We felt it was important for people to have that part of their life available in the Helena community. Now there are many artists here in the Helena community. There are artists who have moved here for that very reason.
A man was peering through my window on the Fourth of July. He called me up and said he wanted to look at that piece. He was from Helena but he lived in California. He bought it that day.
The early members of the Helena Arts Council came to seek my help in getting some art auctions going to raise funds,