{"id":3650,"date":"2016-11-09T01:09:06","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T06:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/?p=3650"},"modified":"2017-01-08T17:16:31","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T22:16:31","slug":"past-present-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/past-present-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Past, Present, Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3651\" src=\"http:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/FSGallery-exterior-summer.jpg\" alt=\"fsgallery-exterior-summer\" width=\"700\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/FSGallery-exterior-summer.jpg 700w, https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/FSGallery-exterior-summer-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/FSGallery-exterior-summer-600x446.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/FSGallery-exterior-summer-560x416.jpg 560w, https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/FSGallery-exterior-summer-260x193.jpg 260w, https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/FSGallery-exterior-summer-160x119.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><br \/>\nFROM THE PRINT EDITION<\/p>\n<h2>A series of exhibitions mark the 25th anniversary of Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne<\/h2>\n<p>Nurturing artists and art lovers has been Joan Furchgott\u2019s passion ever since she and Brad Sourdiffe opened the gallery in Shelburne that shares their name. While the gallery is celebrating twenty-five years of exhibiting artists, in fact, these two entrepreneurs have been a couple for forty years and have worked together professionally for thirty-three of those years, which helps to explain their devoted following among the artists and clients that they serve.<\/p>\n<p>Cynthia Close profiles one of Vermont&#8217;s oldest commercial art galleries in <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.kasinihouseartshop.com\/artist\/vermont-art-guide\"><em>Vermont Art Guide<\/em> #2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3652\" src=\"http:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/dan-fisher-lovejoy-brook-farm-web.jpg\" alt=\"dan-fisher-lovejoy-brook-farm-web\" width=\"700\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/dan-fisher-lovejoy-brook-farm-web.jpg 700w, https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/dan-fisher-lovejoy-brook-farm-web-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/dan-fisher-lovejoy-brook-farm-web-600x455.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/dan-fisher-lovejoy-brook-farm-web-560x425.jpg 560w, https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/dan-fisher-lovejoy-brook-farm-web-260x197.jpg 260w, https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/dan-fisher-lovejoy-brook-farm-web-160x121.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>This attitude of \u201csharing the wealth\u201d of creativity among art dealers seems to be a uniquely Vermont phenomena.<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3653\" src=\"http:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/henry-isaacs-old-road-above-asiago.jpg\" alt=\"henry-isaacs-old-road-above-asiago\" width=\"700\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/henry-isaacs-old-road-above-asiago.jpg 700w, https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/henry-isaacs-old-road-above-asiago-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/henry-isaacs-old-road-above-asiago-600x520.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/henry-isaacs-old-road-above-asiago-560x486.jpg 560w, https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/henry-isaacs-old-road-above-asiago-260x225.jpg 260w, https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/henry-isaacs-old-road-above-asiago-160x139.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>She encourages new collectors to exercise their own judgment, to \u201clearn to look and to enjoy looking\u201d.<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3654\" src=\"http:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/interior-FSGallery.jpg\" alt=\"interior-fsgallery\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/interior-FSGallery.jpg 700w, https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/interior-FSGallery-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/interior-FSGallery-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/interior-FSGallery-560x746.jpg 560w, https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/interior-FSGallery-260x347.jpg 260w, https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/interior-FSGallery-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>The cozy and welcoming impression upon entering the light-filled, charming Queen Anne Victorian makes it easy to \u201cbe present\u201d. Visitors are encouraged to \u201cjust browse.\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>This article appeared in <em>Vermont Art Guide<\/em> #2. To read the full article, purchase <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.kasinihouseartshop.com\/artist\/vermont-art-guide\" target=\"_blank\">Vermont Art Guide #2<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.kasinihouseartshop.com\/product\/subscription-to-vermont-art-guide\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery is at 86 Falls Road in Shelburne Village. The gallery is open Tuesday-Friday, 9:30AM-5:30PM and Saturday, 10AM-5PM. To find out more, call (802) 985-3848 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fsgallery.com\">www.fsgallery.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image (top):<\/strong><br \/>\nFurchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Summer 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image (center top):<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Lovejoy Brook Farm<\/em> by Dan Fisher<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image (center bottom):<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Old Road Above Asiago<\/em> by Henry Isaacs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image (bottom):<\/strong><br \/>\nInterior view, Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Summer 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FROM THE PRINT EDITION A series of exhibitions mark the 25th anniversary of Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne Nurturing artists and art lovers has been Joan Furchgott\u2019s passion ever since she and Brad Sourdiffe opened the gallery in Shelburne that&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/past-present-future\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[5,217],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/FSGallery-exterior-summer.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4SHp1-WS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3490,"url":"https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/future-wave-at-furchgott-sourdiffe\/","url_meta":{"origin":3650,"position":0},"title":"Future Wave at Furchgott Sourdiffe","date":"September 19, 2016","format":"gallery","excerpt":"Future Wave September 16-October 29, 2016 \"Future Wave\" at Furchgott Sourdiffe features the work of 5 artists from Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts, most of whom are new to the gallery. 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