChristianfaithandGod'screation.
"ParadiseGardens"isbeingrenovatedandisworkingtobecomeaGeorgiaNonProfit.TheGardensareopenSaturdaytoandSundayfrom12:005:00fortours.PleasecontacttheGardensforinformationabouttours,donations,artprices,andHowardFinster'slegacyasanartistandfamousGeorgian.
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ChattoogaCounty,GA2015