Tracey Burnette, proprietor of Around Back at Rocky’s Place Folk Art Gallery, has been Rocky-ing steady nearly a quarter-century in Dawsonville, Georgia.
Rocky’s Place has become a Southeastern folk art destination. For some devotees, it’s celebrated as a folkart mecca.
Collectors and viewers are loyal to their favorite Outsider celebs like Cornbread, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Meaders Potters, Mose Tolliver, and Howard Finster. Tracey supports folk artists of the past, the present, and those who show future promise.
Every year the Dawsonville Chamber of Commerce hosts a gala happening, formal dress. Tracey is a more jeans and tee gal.
Her mom, on the other hand, is 93. She dresses to the nines, and loves to party. So Mom helped her with attire and joined as Tracey’s date.
Tracey said, “It was a fabulous dinner. Top of the line. We sat, enjoying every minute. Mamma was hanging in there, but she was getting tired. She signaled let’s go, so I announced, ‘Mom’s ready to go.’”
The emcee of the evening quickly intervened, “No, you can’t go right now,” she insisted.
I looked at my mom and said, “We can’t leave yet, Mom.”
She looked puzzled.
But then, on cue. the Chamber President launched into raves and congratulations. It took a couple of minutes for Tracey to realize the praise was intended for her. She said, “I was floored that someone even noticed my gallery after so many years. I am still just kind of in awe. When she started talking about my gallery, all I could say was ‘Wow!’”
As a destination business, people come from all over, attracted to the wide range and quality of folk art Tracey features.
She admits, “What I am doing here is drawing tourists. This has kept me in business, and benefitted others in
the process.”
Join the many who take a trip or two annually to experience probably the most popular Folk Art destination in the South … maybe even much of the country.
Discover Around Back at Rocky’s Place Folk Art Gallery yourself – visit 3631 Highway 53 at Etowah River Road in Dawsonville, Georgia. They are open Saturdays 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sundays 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Give them a call at (706) 265-6030; email gallery@aroundbackatrockysplace.com; or visit aroundbackatrockysplace.com.
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