back Island Art Center, St. Simons Island, GA © 1987 Tom Ferguson
The Center's director saw the exhibit Stevens Seaberg & I
had at the Macon Museum and invited us to bring it there. We went
down, driving through rural SE GA, and Stevens brought only a few
pieces, creating much of his part by roving the beaches & finding
"sculpture".
The Museum had twin grand pianos so Steve & I
sat down at the beginning of the reception & improvised... great
fun. After awhile I joined the reception and steve started playing all
these old standard jazz songs. We stayed with the director and walked
on the beach in the a.m., as so many locals ritually did. Met a woman
who, except for that morning outing, lived in a plastic enclosure in
her home, having very servere allergies. Made a trip south to
Jacksonville in heavy rain, trying to connect, without luck, to the
Jacksonville Museum of Art... ever ambitious.
