Good Citizen Gallery: Friday, 11 March 2011

Cameron Fuller & Travis Russell: Saturday The Birds Fell From The Sky
Opening Reception Friday, March 11 6-10pm
March 11 - April 9, 2011

The collaborative work of Cameron Fuller and Travis Russell will be featured in an upcoming exhibition at Good Citizen Gallery titled Saturday The Birds Fell From the Sky. The installation will mirror it's title, creating a whimsical, yet apocalyptic, static cinema for the viewer that can be described as a playful meditation on the ironies of our contemporary state of affairs. Drawing from the artists' mutual interest in history, nostalgia, and the un-explainable, the installation will emphasize the boldness of the graphic mark and print-based media. Both artists enjoy exploring various mediums while playing with a vibrant color palette and plan to take this full-throttle into their upcoming show at Good Citizen Gallery.

Gallery Hours Fri., Sat. Noon-5pm and by appointment. Special open hours during the 2011 SGC International Conference March 16-19.

Good Citizen Gallery
2247 Gravois Ave
St. Louis MO 63104-2852
314-348-4587

Los Caminos: Saturday, 5 February 2011

Please join us on Saturday, February 5 from 7-10 pm as we present Physical Spectrum, the first presentation of Brookhart Jonquil's work in St. Louis. Physical Spectrum brings together the artist's recent photographs, sculptures, and site-specific installations, engaging viewers in the physical and psychological processes of perception, and transforming the apartment gallery into a place of disorientation and discovery.

Los Caminos
2649 Cherokee Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63118
www.loscaminosart.com

Philip Slein Gallery: Friday, 28 January 2011

JAMIE ADAMS IS PARIS DREAM'N AT PHILIP SLEIN GALLERY
Reception: Friday, January 28th, 2011, 6-8 pm
runs through February 25th

Jamie Adams will be showing the latest paintings from his "jeannie" series, a realist grisaille homage to the beautiful and tragic Jean Seberg, star of Godard's cult-film classic, Breathless. In Paris Dream'n Jamie re-frames the Seberg character's Paris apartment as a painting studio and a self-referential site. Jamie himself appears in his paintings as an androgynous child, a younger
version, perhaps, of Jean Seberg the androgynous adult. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalog with an essay by Daniel McGrath.

Also showing will be Mel Watkin's Trunk Show curated by Dana Turkovic. In an essay written for the exhibition. Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10am-5pm

The Philip Slein Gallery
314.621.4634
1319 Washington Ave.
Downtown St. Louis

Compônere Gallery: Sunday, 6 February 2011

Outside the Heart
Kay Pick Zivkovich, Media: print & drawings
Reception Sunday afternoon, February 6, 2011, 2­4 p.m.
Exhibit Dates: February 1­26, 2011

Outside the Heart is a repertoire of figurative line drawings and monotypes strongly influenced by artist and colorist Henri Matisse. The figures concentrate on the power and expressive meaning of line. The use of color minimizes the details of the images while creating luminosity. The overall feeling is sensuous and romantic.

Exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.
Gallery Hours: Monday-Thursday, 11-5, Friday & Saturday, 11-9, Sunday, 1-5

Compônere Gallery of Art , "In the Loop"
6509 Delmar Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63130
www.componere.com

Art St. Louis at Café Cioccolato: thursday, 27 January 2011

Art Saint Louis invites you to a free reception Thursday night, January 27, 2011, 6-8 p.m. for painter Sheldon Johnson at our Off-Site exhibition location, Café Cioccolato, 816 Olive Street, downtown St. Louis. 314/345-1200. Sheldon's work is on view at Café Cioccolato through March 18.

To learn more about Art Saint Louis' Off-Site Exhibitions, visit
http://www.artstlouis.org/offsiteartists.html

Visit Art Saint Louis at 555 Washington Avenue, #150, downtown St. Louis, MO. Open M 10-4, T-F 10-5, Sat. 10-4. FREE. 314/241-4810. http://www.artstlouis.org

The Chapel: Saturday, 29 January 2011

Tuan Nguyen: dogleg nexus
Opening reception:
Saturday, January 29, 6-9 PM

THE CHAPEL is pleased to present "dogleg nexus," an exhibition of small works on paper and panel from the past eleven years of Tuan Nguyen’s studio practice. The selected works set up intersections of various narratives or realities, the sources of which range from landscape painting to bicycle shocks.

Several works incorporate sculptural elements created from detritus and discarded materials collected from the artist’s studio. These sculptural elements function in a similar manner to the flat images, evidencing in physical form the accumulation of time, thought, and process.

As a whole, the works operate as abstract configurations of various realities encountered, remembered, or imagined. In doing so, the works speak to a kind of displacement and the awkward--if sometimes funny--convergence of disparate or seemingly unrelated elements, whether personal, historical, or imagined.

The exhibition runs from January 29 - March 12, 2011. Gallery hours by appointment: thechapelgallery@gmail.com

THE CHAPEL is a not-for-profit music and art space located in a converted gothic structure behind Memorial Presbyterian Church, across from Forest Park, next to Washington University.

THE CHAPEL
6238 Alexander Dr.
St. Louis, MO 63112

Kemper Art Museum: Friday, 28 January 2011

SPRING 2011 OPENING CELEBRATION
Friday, January 28
Member Preview: 6-7 pm
Public Opening: 7-9 pm

Plan to stop by the Kemper Art Museum for this special event to get the
first look at our newest exhibitions while enjoying light refreshments
and a cash bar. RSVP on Facebook and invite your friends!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=100779643333969

EXHIBITION DETAILS
Ghost: Elizabeth Peyton
http://kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/exhibitions/Peyton
Luis Camnitzer: Foreword and Last Words
http://kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/exhibitions/4565
Island Press: Three Decades of Printmaking
http://kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/exhibitions/IslandPress
in the Teaching Gallery: Dada and Surrealism: Rethinking Reason
http://kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/exhibitions/5034

RELATED EVENT
Artist Dialogue with Elizabeth Peyton
Saturday, January 29
11 am, Steinberg Auditorium
more info >> http://kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/events/5078

Sheldon Art Galleries: Friday, 18 February 2011

You are cordially invited to the opening of:

Bellwether Gallery of St. Louis Artists
Max Lazarus: Trier / St. Louis / Denver - A Jewish Artist’s Fate
February 18 - May 7, 2011

History of Jazz Gallery
Gallery of Photography
Larry Fink: Attraction and Desire - 50 Years in Photography
February 18 - May 21, 2011

Bernoudy Gallery of Architecture
Max Lazarus: The Synagogue Murals
February 18 - May 7, 2011

AT&T Gallery of Children’s Art
Colors of Hope: Artwork from the Children’s Art Village
February 18 - June 11, 2011

Nancy Spirtas Kranzberg Gallery
Gina Alvarez and Jana Harper:
Poems by Bobby Thiel
February 18 - June 4, 2011

Opening Friday, February 18, 2011 Complimentary wine and hors d’oeuvres from 5 - 7 p.m. (Galleries open until 8 p.m.) Gallery Hours Tuesday, Noon - 8 p.m., Wednesday through Friday, Noon - 5 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m

The Sheldon ART GALLERIES
3648 Washington Blvd.
St. Louis, MO
WWW.THESHELDON.ORG

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Gallery Visio: Thursday, 27 January 2011

Come enjoy an evening at Gallery Visio for DIGITAL. This UMSL student exhibition features artists and designers in all forms of digital art. There will be light refreshments. This event is free and open to the public.

The opening takes place on Thursday, January 27th, 4pm -7pm. The gallery is located on the bottom floor of UMSL's Millennium Student Center. The address is 170 MSC, One University Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63121-4400

Vaughn Cultural Center: Saturday, 22 January 2011

The Migration Back
A Collaborative Exhibition by Dail Chambers & Carl Moore

Opening Reception: January 22, 2011 from 3-5pm
Exhibition January 22, 2011- February 28, 2011

The Great Migration was the movement of over 7 million African Americans out of the Southern United States to the Midwest, Northeast and West. In contemporary culture we find that many African Americans have moved back to the southern states of the U.S. for various reasons. Consistent to that of the generations before us, is the need for better economic, cultural and social environments, which many African Americans have reclaimed in states such as Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi. Both artists will explore their experiences, and understanding of this occurrence in our culture.

The migration series is a surreal contemporary look at a migration that has taken place the last 20 years where families and descendants of families that left the south almost half a century ago are returning in search of a better life, identity and history.

Vaughn Cultural Center at the Urban League
3701 Grandel Square
St. Louis, MO 63108

Luminary Center for the Arts: Friday, 4 February 2011

SOMETHING HAPPENED Residency Retrospective
and Lauren Frances Adams Installation

Opening reception: Friday, February 4th from 6-9pm
On view February 4, 2011- March 11, 2011
Wednesday-Saturday from 12-6pm

Main Gallery: Something Happened
The Luminary Center for the Arts is pleased to announce our first Resident Artist retrospective exhibition,Something Happened. Something Happened will feature work created by the artists in our artists-in-residence program throughout 2010. The show was formed as a way to create a dialogue between our studio and exhibition programs and further the engagement of the public in the process. Something Happened captures the explorations and experimentations that took place throughout the year, resulting in new work from each of the artists. The artists in the program represent some of the most exciting emerging artists in the region, including Brian Depauli, Meredith Foster, Stephen Hoskins, Sarrita Hunn, Amanda Pfister, Amy Reidel and Carlie Trosclair.

Join us at 6pm on Friday, February 4th for an artist talk by Sarrita Hunn and Friday, March 11th for a closing reception and artist talk with Brian Depauli and Lauren Frances Adams.

Installation Space: Lauren Adams, The Nymph’s Reply
On Friday, February 4th from 6-9pm, Lauren Frances Adams will open The Nymph’s Reply, a painting-based installation that combines Elizabethan decorative tropes and John White’s watercolors of native Algonquin Indians as a vehicle for exploring American post-colonialism. Finding inspiration in Sir Walter Raleigh’s pastoral poem of the same title, the installation is simultaneously visually seductive and chaotic, its aesthetic approachability belying the pedantic critique embedded within the wall paintings. The appropriated references are rendered by hand in the large-scale paintings, creating a surreal juxtaposition of previously disparate elements united by the artist’s process. The result is a barrage of collaged forms confronting the viewer with a dense symbolic field of multiple historical timelines and references, in an attempt to make sense of conflicting colonial narratives.

The Luminary Center for the Arts
4900 Reber Place
Saint Louis, MO 63139

Duane Reed Gallery: Friday, 18 March 2011

EVA ISAKSEN
March 11th through April 23rd
Opening Reception
Friday, March 18th from 5-8 p.m
Gallery hours: Tuesday through Saturday 10-5pm.

Isaksen’s work has always been inspired by nature: organic forms, cycles, seasons, land, water, sky, order, rhythm, repetition, growth, life, regeneration. “For some time now, I have been using papers as the primary material in my work. The thin papers, which I print on, draw on, cut up, mix, are layered endlessly on the canvas. No “found” papers are used. I print them all, using yarns, fabric, seeds, pressed plants and other organic material. My work is an exploration of complex color schemes and contrasts. I seek ways to bring my work to new levels of my personal interpretation of nature. My work is about color, line, material, form, space and about art as a process that always changes and grows. Where to stop? How far to push? How little? How much? Color is intense. It overpowers me. After working with it for weeks on end, I step back, peel the color away. What is underneath? Something new. Somewhere to grow from again.”

Duane Reed Gallery presents the latest work of artist Therman Statom. Therman Statom is an American Studio Glass artist whose primary medium is sheet glass. Since he appeared at Pilchuck in 1971, he has been known as an innovator. Throughout his career, he has pushed the boundaries of his medium, challenging us to look at glass in new and interesting ways. Statom’s primary medium is sheet glass. He cuts, paints and assembles the glass, adding found objects along the way, to create compelling sculptures. His artistic vocabulary includes simple but powerfully charged forms: houses, ladders, chairs.

DUANE REED GALLERY
4729 McPHERSON AVE.
ST. LOUIS, MO 63108
P. 314.361.4100
F. 314.361.4102
INFO@DUANEREEDGALLERY.COM
WWW.DUANEREEDGALLERY.COM

St. Louis Artists' Guild: sunday, 23 January 2011

Past Present
part of the Under Pressure exhibition series at St. Louis Artists' Guild

Opening Reception: Sunday, January 23rd, 2011, 1pm–3pm
Exhibition Dates: January 23rd to March 25, 2011

Past Present will highlight the history of print as it is reflected in contemporary printmaking practices. Artists exhibiting in Past Present explore the language of the past to reveal ideas about the present or the future.

Past Present features the work of six artists and one art collaborative:
* Peeter Allik (Estonia)
* Rob Carter (USA)
* Phyllis McGibbon (USA)
* Thomas Neulinger (Austria)
* Lothar Osterburg (USA)
* Andrew Raftery (USA)
* Projeto Lambe-Lambe (Brazil)

Past Present is curated by Jason Urban, Amze Emmons, and R.L. Tillman.

St. Louis Artists' Guild
Two Oak Knoll Park
St. Louis, MO 63105
314.727.6266
www.stlouisartistsguild.org

Foundry Art Center: Friday, 21 January 2011

OPENING NEXT FRIDAY:
IN THE MIX
A Juried Show Featuring Mixed Media Work

January 21, 2011 - March, 2011
Opening Reception: January 21, 2011 6-8

The Foundry Art Centre is pleased to present this exhibit of dynamic works built of several media. The juror for this exhibit is Tim Liddy, Associate Professor of Fine Art at Fontbonne University. Be sure to join us for the opening reception on the evening of Friday, January 21.

Foundry Art Centre 520 North Main Center - Saint Charles, Missouri 63301 636.255.0270

Art St. Louis: Saturday, 22 January 2011

Please join us Saturday, January 22, 6-8 p.m. for a FREE reception for two new exhibits

Art Saint Louis is proud to present "Beholder," a multi-media juried exhibit featuring original artworks by 361 St. Louis regional artists from Missouri & Illinois. Please join us Saturday, January 22, 2011, from 6-8 p.m. for a free reception.

"Beholder" was juried by Catharine Magel, artist & public art specialist, St. Louis, MO, and Eric Woods, artist, founder/owner, The Firecracker Press, St. Louis, MO. For this exhibit, 67 St. Louis area artists submitted 118 artworks in all styles & media for our juror's consideration. From those entries, Catharine and Eric selected 47 artworks by 36 artists for the show. Works in this show include ceramics, collage, digital media, drawing, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and textiles. Click here to view some of the featured artworks in the exhibit.

The 36 artists selected for the "Beholder" are Kathleen Barnes, Creve Coeur, MO; Aurora Bihler, Edwardsville, IL; Eleanor Borelli, St. Louis; Lon Brauer, Granite City, IL; Ryan Bredlau, St. Charles, MO; Blake Carroll, Festus, MO; Jennie Collins, University City, MO; Debbie Corson, Kirkwood, MO; Christa Denney, St. Louis; Myles Dickason, St. Louis; Dion Dion, Manchester, MO; David Dolak, Lake St. Louis, MO; Glora Jean Douglas, St. Louis; Christine Giancola, Florissant, MO; Aaron Heil, Alton, IL; Jim Hutsler, Caseyville, IL; Sheldon Johnson, St. Louis; Ruth Kolker, Creve Coeur, MO; Terry Lay, St. Louis; Anne Lindgren, Rolla, MO; Richard McAfee, St. Louis; Shoji Miyazawa, Bethalto, IL; Kitty Mollman, Ladue, MO; Dawson Morgan, Chesterfield, MO; Jay Morthland, St. Louis; Mary Mosblech, St. Louis; Pat Owoc, St. Louis; Therese Pfeifer, Columbia, MO; Matt Pierson, Wentzville, MO; Louis Nahlik, Chesterfield, MO; Chuck Ramsay, St. Louis; Wendy Reitz, Columbia, IL; Valerie Snyder, Creve Coeur, MO; Russell Vanecek, Swansea, IL; Jacqueline P. Weatherly, St. Louis; Barbara Zucker, St. Louis.

MEET THE ARTISTS
During this exhibition, Art Saint Louis is hosting Meet the Artists Saturdays where Gallery visitors can meet some of the featured artists from "Beholder." Artists will be on-hand in the Gallery to greet visitors & discuss their works in the show. These very casual, unstructured Saturdays are free & open to the public.

Saturday, January 22, 1-4 p.m. Matt Pierson, drawing/mixed media
Saturday, January 29, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Chuck Ramsay, photography; 1-4 p.m. Valerie Snyder, photography
Saturday, February 5, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Wendy Reitz, mixed media, painting,
1-4 p.m. Jennie Collins, mixed media, painting
Saturday, February 12, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Aurora Bihler, glass
Saturday, February 19, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Aurora Bihler, glass

Presented concurrently with "Beholder" is "Ode," a multi-media exhibition featuring works that echo off/riff on John Keats' poem, "Ode on a Grecian Urn." Curated by artist Mark A. Fisher, the show features works by 14 St. Louis regional artists. Click here to view some of the featured artworks in the exhibit.

The artists featured in "Ode" are John Dean, St. Paul, MO; Mark A. Fisher, St. Charles, MO; Tim Hahn, Augusta, MO; David Hanlon, St. Louis; Jim Hubbman, St. Charles, MO; Noah Kirby, St. Louis; Alison Oulette-Kirby, St. Louis; Robert Langnas, Florissant, MO; Michael Quintero, Florissant, MO; Russ Rosener, St. Louis; Tony Schanuel, St. Charles, MO; Mark Sheppard, St. Louis; Patty Sheppard, St. Louis; Jennifer Silverberg, St. Louis.

"Ode" is presented in Art Saint Louis' North Gallery and Dion Dion Gallery. The exhibit is on view January 17-February 24, 2011. Free reception: Saturday, January 22, 6-8 p.m.

PHD Gallery: Saturday 22 January 2011

Please join us Saturday, January 22, 2011 7-10PM for the opening reception of:
"FEATHER, LEATHER, LIPSTICK"

jeff KAPFER
jerry MILLER
mark FLORIDA

An unlikely synergy of 3 media...

Jeff Kapfer, Jerry Miller, and Mark Florida combine their talents in "Feather, Leather, Lipstick," PHD Gallery's first show of 2011. Jeff Kapfer paints a new flock of flamboyant fowl like peacocks,
cockatoos , and woodpeckers. Also on view are the hand formed, leather masks of Jerry Miller whose brightly decorated disguises range in style from Commedia dell'arte to Mardi Gras. The final element in the mix is the backstage drag photography of Mark Florida which captures in glorious black and white, the frenzy and transformation backstage as the "gurls" prepare to perform. "Feather, Leather, Lipstick" not only showcases these three artists, but celebrates fantasy, masquerade, and disguise. The exhibition is on view January 22 through March 5, 2011 with a free opening reception on Saturday, January 22 from 7-10PM, Noon to 4PM, Thurs. through Sun.. Costumes are encouraged!

PHD Gallery
2300 Cherokee Street
St. Louis, MO 63118
(314) 664-6644
http://www.phdstl.com

Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts: Friday, 14 January 2011

CHEROKEE PEOPLE

AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWCASING THE WORK OF JUAN MONTAÑA AND
CHEROKEE PHOTOBOOTH

OPENING RECEPTION FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 7 - 10 PM

ADDITIONAL GALLERY HOURS SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 2 - 7 PM

EXHIBITION RUNS THROUGH FEBRUARY 6; HOURS BY APPOINTMENT, CALL 772-3628

CHEROKEE PEOPLE IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO WALK CHEROKEE STREET, GRACEFUL AND STRONG. IT IS A PORTRAIT OF A PEOPLE IN A TIME OF CANGE, INSPIRED BY THE
HOPE THAT CHEROKEE WILL BE JUST AS BEAUTIFUL IN THE FUTURE AS IT IS TODAY.

ON DISPLAY WILL BE STREET PORTRAITS TAKEN EXCLUSIVELY ON CHEROKEE STREET IN 2010, AS WELL AS A SELECTION OF HIGHLIGHTS FROM CHEROKEE PHOTOBOOTH'S FREE PICTURE EVENT

The Vino Gallery: Saturday, 5 February 2011

"StLPaints"
2/5/11, 6pm-close

Join us at The vino Gallery on February the 5th, 2011 (from 6pm to close)for the opening of "StLPaints" featuring new artwork from local nonobjective abstract artists Myles Keough, Zack Smithey, and Bob Treece.

The Youth Learing Center (Y.L.C.) provides unique academic and enrichment experiences for youth from under served communities to inspire lifelong learning, social responsibility and moral leadership. To learn more about the Youth Learning Center, visit their website at http://www.ytec-stl.com.

The Vino Gallery
4701 McPherson Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63130
314-932-5665

Los Caminos: Saturday, 22 January 2011

HEAD OVER HEELS: SHARKY'S FIRST LOVE
January 22, 2011, 8-11pm

Sharky fell in love. Sharky fell in love first. Sharky collected. We arranged his collection because it was prettier. Was it prettier because it was first?

We’re not too shy to wait for the party, or for our date to arrive. And if you waited with us—how would you? And for whom? We hope to circumnavigate our favorite certainties about contemporary ritual (i.e. prom), obsession (i.e. celebrities), exhibition (i.e. prom), performance (i.e. prom), persona (i.e. celebrities), and celebrities (i.e. prom). Head Over Heels: Sharky’s First Love is an unfixed meditation on tenderness and the gaze of desire, as well as an invitation to alter that gaze through duration.

Amelia Colette Jones and Maggie Ginestra, co-facilitators of Sloup, St. Louis's soup dinner for the arts, are in love with how Sharky loves. You might even say they are head over heels. Amelia used to work with Sharky. Maggie rode a train with him to Chicago once.

Los Caminos | 2649 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, Missouri 63118

SLU Museum of Art: Friday, 18 February 2011

Tom Huck: Brutal Truths
will open with a reception on Friday, February 18 beginning at 5:30 p.m.
February 18-April 17


Brutal Truths will include more than 45 of Huck's large-scale, intricately complex woodcuts including work from several of his major series including Two Weeks in August: 14 Rural Absurdities; The Bloody Bucket; BLAB!, and The Transformation of Brandy Baghead.

In many of his prints, Huck finds his inspiration in incredibly bizarre, but true occurrences that happened in his boyhood home of Potosi, MO, approximately 80 miles southwest of St. Louis. While the stories are true, Huck uses his printmaking prowess to exaggerate the details and embellish the facts in his woodcuts that allow him to embrace his fervor for storytelling. The Two Weeks in August: 14 Rural Absurdities series took Huck three years to complete. The intricacy of Huck's carving is remarkable, and the range of textures, surfaces and tones he achieves in these blocks are feats of control and mastery.

The Saint Louis University Museum of Art
3663 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
http://sluma.slu.edu

Atrium Gallery: Friday, 14 January 2011

LANDSCAPE
January 14 - March 12, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, January 14th from 6 - 8 p.m.

Atrium Gallery invites you to Landscape, a mid-winter group exhibition featuring several gallery artists. A variety of interpretations of landscape themes will be included and the show will present paintings, drawings, prints and photography. Selected artists to be shown will include Suzanne Caporael, Avery Danziger, Leila Daw, Ellen Glasgow, Jerome Hawkins, Keith Jacobshagen, James Kuiper, Cameron Martin and Elizabeth Thach. Please join us on January 14th!

Regular hours: Wed - Sat, 10 - 6, Tues by appointment

Atrium Gallery
4728 McPherson Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63108.
314-367-1076
atrium@earthlink.net
www.atriumgallery.net

Compônere Gallery: Sunday, 9 January 2011

Reception: Sunday afternoon, January 9, 2:00pm ­ 4:00pm
Exhibit dates: January 2 ­ January 29, 2011

holding turnips decodes to captured time. This series is a continuation in the effort to encapsulate a moment in time, a fraction of a second where an event gets etched into my mind. The emotional energy and spirit of that moment is preserved on the back of the glass. The moments are sporadic and come without warning, but they are moments infused with innocent joy and naive intensity; they resonate within me.

Gallery Hours: 11-5 Monday-Thursday 11-5, Friday & Saturday, 11-9, Sunday, 1-5

Compônere Gallery of Art "In the Loop"
6509 Delmar Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63130
http://www.componere.com

St. Peters Cultural Art Centre: Friday, 7 January 2011

Opening Reception of "Spectacular Visions ... The Photography of Carolyn Schlueter" on Friday evening from 6 - 8 p.m., in the new St. Peters Cultural Art Centre located in the West Wing of City Hall at One St. Peters Centre Boulevard on Mexico Road in St. Peters.

There will also be a "Let's Face It" Art Show and Competition going on at the same time, with awards to be given out at 7 p.m. There are lots of fun entries of all kinds of faces in this show!

Both exhibits will be available for viewing through February 28th. Hours at the St. Peters Cultural Arts Centre are Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Centre is closed on Sunday.

Framations: Friday, 14 January 2011

What better way to get through those winter months than to explore the world through another person's eye - or in this case, their lens. Framations Art Gallery presents their annual juried photography exhibit, Beyond the Lens, now in it's 5th year. Artists from the region have been invited to enter their work for this growing exhibit, to be juried this year by Stacey Morse, the Executive Director of Chesterfield Arts and a professional artist specializing in fine art photography. This exhibit is open to all forms of photography and to regional artists age 18 and older. Awards will be announced at the Opening Reception, which will be held on Friday, January 14 from 6-8pm. The exhibit will run through February 24.

Concurrently, Gallery Two will feature the woven wall hangings of Melissa Whitwam. This exhibit focuses on our experiences of time and how we record them. She relates this in terms of weaving: "Each pass of thread is unique at the moment it is passed, as each life experience is unique as it happens. The accumulation of events creates a piece of fabric in which the individual strand is only a part of the whole. Each pass is different, but the fabric is created with only one thread." Melissa uses hand-embroidery and printing to add visual depth and richness to the beautiful surface textures, many of which are silk

Mad Art Gallery: Friday, 7 January 2011

Till Death Do Us Part
Friday, January 7
7 pm to 11 pm

Till Death Do Us Part exhibit celebrating Mad Art Gallery's 10th anniversary features work from Albert Kuo, Alexander Petrowsky, Eugene Tsiemerman, Ioana Evsey Gruchevska, Rebekah Wessels, Bradley Pipkin, Michail Matveyev, Kyle Murray, David Mitchell, Kalina Mandzholovska, Ronald Buechele, Daniel Heggarty, Blake La Rue, Elliott Geolat, Nick Main, Stephanie Richardson, Matthew Csernansky, Severina Dimova, Ryan Powell, Jenn Carter, Jeremiah Yu, and Peat Wolleager. Opening reception on Friday, January 7, 2011, from 7:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. Exclusive DJ/Visual set by 18andCounting (Stan Chisholm).

2727 S. 12th Street
St. Louis, MO 63118

Isolation Room/Gallery Kit: Friday, 14 January 2011

Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson

Fireworks

Opens January 14, 2010 6pm-8pm

Isolation Room/Gallery Kit is pleased to present the video Fireworks by Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson. In 1994, the artists began their partnership while sharing a studio in Manchester, England. Crowe and Rawlinson work across a range of media addressing subjects such as faith, politics, national identity and the environment. Using pairings and oppositions, their video and sculptural works create an encounter with the viewer that focuses on the complexity of objects through actions and reactions with direct reference to their specific social contexts. A captivating video, Fireworks functions as a metaphor for the disentanglement of the social and ideological consequences of an action in relation to its evident spectacle. Installed in a large cavernous space, a series of fireworks are laid out in an ambitious construction, timed explosions are set off in a continuous and fascinating display, from spastic sparks to flickering flames, smoke eventually permeates the room and shifts our experience accordingly.

White Flag Projects: Saturday, 15 January 2011

White Flag Projects | 4568 Manchester Avenue | St. Louis | MO | 63110

Art St. Louis: Saturday, 22 January 2011

Save the date and make plans to join us for the opening reception for our upcoming "Beholder" and "Ode" exhibitions on Saturday, January 22, 6-9 p.m.

"Beholder" graphic design by John M. Goessmann

"Beholder" explores the theme of beauty as well as what is considered unconventionally "beautiful," as in the "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" idiom. Exhibit jurors were Catharine Magel, artist, public art specialist, St. Louis, MO, and Eric Woods, artist, founder/owner, The Firecracker Press, St. Louis, MO.

From 118 artworks submitted by 67 regional artists, Catharine & Eric selected 47 artworks by 36 artists from Missouri & Illinois for the exhibit. View a list of the selected artists here and check out some of the 47 featured works here.

"Ode" graphic design by Patrick Pruitt.

Presented concurrently with the "Beholder" exhibit will be "Ode." This multi-media exhibit was curated by Mark A. Fisher and features works by 14 area artists. The works in this show riff off of John Keats' poem, "Ode on a Grecia Urn." "Ode" will be presented in ASL's North Gallery and Dion Dion Gallery. Learn more about the show here and view images from the show here. Both exhibits are on view January 17-February 24, 2010.

Foundry Art Center: Friday, 21 January 2011

IN THE MIX
A Juried Show Featuring Mixed Media Work

January 21, 2011? March, 2011
Opening Reception: January 21, 2011 6-8

The Foundry Art Centre is pleased to present this exhibit of dynamic works built of several media. The juror for this exhibit is Tim Liddy, Associate Professor of Fine Art at Fontbonne University. Be sure to join us for the opening reception on the evening of Friday, January 21

Image: Acrylic Resin #1, Arlene Ligori,

Kemper Art Museum: Friday, 28 January 2011

Spring Exhibitions Open Jan. 28
Friday, January 28
7-9 pm: public opening

Opening events are an opportunity to celebrate and enjoy the Museum's new special exhibitions. All are welcome to join us at the public opening from 7 to 9 pm.

Spring 2011 Exhibitions:
Ghost: Elizabeth Peyton
Luis Camnitzer: Forewords and Last Words
Island Press: Three Decades of Printmaking

Good Citizen Gallery: Friday, 21 January 2011

Robin Assner and Sarah Nitschke: Dismantling Evil
Opening Reception Friday, January 21, 6-10m
Good Citizen Gallery January 21­- February 26, 2011

The roots of this work stem from a long-term, multi-disciplinary, series based project titled Acts of Hope and Futility - the collaborators have been working on this series since 2004.

The body of work in Dismantling Evil is an examination of evil from a humanistic perspective. In particular Assner and Nitschke are interested in evil as an intrinsic part of the human psyche and experience; how it is often normally good natured, average people who commit evil. This work challenges each individual to examine their own views and personal responsibility - as complicit bystanders and accessories after the fact - to the rampant global ills that continue to haunt us. Through extensive research and study, the artists have created work which begin to dismantle the complexities of western ideas about evil, challenging conventional perceptions, notions, and assumptions of what is, and who is, evil. In doing so, Assner and Nitschke hope to break down the highly evocative subject of evil; deflating its power and revealing small actions that can begin to disrupt its perpetuation, on both an individual and a community level.

Gallery Hours Fri., Sat. Noon - 5pm and by appointment

Good Citizen Gallery
2247 Gravois Ave,
St. Louis MO 63104-2852
314-348-4587

Mesa Cycles: Saturday, 15 January 2011

Mesa Cycles Bike Shop HOSTS “THE ART OF CYCLING PHOTOGRAPHY”

On Saturday January 15th, Mesa Cycles, located at 1035 S. Big Bend, will host a cycling photography exhibition featuring work by Matt James, Ellen Ludwig, Chris Ludwig and Dennis Fickenger. The exhibit will feature printed works and presentations documenting bicycle racing and its unique culture. The artists will be in attendance for this very limited engagement from 6 to 10 pm Saturday January 15th. Mesa Cycles and Northwest Coffee will provide the evening’s refreshment.

The exhibit is focused on regional bicycle racing and culture featuring several Midwest cycling teams and racers from St. Louis, Kansas City and Columbia. Most work will be available for sale. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Mesa Cycles Bike Shop will be transformed into a gallery space for one night to display the cycling photography exhibit. The exhibition is open to the public FREE OF CHARGE.

Nu-Art Series: Friday, 14 January 2011

The Nu-Art Series is proud to present "ART LAB: Work in Progress" featuring artists Bunny Burson, Yosafa Deutsch, Asma Kazmi, Ron Laboray, Alex Lopez, Jerry Monteith, Chinyere E. Oteh, Thomas Sleet, and Mel Watkin on Friday, January 14, 2011, from 6 to 9 p.m. at The Nu-Art Series' Metropolitan Gallery.

The artists in this exhibition were asked to create a site-specific piece concerning their working process. What would a visitor see if they walk into your studio just as you step out? What work is in-progress? What is on the walls? What is on your computer screen? What are you researching? What are your references? What muNusic is playing? Will they hear the sound of an ink jet printer? A clicking keyboard? Is there tea brewing? Is there a smell of saw dust? Oil paint ? Do you want your process to be clear or remain obscure? Is it obvious or would a visitor have to puzzle it out?

Gallery hours are Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday by appointment only.

The Nu-Art Series
Metropolitan Gallery
2936 Locust St. St. Louis, MO 63103
314.535.6500
http://www.thenu-artseries.org

PSTL Gallery: Friday, 21 January 2011

PSTL Gallery is excited to present the work of Ryan Thayer. The exhibition opens Friday, January 21 with an opening that evening from 6–9pm. The exhibition will run through March 25.

Timemachines is a series of photographs exploring contemporary concepts of the future. These
photographs focus on a group of devices that take pictures and also display them. By directly exposing the screens of these cameras onto photographic paper a digital image is recorded as a unique photogram. These photograms combine the past with the present and the future by presenting a historical record of objects we consider to be futuristic, an archive of our past futures and an image of what the future looks like at this moment. An iPod is considered futuristic but it can only play recordings from the past. Laptops stream news “live” and iPhones provide instant video conferencing in FaceTime but here the present has been replaced with the concept of ʻreal timeʼ, a perpetually delayed experience of events. These devices are time machines and the future they propose displaces the present they are designed to enhance making us ever more connected to the past. In this series of photographs cameras are witnesses to their own obsolescence.

PSTL Gallery
3842 Washington Blvd.
Saint Louis, MO. 63108
314-531-4304
www.paceframing.com
paceframing@yahoo.com