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Doc Slafkosky, co-owner and operator of J. R. Kortman Center for Design and The Kortman Gallery, is the latest guest on the Register Star's "Meet the Artist" podcast.

Slafkosky and co-owner Jerry Kortman opened the shop on North Main Street in downtown Rockford in November of 1986.

Kortman focuses mainly on the day-to-day operations of the shop. Slafkosky travels frequently to international destinations. He uses the trips to find objects for the store and artists for the gallery. To this day, the shop offers decorations and home gadgets of Rockford memorabilia and other objects with an international flair.

Slafkosky has witnessed a generation of creatives transform the city, and come through the Kortman Gallery located on the second floor of the shop.

“If we want to keep Rockford vibrant, its through the arts and culture that you do that,” he said. “I think for the longest time we didn’t understand that. I still think a lot of our civic leaders don’t get that either. I think they think it’s about taxes and about potholes and those kinds of things. Infrastructure and all that is very important, but that’s not the only thing.”

His passion for the arts and for Rockford comes through in his storytelling. Slafkosky was kind enough to visit the Register Star newsroom for this podcast right after a trip to Rome.

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Rockford Register Star: www.rrstar.com

Host: Scott P. Yates; 815-987-1348; [email protected]; @scottpyates

J.R. Kortman Center for Design and The Kortman Gallery:

Open: Tuesday - Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Telephone: 815-968-0123.

Online: http://jrkortman.com/

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"Universal" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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