Art St. Louis: Saturday, 17 July 2010

Free reception at Art Saint Louis
this Saturday, July 17, 2010

Please join Art Saint Louis this Saturday evening, July 17, 2010, from 6-8 p.m., for the FREE Opening Reception for two new exhibitions, "Blink" and "Artists Day at Circus Flora"

Invitation design by David Dolak.

Art Saint Louis is proud to present "Blink," a multi-media juried exhibit featuring original artworks that capture, depict, or describe a very brief moment in time, as in "the blink of an eye."

Serving as jurors for this exhibit were St. Louis artists Bill Barrett, Director, May Gallery, and Professor, Department of Electronic & Photographic Media, School of Communications, Webster University, Webster Groves, MO, and Jane Barrow, St. Louis-based artist, Professor of Art, Painting Area Head, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

From 117 artworks submitted by 69 St. Louis regional artists, jurors Bill Barrett and Jane Barrow selected 60 artworks by 44 artists for this exhibition.

The 44 artists selected for the "Blink" exhibition are Kristen Bartel, St. Louis; Greg Barth, Wildwood, MO; Jerry Benner, Ferguson, MO; Jennifer Bock-Nelson, Quincy, IL; Andy Brandmeyer, St. Louis; Bethany Carlson, Glen Carbon, IL; Blake Carroll, Festus, MO; Leo Collazo, St. Louis; Nicole Cooper, Cedar Hill, MO; Carol Corey, University City, MO; Debbie Corson, Kirkwood, MO; Dion Dion, Ballwin, MO; Tess Farnham, St. Louis; Audrey Faulstich, St. Louis; Christine Giancola, Florissant, MO; SJ Hammack, Kirkwood, MO; Bob Hartzell, St. Louis;
Anukriti Sud Hittle, University City, MO; Jason Hoeing, Shrewsbury, MO; Sheldon Johnson, St. Louis; Ashley Kirk, St. Louis; Ruth Kolker, Creve Coeur, MO; Ellen D. Ladwig, St. Charles, MO; Erica Leohner, Champaign, IL;
Candace Manning, DuQuoin, IL; Maryam Molki, Edwardsville, IL; Laura Morris, Ballwin, MO; Nicole Noronha, Ballwin, MO; Dawn Ottensmeier, Brentwood, MO; Alex Paradowski, St. Louis; Anthony Michael Philip, St. Louis; Wendy Reitz, Columbia, IL; Kathryn Roberts, Wood River, IL; Russ Rosener, St. Louis; Anne Burgess Rowe, St. Louis; Michael Burke Seltzer, Carbondale, IL; Terri Shay, Richmond Heights, MO; Dennis Smith, Clayton, MO; Valerie Snyder, Creve Coeur, MO; Chris Spangler, Edwardsville, IL; Jim Trotter, Creve Coeur, MO; Jessie Whitfield, St. Louis; Peggy Williamson, Kirkwood, MO; Barbara Zucker, Clayton, MO.

MEET THE ARTISTS
On Saturdays during this exhibition, Art Saint Louis will host Meet the Artists events wherein featured artists from "Blink" will be on-hand in the Gallery to greet visitors and discuss their works in the show. These very casual events are free & open to the public.

Saturday, July 17
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Kathryn Roberts, photography
1-4 p.m. Chris Spangler, painting

Saturday, July 24
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Barbara Zucker, photography
1-4 p.m. Valerie Snyder, photography

Saturday, August 7
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Nicole Cooper, painting

Saturday, August 14
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Ellen Ladwig, painting
2-4 p.m. Audrey Faulstich, painting

Saturday, August 21
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wendy Reitz, mixed media/painting
12-4 p.m. Ashley Kirk, ceramics

Presented concurrently with our "Blink" exhibition is "Artists Day at Circus Flora," a juried exhibit of plein air artworks in a variety of media that were created during a special Artists Day at Circus Flora event held on June 26, 2010. Artists were invited to create artworks at Circus Flora on-site behind the scenes, during rehearsals, and during a live performance of "Ingenioso."

Artists working behind the scenes at Circus Flora during a special event in late June. Images created at this event are featured in our new exhibit, "Artists Day at Circus Flora." Photographs by Robin Hirsch.

This special exhibit at Art Saint Louis was open to only the 50 artists who created artworks at the Artists Day at Circus Flora event. Twenty-one artists submitted 53 artworks for consideration by jurors David Balding, the founder of Circus Flora, and Art Saint Louis' very own Robin Hirsch. For the exhibit, 40 artworks by 21 artists were selected and are on view June 12-August 27, 2010 in Art Saint Louis' newly renamed Dion Dion Gallery, formerly the West Gallery. This Gallery has been renamed in Dion's honor in recognition of her 20+ years of service to Art Saint Louis.

To learn more about Art Saint Louis exhibitions & events, please visit us online at www.artstlouis.org. Visit Art Saint Louis on Facebook today and while you're there, become a Fan!

"Blink" and "Artists Day at Circus Flora" July 12-August 26, 2010. Opening reception July 17, 6-8 p.m.

Art Saint Louis is FREE & open to the public. Monday-Friday 10 a .m.-5 p.m. & Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Closed Sundays, holidays & between exhibits.

Save the date & join us for the opening reception of our next exhibit, "Room With A View," on Saturday, September 25, 6-8 p.m. Want to submit your work for Art Saint Louis exhibits? Downloadable entry forms are available here.
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LOCATION, PARKING & TRANSIT

Art Saint Louis is located at 555 Washington Avenue in the heart of downtown St. Louis--that's on Washington Avenue between Broadway & 6th Street. Please enter the Gallery through our front doors on Washington Avenue. The entryway is marked by two beautiful artist-designed Art Saint Louis banners. Need a map? Click here.

There are several parking garages & surface lots near Art Saint Louis. Download a free Downtown Parking Guide here. The Gallery is also easily accessible by MetroLink with the Convention Center Station at 6th &
Washington mere steps away from our front door.

555 Washington Avenue, #150
St. Louis, Missouri 63101-1239
314/241-4810