First you have to get a gourd. Gourds can be purchased just about anywhere, but here in East Texas we have a gourd farm in West Mountain, near Gilmer. It is called the West Mountain Gourd Farm. There ...

Art can come in many forms, from oil painting on canvas to digital art to sculpting with clay. One Bowling Green artist has chosen hard shell gourds as a way to showcase his passion for creating art.

Gourds are Patty Mueller's canvas. They're also components of sculpture that enhance the art forms she makes for her family and friends and neighbors at Saxony Village, where she lives. She describes ...

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – Betty Tocci will present a two-day workshop on painting gourds Thursday, Nov 3 and 10, at the Cape May Court House Library. The program will run from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at 30 ...

It is hard to imagine that Don Edmonds didn’t grow up dreaming of becoming an artist. On this day he is standing beside a table covered with gourds he has painted in bold Southwest and Native American ...

Are you a pumpkin Picasso? A gourd Gaugin? If you love creating your carved or painted jack-o’-lantern every Halloween, a contest now underway, sponsored by the Pennsylvania agriculture department, ...

Winter Wheat: The sight of it will make your own skin tighten. Credit: The Stranger Set off by itself in a corner of the gallery, on a white pedestal, there is a brutalized object. It’s a fleshy and ...

This story was originally published in 2019. It has been updated with photos from fall 2021. A few years ago, Karen Hartman decided to try something new and grow her own gourds. She planted her seeds ...