WASHINGTON - Most people think of gourds as fall decoration or food, but several craftspeople see them as art. "I put some pretty spectacular colors on the gourds themselves, and then I do a little ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- She's known as The Gourd Lady and, no, she doesn't don a costume made of dried fruit -- although she did wear a costume when she gave living history seminars at Missouri Town.

When Bonnie Adams of Port Byron went looking to secure the future of her art, she found what she believes is the perfect home for it — at Midwest Agriculture and Arts Complex in Jacksonville. “I have ...