The Matchmaker
For thirty years Peggy Greenhut Golden has been bringing artists and art lovers together in Portland.
Scott Sutherland
Ask Peggy Greenhut Golden to describe what it’s like running an art gallery and she’ll use adjectives like “challenging” and “volatile.” The stock market has been all over the place in recent years, she says, and people are exercising a little more caution with their money. Even Mother Nature can play a part: Last summer’s cool, wet weather threw a damp blanket over the state’s tourist trade, and Golden’s business, Greenhut Galleries, located in downtown Portland, felt the effects. “Summer and fall are our key retail periods for the year, and sales were [for the rest of this story, see the December 2007 issue of Down East]
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