Vernon Carroll Porter, artist, was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1896.
[4] The exhibit has since been reorganized into a nonprofit corporation for stimulating, promoting and preserving contemporary American art.
[5] The Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, in the heart of Greenwich Village, has become a major annual tourist attraction while it continues to provide an exhibit area for upcoming new artists to meet with gallery owners, critics, and collectors.
[1] Vernon was married to Beata Beach, painter, designer, illustrator, and etcher.
Time Magazine, June 1, 1932, Art: Colonel's Lady (includes report of the first outdoor exhibit in Washington Square) [1] The New Yorker, June 1, 1935, p. 12 - Francis S. Wickware, Harold Ross, The Talk of the Town, "Art In The Open.," http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1935/06/01/1935_06_01_012_TNY_CARDS_000159493#ixzz0cEz8xCTm Homepage of the Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, Inc. https://web.archive.org/web/20100223082617/http://www.washingtonsquareoutdoorartexhibit.org/