La Conner's Forum celebrates this generation of arts

When Meg Holgate and Bruce Bradburn bought the red brick building that watches over First Street and Douglas, they envisioned a studio for Meg where she could invite other artists to share their work, discuss and collaborate. As part of that process, they opened Forum Arts in its street-level floor.

The idea was more serendipity than strategy, Holgate recalls now. In fact, the couple had already made their move when they learned that famed, mystic painter Guy Anderson had lived and painted there too, during winters half a century ago. Holgate heard the local legend of Seattle painter Mark Tobe...