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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


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