"I always say the gift is the obsession. It means that you can't stop doing this thing. . .all we know is we have to keep doing it and we have to do whatever it takes to maintain our ability to do it"                —Fern Cunningham   More about Fern's Work Fern Cunningham was born in New York City and moved to Alaska when she was four where she was influenced and inspired by the local and native art. After high school Cunningham went to Fontainbleau in France, where she studied sculpture. She then moved to Boston University where she earned her BFA in sculpture. Cunningham creates her sculptures in the classical traditions of Michelangelo and Rodin, capturing their artistic emotion and strength in her own work. These qualities are evidenced in her Harriet Tubman piece, “Step On Board, which resides in a park at Boston’s South End and in her Harriet E. Wilson Memorial located in Milford, New Hampshire.