Monday, February 28, 2011

Norton's Fine Art & Framing: Friday, 8 April 2011

"Studies in Texture" by George Malek
Opening Reception Friday, April 8th from 6 - 9pm
Part of the Maplewood Arts Walk

A Painterly Approach to Defining Textures Found Both in Nature and Made by Man. Over 50 original works of art.The Show will be up through April.

Norton's Fine Art & Framing
2025 S. Big Bend Blvd.
Saint Louis, MO 63117

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Duane Reed Gallery: Friday, 1 April 2011

Duane Reed Gallery presents the latest work of Jane Birdsall-Lander. Exhibition opens
Friday, April 1st with a reception that evening 5–8pm. The exhibition will run through May 7th.

In her recent sculptural wall pieces Jane Birdsall-Lander reconfigures found objects and then binds them together with pigment stained waxed linen thread to build a group of primal alphabet forms. Made from cast offs such as salvage wooden canes. Conceptually the sculptures are inspired by the artist’s interest in the evolution of pictographs and ideographs into the modern alphabet as well as her desire to incorporate recycled artifacts into the sculptures.

Gallery hours: Tuesday through Saturday 10-5pm.

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

Saturday, February 26, 2011

UC Public Library Gallery: Sunday, 6 March 2011

The March show in THE GALLERY will feature recent paintings by Stephen Hoskins. The paintings will be on exhibit beginning March 4, with an opening reception for the artist on Sunday, March 6, from 2 – 4 PM. The show will continue through March 29.

University City Public Library
6701 Delmar
63130
314-727-3150.

Bonsack Gallery: Friday, 8 April 2011


There will be an exhibition of TomFriedman’s work in the John Burroughs School’s Bonsack Gallery from April 8 through April 13.

The artist will host a public opening reception from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on April 8. The exhibition will be curated by Jim Probstein ’83, William Shearburn ’79 and current parent John Van Doren.

The show will remain open to the public, through April 13, during the following hours: Saturday, April 9 – Noon to 3 pm; Sunday, April 10 – Noon to 3 pm; Monday, April 11– 8 am to 6:30 pm; Tuesday, April 12 – 8 am to 6:30 pm; Wednesday, April 13 – 8 am to 6:30 pm.

Friedman is an American conceptual artist who creates intricate and playful works of art from common household materials, such as Styrofoam, masking tape, pencils, toilet paper, toothpicks, spaghetti and bubble gum. His work, obsessively and painstakingly crafted, connects to 1960s Conceptualism and Minimalism, but transcends these historical precedents with a unique visual language that elevates the ordinary to the status of art. By investigating the relationship between the everyday and the art experience, Friedman's art offers indispensable insights into new ways in which to view the world.

Friday, February 25, 2011

Foundry Art Center: Friday, 11 March 2011

March 11, 2011– April 29, 2011
Opening Reception: March 11, 2011 6-8pm

Paper Work: In, On, and Of Paper V
A juried exhibition featuring art that utilizes paper as its main component

Kirkwood Art at the Station: Thursday, 3 March 2011

Kirkwood Area Arts Council Art at the Station
Presents Evalyn Rogers: Watercolors and Acrylic

February 28 – April 4, 2011
Opening Reception Thursday, March 3 5:30-7:00pm

Art may be viewed when the station is open for passengers.

Kirkwood Train Station
100 West Argonne
314-965-7100
kaacemail@gmail.com
www.kirkwoodareaarts.org

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Gallery Visio: Thursday, 24 February 2011

Come view this traveling exhibition featuring works from a variety of St. Louis and UMSL artists depicting the personal journey through womanhood. Opening reception is from 4-7pm. There will be light refreshments and this event is free and open to the public.

Gallery Visio is located at 1 University Blvd., 170 Millennium Student Center, St. Louis, MO 63121. You can reach the gallery either by phone (314-516-7922) or email (galvisio@umsl.edu).

Monday, February 21, 2011

May Gallery: Friday, 25 February 2011

Damaso Reyes: The Europeans

policia

25 February - 25 March 2011

With a talk by Mr. Reyes on Friday, 25 February
at 1 pm in Sverdrup 101

Opening Reception Friday, 25 February, 5-7 pm

And in the Small Wall Gallery,
Photos from Webster Study Abroad


The May Gallery is located on the second floor, west wing, of the Sverdrup Building at 8300 Big Bend Boulevard, Webster Groves MO 63119. Hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-9:00 pm; Saturday-Sunday, noon-5:00 pm.

Friday, February 18, 2011

SLCC Florissant Valley Contemporary Art Gallery: Thursday, 3 March 2011

Mirror Image: Women & Photography - Opening reception
Thursday, March 3 · 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Curated by Janice Nesser,
February 28 – March 31, 2011

Florissant Valley Contemporary Art Gallery
campus of STLCC-FV
3400 Pershall Rd
St. Louis MO 63135

Des Lee Gallery: Saturday, 19 March 2011

Closing Reception March 19, 4-6 pm

Tempting Equilibrium: SGC International Juried Exhibition. Featured Artists: Shawn Bitters, Kristin Casaletto, Jack Damer, Sage Dawson, Kevin Hass, Daniel Heyman, Travis Janssen, Karen Kunc, Mario LaPlante, Emmy Lingscheit, Taryn McMahon, Nation Meltz, Erin Mitchell, Deb Oden, Dennis Olsen, Roxanne Phillips, and Jon Swindler. Featuring works created by SGCI members that demonstrate a clear engagement with print-based processes, practices, or philosophies. Juror Mark Pascale.


Des Lee Gallery
1627 Washington Ave.
St. Louis, Mo
314.621.8735

St. Louis Artists' Guild: Thursday, 17 March 2011

Opening Reception: Thursday, March 17 6-8

Under Pressur
e is an exhibition series that showcases contemporary print works. In March of 2011 Washington University will host the annual Southern Graphics International Conference. There will be thousands of printmaking enthusiasts coming to St. Louis in search of exhibitions that highlight all aspects of the printmaking field. The St. Louis Artists’ Guild will display five exhibitions which all emphasize the ever expanding world of printmaking. Past Present, Etchings by Stan Gellman, Going Solar, Hybrid Works by Dan Welden, and prints by students from John Burroughs School.

St. Louis Artists’ Guild
Two Oak Knoll Park
Clayton, Missouri 63105
314.727.6266
http://www.stlouisartistsguild.org

Thursday, February 17, 2011

artSPACE Gallery: Friday, 18 February 2011

PRINT/PULL
"One bitchin' printmaking show"

Blaine Deutsch, Vadim Gershman, Sleepy Kitty, Delicious Design League, Kirsten O' Loughlin, Kevin McCoy, John Vogl, Rhashad Whittier

EXHIBITION OPENING
Friday, February 18th, 2011 6:30-8:30pm
(at) artSPACE Gallery

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts: Friday, 18 February 2011

MIXED MEDIA BY SARAH BERNSTEIN, CHLOE BETHANY, AARON BOS-WAHL, IRENE COMPADRE, REBECCA ESTEE, ZAK MARMALEFSKY AND JONATHAN MUEHLKE

OPENING RECEPTION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 6-9 PM

OCCUPATION OF SPACE RUNS THROUGH MARCH 11

FOR ADDITIONAL GALLERY HOURS, CALL 314.772.3628

FORT GONDO COMPOUND FOR THE ARTS
3151 CHEROKEE STREET
SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 63118

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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Sheldon Art Galleries: Friday, 18 February 2011

Please join us for an opening reception on Friday, February 18 from 5 -8 p.m.
(complimentary wine and hors d'oeuvres until 7 p.m.)

Bellwether Gallery of St. Louis Artists
Back Buildings (Hinterhaeuser), Trier, 1928, oil on wood panel, 22.83 x 20.28 inches (58 x 51.5 cm). Collection of James and Diane Kerr.
Back Buildings (Hinterhäuser), Trier, 1928, oil on wood panel, 22.83 x 20.28 inches (58 x 51.5 cm). Collection of James and Diane Kerr.


Max Lazarus: Trier / St. Louis / Denver – A Jewish Artist's Fate
February 18 – May 7, 2011

Organized by the Stadtmuseum Simeonstift, Trier, Germany, this exhibition traces the life and artistic development of the German-Jewish artist Max Lazarus (1892-1961) through over 50 paintings, lithographs and synagogue designs. An extraordinary colorist, Lazarus produced expressive works that included landscapes, portraits, and some politically charged subjects. Lazarus fled Germany in 1938, after being forced to work secretly in Germany during the rise of the Nazi party. He lived first in St. Louis, where he had a family, then moved to Denver, Colorado, where he contracted tuberculosis.

His early career is represented in the exhibition with a self-portrait, several Trier landscapes, and a number of prints. Scenes from his time in St. Louis, like views of the Old Courthouse, Grand Avenue and the United Hebrew Synagogue (now the Missouri History Museum Library and Research Center), as well as paintings that reflect the changing Denver cityscape in the 1940s and 50s, are also included. Lazarus's story stands as an example of innumerable "disrupted biographies" that occurred during the rise of the Nazis to power. Lazarus’s life and career were disrupted twice: first by the Nazis and then by his health. He died in Denver, Colorado in 1961. A selection of Lazarus's synagogue mural designs will be on view during this time in a separate exhibition in the Bernoudy Gallery of Architecture.

The exhibition is underwritten by the David S. Millstone Arts Foundation with additional support from Nancy and Kenneth Kranzberg, The Millstone Foundation, Gary and Sherry Wolff, Esley Hamilton and Angela M. Gonzales.

Gallery Talk: April 12, 6 p.m., Dan Reich, Curator and Director of Education at the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center In Memory of Gloria M.Goldstein, will speak on Max Lazarus's career as an artist in exile. Bellwether Gallery, admission free.

Related Program: April 5, 7 p.m., St. Louis Holocaust Émigrés Panel. Please note: this program will be held at the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center In Memory of Gloria M. Goldstein, 12 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis, Missouri, 63146. Telephone 314.442.3714.

History of Jazz Gallery
Gallery of Photography
Larry Fink, Club Cornich, New York, February, 1977, gelatin silver print, 14 3/16 x 14 3/16 inches (image), 20 x 16 inches (paper), image courtesy and © Larry Fink.
Larry Fink, Club Cornich, New York, February, 1977, gelatin silver print, 14 3/16 x 14 3/16 inches (image), 20 x 16 inches (paper), image courtesy and © Larry Fink.


Larry Fink: Attraction and Desire – 50 Years in Photography
February 18 – May 21, 2011

This exhibition provides an overview of work by the internationally renowned photographer Larry Fink, and includes photographs spanning his 50+ year career. Works from the series The Beatniks, Social Graces, Boxing, Somewhere There's Music, Runway and The Democrats, as well as intimate photographs of his home, family and travels are included. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1941, Larry Fink studied with Lisette Model and Alexei Brodovich. In the mid-1970s, Fink began photographing at museum galas, art openings and other events, employing a signature lighting style that heightened the human and psychological drama of the moment. In 1980, he moved to rural Martin's Creek, Pennsylvania where country events, his neighbors and his family were his subjects.

Fink has had one-man shows at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Musée de la Photographie in Charleroi, Belgium, and the Musee de l'Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland, among others. In addition to two John Simon Guggenheim Fellowships in 1976 and 1979, and two National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Photography Fellowships in 1978 and 1986, Fink was awarded an honorary doctorate from the College for Creative Studies, College of Art and Design, Detroit in 2002. His photographic work is also the focus of several monographs, including Social Graces (1984 and 2001); Boxing (1997); Runway (2000); Larry Fink (2005); Somewhere There's Music (2006) and forthcoming, The Vanities: Hollywood Parties from 2000 to 2009 (2011). He is also an influential educator, and has taught at the Yale University School of Art, New Haven and Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture, New York, among other universities. He is currently Professor of Photography at Bard College in New York. A catalogue accompanies the exhibition. The exhibition is organized by the Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis.

The exhibition is underwritten by Luxco, with additional support from Barbara and Arthur McDonnell and Ellen and Durb Curlee.

Gallery Talk: Saturday, February 19, 11 a.m., Larry Fink will speak on his career in photography, Gallery of Photography, admission free.

Bernoudy Gallery of Architecture
Max Lazarus (German, 1892-1961), The First and Implemented Design for Homburg Synagogue, Saarland, Germany, undated, c. 1922-23. Collection of James and Diane Kerr.
Max Lazarus (German, 1892-1961), The First and Implemented Design for Homburg Synagogue, Saarland, Germany, undated, c. 1922-23. Collection of James and Diane Kerr.


Max Lazarus: The Synagogue Murals
February 18 – May 7, 2011

Drawn from the travelling exhibition Max Lazarus: Trier / St. Louis / Denver – A Jewish Artist's Fate on view in the Bellwether Gallery, this exhibition focuses on a series of beautiful gouache paintings of synagogue mural designs that Lazarus completed between 1921 and 1931. His first commission, which was for the Merzig Synagogue in 1921-22, was a success, and several more followed, including ones in Homburg (1922-23), Langen (1926), Herford (1926), Lübbecke (1928), Neumagen (1928) and Herford (1931), all of which were destroyed by the Nazis during November 1938 Pogroms, also called Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass). Designs for other Synagogues that were never realized will also be on view. Lazarus is now considered one of the most important synagogue painters in Western Germany. His work in this area remained forgotten for many years because the synagogues had been destroyed, and it is only now, as a result of the Trier exhibition, that his importance in this area as a synagogue painter is able to be studied and reconsidered. The exhibition is organized by , Trier, Germany.


GALLERY HOURS:
Tuesdays, 12 noon – 8 p.m., Wednesdays - Fridays, 12 noon – 5 p.m., Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Third Degree East Gallery: Friday. 18 February 2011

At The Gallery: February 18 - March 15

Sacred Movement: Jeane Vogel. Vogel's Sacred Movement is a tribute to women, dance and the feminine divine. The images celebrate the joy, grace, and enlightenment in movement, color and the flick of silk which both reveals and conceals. Visit www.vogelpix.com for more info.

Sculptural Narratives: Jerry Cox. Cox hears wood talk. His sculpture speaks with a sci-fi twist. Visit www.coxstl.com for more info.

5200 Delmar, about a mile east of the Delmar Loop
between University City and the Central West End
stlglass.com
314-367-4527

Friday, February 11, 2011

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

St. Louis Artists’ Guild Presents The 35th Annual Young Artists’ Showcase
An Opportunity for Students to Show Their Art in a Professional Gallery

Opening Reception: Friday, April 8, 2011, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Exhibition Dates: April 8, 2011 - May 7, 2011

The Young Artists’ Showcase is an all media exhibition of local high school students’ artwork. All students between the ages of 15 and 19 years old and living within 150 miles of the St. Louis Artists’ Guild are eligible to enter. Among schools represented in past Young Artists’ Showcase exhibitions are DeSmet Jesuit High School, Nerinx Hall High School, Bishop DuBourg High School, MICDS, St. Louis University High School, Clayton High School, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Webster Groves High School, Bayless Senior High School, Soldan International High School, and the Parkway and Hazelwood School Districts.

The Young Artists’ Showcase encourages and supports the artistic talents and creativity of a wide segment of young, emerging artists in the St. Louis community. Traditionally, many artists have experienced their first opportunity to exhibit in a professional gallery space through the St. Louis Artists’ Guild’s Young Artists’ Showcase. The exhibition is part of the St. Louis Artists’ Guild’s commitment to promote and encourage young artists in pursuing a future in the visual arts. Tuan Nguyen is the juror of the 2011 Young Artists’ Showcase.

The St. Louis Artists’ Guild’s galleries are located at #2 Oak Knoll Park in Clayton, Missouri. Oak Knoll Park is near the intersection of Big Bend Boulevard and Clayton Road; the park’s entrance is on Big Bend. Gallery hours: Noon - 4:00 p.m., Tuesday - Sunday. For more information, call the St. Louis Artists’ Guild at 314.727.6266 or visit the St. Louis Artists’ Guild at www.stlouisartistsguild.org.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Laumeier Sculpture Park: Saruday, 12 February 2011

Jessica Stockholder: Grab grassy this moment your I's
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Public Reception and Gallery Talk, 5-7 PM

Laumeier Sculpture Park presents an exhibition of recent sculpture by Jessica Stockholder. The exhibition, which opens February 12, features eleven sculptures full of quirks and unexpected materials. Stockholder's work engages elements of painting, sculpture and architecture with objects more commonly found in backyards and living rooms. If you love contemporary art, if sculpture rocks your world, if you want to see a lamp, a coffee cup, a shower curtain or a music stand in an entirely new way-don't miss this exhibition! Stockholder's playful nature is reflected in her work and in the name of the exhibition, Grab grassy this moment your I's. The title offers an abstract puzzle emblematic of her work that strives to change how we see common objects and materials. Join us for the opening on Saturday or visit Laumeier and see the exhibition through May 29, 2011.
Laumeier Sculpture Park
12580 Rott Road
St. Louis, MO 63127
www.laumeier.org

Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Craft Alliance in the Loop: Friday, 18 March 2011

STORYLINES: CONTEMPORARY EMBROIDERY
Exhibition challenges conventional views on embroidery
March 18 – May 8
FREE Opening Reception on Friday, March 18, 6-8pm

Craft Alliance is pleased to announce the opening of the exhibition Storylines: Contemporary Embroidery. The exhibition, features work from Michael Aaron McAllister, Diem Chau, Ray Materson, Chris Niver, Deborah Slabeck Baker, and Cayce Zavaglia.

In this exhibition, six contemporary artists push the boundaries of the traditional art form of embroidery. Stitch by stitch, each artist depicts a story through exploring the potential of this time-honored technique. The artists featured were selected because their works challenge conventional ideas about embroidery and explore its potential to communicate their ideas.

McAllister portrays the personalities of historical figures through elaborate stitches and embellishments. Some of these legendary people include William Shakespeare, Teddy Roosevelt, and Emily Dickinson. Materson found inspiration in a pair of socks while in prison. Salvaging the thread from those socks, he created miniature tapestries depicting life outside prison walls. Dedicating forty to sixty hours to each piece, Materson creates intricate, mind-blowing, miniature embroideries with an average of 1,200 stitches per a square inch. In a unique combination, Chau stitches her stories on hard surfaces like coffee cups and plates. Her work reveals forgotten moments in time using familiar objects in unfamiliar ways. She creates delicate vignettes of fleeting memories, gestures and forms. Using only black thread, Niver carefully “draws” individual characters in isolated situations. The ominous figures produce a variety of emotions including fear, loneliness, and vulnerability. His dark inspiration comes from the scrimshaw work of 19th century sailors which chronicled the hardships and gravity of life. As another artist utilizing black thread on fabric, Baker communicates her stories and ideas through small drawings on natural linen. Her narratives are stitched directly onto the fabric in a freehand style. Through techniques found in drawing and painting, Zavaglia transforms her embroidery into realistic snapshots of humanity.

Opening concurrently at the Charak Gallery is the exhibition, Lets Talk About Love Baby, featuring romance novels created by various artists around the world. The concept is to compile individual ideas of what “love” symbolizes.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Thursday, 10am – 5pm; Friday and Saturday, 10am – 6 pm, Sunday, 11am – 5pm. Closed Monday

Craft Alliance in the Delmar Loop
6640 Delmar Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63130
www.craftalliance.org
(314) 725-1177

Bruno David Gallery: Friday, 11 February 2011

You are invited to the opening reception (v2) of This City, Daily Rising, a solo exhibition of new work by the Shanghai-based artist Christina Shmigel, on Friday, February 11, 5-9pm. The exhibition is now fully installed (view it online) and we hope to see you Friday night.

Christina Shmigel’s first solo US exhibition since 2005, is composed of three interrelated installations. Continually shifting between macro- and microcosmic views, the installations are emblematic of Shmigel’s play with scale and size, intimacy and monumentality, and create for the viewer something of the vibrancy & intensity of Shanghai (China), the city where she now lives and works. There is much in this exhibition that springs from the local knowledge of Shanghai but also much that speaks to more universal themes. How do we decipher and interpret experience, making meaning amidst that which is foreign to us? How do we come to know the world thru association and memory and projection? And, most importantly, the question that has always been central to Shmigel’s work, how do the inanimate things that we build and that we surround ourselves with, reveal the nature of our humanity? See an article on The Wall Street Journal by Lisa Movius on her upcoming exhibition (here).

Showing at the gallery:
Shawn Burkard: ORANGES/MEGALITHIC (Front Room)
Eleanor Dubinsky: Touch the Sky (Media Room)

The gallery is open free to the public and the hours are 10 AM to 5 PM Wednesdays through Saturdays, and by appointment.

Bruno David Gallery, Inc
3721 Washington Boulevard (in Grand Center)
St. Louis, MO 63108

Soulard Art Market: Friday, 11 February 2011

“Labor of Love 2” at Soulard Art Market & Contemporary Gallery Opening Reception

Every artist has at least one work that speaks to them more than any other. Come see why art is our “Labor of Love 2.” Over 25 artists were accepted to the Labor of Love 2 show. A good evening of art, music and beverage can be promised. You can also take the time to view the
are of our 13 Resident Artists.

Opening Reception Friday, Feb. 11 from 7- 10 PM
Music by David Cattani

2028 S. 12th Street
St. Louis, MO 63104
(314) 258-4299

Gateway Gallery: Friday, 11 February 2011

Gateway Gallery Reception, February 11, 2011 6:00PM - 9:00PM

Gallery Hours: Wednesday 11-6, Thursday 11-6, Friday 11-7, Saturday 11-6, Sunday 10-5, Closed Monday and Tuesday


Gateway Gallery
7921 Forsyth Blvd.
Clayton, Missouri 63105

Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Bonsack Gallery: Thursday, 17 March 2011

The Bonsack Gallery at John Burroughs School will take advantage of the opportunity presented
by the Southern Graphics International Conference being hosted in St. Louis to present a show of
prints curated by Maryanne Ellison Simmons. The show, entitled “Printer/Publisher, Artist/Patron: Courtney Obata and Wildwood Press,” will run from March 4 through 29. It will feature prints by Valerie Hammond, Michael Berkhemer, Mary Judge, Erin McKenny and Linda Schwarz.

Regular gallery hours are 8 am to 6:30 pm. All are invited to a public reception hosted by
Simmons from 5:30 to 8 pm, on Thursday, March 17, in the gallery. The exhibit is free to the
public.

The Bonsack Gallery
on the campus of John Burroughs School
755 South Price Road
Ladue

Kirkwood Art at the Station: Thursday, 10 February 2011

Join Us this Thursday, February 10 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm for Art At The Station. This month we are hosting an exhibit with artist, Edward Boccia. The showing of his oil paintings runs through February 28, 2011.

Kirkwood Train Station
100 W. Argonne
Kirkwood MO

Sunday, February 06, 2011

Syndicate Building: Saturday 19 February 2011

Just left of Spring, a no theme art exhibit featuring a group of 27 St. Louis metro area artists creating in numerous areas of artistic expression.

Opening reception Saturday, February 19, 2011, 6-9 pm. Additional viewing by appointment through March 26 contact 314-436-9374 for more information

Syndicate Building, 915 Olive St. 4th and 5th floor Galleries. Use call box for entry to building.

On tap for the evenings’ artistic festivities; great conversation, snacks both sweet and savory, beverages and a sea of optical delights from a gathering of diverse artists.

Participating artists: Robin Ricca, Yovnne McCall, Evette Booker, John Pruitt, Jennifer Weigel, James Payne, Charity Tourea, Greg Klumpers, Meghan White, John Blair, Michael Bolton, Carrie Pitiangas, Thomas Shepherd, Emma Johannah, Diane DeVaughn, Thersa Hopkins, Brandon Barnes, Rhonda Lemay, Brad Schmidt, Zack Drier, Rafi Katz, Amy Holmes, J R Laverty, Arlene Ligori, Holly Ruff, and Paul and Connie LaFlam

Call for Work: Deadline Sunday, 6 March 2011

Call for Entry: Those Who Dream by Night New exhibit focuses on abstract and fantasy themes

Framations Art Gallery presents an opportunity for artists to explore the themes of fantasy, dreams, and all things abstract with upcoming exhibit. "Those Who Dream by Night", will be open to artists' interpretation, allowing artists to determine their individual subject matter in any wall hung media. T.E. Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, once said, "All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible." This idea that what we dream while asleep is often much different from what are waking dreams for ourself include eludes to the idea that some dreams are out of our control, and some we also take more seriously than others.

"Those Who Dream by Night" will be a juried exhibit, from walk-in entries due to the gallery March 5 & 6. The juror for this exhibit is Brian Smith, Professor of Visual Art as well as the Visual Art Program Coordinator at St. Charles Community College. His expeience extends to working as an art lecturor and juror. There will be an Awards Reception open to the public on Friday, March 11 from 6-8 pm with awards announced at 7 pm.

For full entry details for this exhibit, visit www.framations.com. You may also call (636) 724-8313 with questions, or email framations@earthlink.net.

Friday, February 04, 2011

SLU Boileau Hall: Friday, 11 February 2011

OPENING AT SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY FOR CRAFT ALLIANCE ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 11, 4:30-7:00 PM

"Artists-in-Residence from Craft Alliance" features the work of Rachel Akin, Gina Rosienski and Rena Wood, now through February 26 in Boileau Hall on the campus of Saint Louis University. At the opening reception on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11 at 4:30-7:00pm, the artists will be on hand to speak about their work and their experiences in the current residency.

Boileau Hall is open Fridays and Saturdays 12-4pm (also by appt). FREE parking in adjacent lot.

More information:
Craft Alliance in the Kranzberg Arts Center - (314) 534-7528, ext. 301
Saint Louis University Department of Fine & Performing Arts - (314) 977-2410

Boileau Hall
Saint Louis University
38 Vandeventer
St. Louis MO 63108

Bonsack Gallery: Friday, 4 February 2011

Stephen Hoskins: familiar
February 4 - March 1, 2011
Opening Reception Friday, February 4th, 5:30-7:30

Bonsack Gallery
John Burroughs School
755 S. Price Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63124
314.993.4040 x229

Thursday, February 03, 2011

Concrete Ocean Art Gallery: Friday, 4 February 2011

Stop by Concrete Ocean for the closing reception of
Typography of the Nothing First Century
works by jenn carter

The Jelly fish Video/sculpture installation has beworked to include new footage and sound!

7-11pm, free to all

RAC Gallery: Friday, 18 February 2011

The Regional Arts Commission Presents
Reflections of a Creative Life: Hal Poth - A Retrospective
Curated by Judy Weltman
Gallery Opening: Friday, Feb. 18 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Exhibit runs Feb. 18 - April 10

Hal Poth's art reveals industrial design influence in the precise execution of his moving sculptures as well as the exacting detail of his earlier drawings. One can't help but see an almost childlike whimsy in many of his pieces, juxtaposed with sophistication that only a master craftsman could execute.


"Red Tree" by Hal PothExhibition Dates: February 18 through April 10

Opening Reception: Friday, February 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m. (Free & Open to the Public)
Gallery Talk: Thursday, March 31: Reception: 5:30 p.m., Talk: 6 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.

The Gallery at the Regional Arts Commission
6128 Delmar Boulevard on The Loop
St. Louis, MO 63112
(Free parking in the lot behind The Pageant; metered street parking)

Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts: Friday, 11 February 2011


René Magritte, Le monde invisible (The Invisible World),1954, oil on canvas, 77 x 51 5/8",
The Menil Collection, Houston (V 615), photograph by Hickey-Robertson, Houston,
© 2010 C. Herscovici, London / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Join us this month for the opening of our new exhibition, Dreamscapes, and for the beginning of the Dreamscapes Concert Series.

Dreamscapes: February 11 - August 13, 2011

Dreamscapes on Friday, February 11, 5-9pm. Admission is free. Refreshments will be served.

Dreamscapes incites questions about the act of dreaming–a succession of thoughts, images, sounds or emotions that the mind experiences during sleep. The artworks on view and their juxtaposition with Tadao Ando's architecture offer new ways to think about the content and purpose of dreams on numerous levels: physiological, psychological, cultural and spiritual.


The thirty-five works in this exhibition reflect a wide range of dreamlike settings or scenarios. Included are paintings by René Magritte, Joan Miró, Max Ernst and Philip Guston, along with contemporary works by Katharina Fritsch, Do Ho Suh, Kiki Smith, Janet Cardiff and others.

Throughout the exhibition, we will offer a series of special programs every Saturday at 1pm. On Saturday, February 12, senior curator Francesca Herndon-Consagra will lead a tour of Dreamscapes.

Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Hoffman Lachance Contemporary: Friday, 4 February 2011

In John Talbott Allen's exhibition 2193 Little Pieces he is exploring the over simplification and abstraction of war. Using story book format and playful materials, the artist achieves a noted
tension between entertainment and the darker reality.

Opening reception Friday, February 4th 6 to 10 pm.

Hoffman LaChance Contemporary
2713 Sutton Boulevard
St. Louis MO 63143
314 398-9636
http://www.hoffmanlachancefineart.com