But that hasn’t happened.
Instead, they’re engaged in a legal dispute over who can use the name {9} The Gallery.
Dragon named the gallery for the number nine, which has proven significant at various times in her life. “The brackets represent all the possibilities for what’s between them,” she told Phoenix New Times in March 2018. That’s when Dragon announced that she would no longer be managing the space.

Gallerist Laura Dragon during the opening reception for "The Heart of the Dragon" in 2017.
Lynn Trimble
In early 2018, Dragon approached the McGarrys about assuming gallery operations, so she could focus on her health. Dragon drafted a bill of sale that both parties signed on February 8, 2018. Basically, FunWow paid $15,000 for specific rights related to the gallery.
Now, Dragon and the McGarrys are at odds over the terms of that agreement.
Dragon’s attorney, Neil W. Thomson, sent a letter to the McGarrys on November 5, demanding that they “cease and desist” using the name {9} The Gallery. The letter alleges that they violated the terms of the agreement, and misappropriated Dragon’s intellectual property rights.
On November 8, attorney Andy G. Anderson replied on behalf of FunWow. “Ms. Dragon is hereby notified to refrain from any use of the tradename {9} The Gallery, which belongs to my client,” he wrote, in part.
Turns out, Dragon had inadvertently let her registration for the tradename expire. On February 14, FunWow registered the name {9} The Gallery with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office.
They’re at odds over other issues as well – including the fact that the McGarrys asked a recovery group to switch its weekly meetings at the gallery to a different night to accommodate art events. Dragon says they had a verbal agreement to keep the meetings in place, although the McGarrys say they’re not contractually obligated to do so.
The dispute has led to a dramatic development.
Dragon wants the couple to remove her name from the gallery.
“I want them to stop using my name,” Dragon says. “I don’t agree with their policies and I don’t want to be affiliated with them.”