V-3 Gallery: Saturday, 30 March 2013

Kate King and Sam Davis are having their closing reception at the V-3 Gallery this Saturday night. So if you have not had the pleasure to see the titillating and outrageous work of Kate King or the wildly colorful and earthly morbid work of Sam Davis you should come out. The V-3 Gallery is something to see on it's own. Thanks to Emily Ebeling's passion for good local art, and artist Brandon Barnes ingenuity he has transformed the front half of her apartment into a gallery. Nice Work! Not to mention we will be spinning some of our old school classics on our Magnavox Solid State portable turn table! There will be home-made hummus and beer bread made with PBR! come on out and support local art.

2710 Cherokee St.
Saint Louis, Missouri 63118

May Gallery: 5 April 2013

Elizabeth L. Gilbert:
Histories in Africa, 20 Years of Photography

5 April - 3 May 2013

with a talk by Ms. Gilbert on Friday, 5 April, at 3 pm in Sverdrup 101
Opening Reception in the gallery Friday, 5 April, 5-7 pm

Elizabeth L. Gilbert has been working as a photographer based in Nairobi, Kenya, for many years. First she worked as a war photographer, but since 1998 has been documenting the rapidly changing customs and rituals of the Maasai, Samburu, Mursi, Karo, Hamar, and the Batwa peoples of the Great Rift Valley. She not only has documented ancient traditions before they completely disappear, she has brought the photographs back to the people, so that they can see and react to their own images.

Elizabeth L. Gilbert is author of

Broken Spears: A Maasai Journey	Tribes of the Great Rift Valley

Join us for a free screening of Ms. Gilbert's new documentary film, The Last Safari, at 7 pm on Sunday, 7 April, in the Winifred Moore Auditorium. Ms. Gilbert will introduce the film.

Craft Alliance in the Delmar Loop: Friday, 5 April 2013

Trace
Korean artists use glass and metal to explore cultural displacement
April 5, 2013 – June 15, 2013 / Opening Reception: Friday, April 5, 6 – 8pm

Craft Alliance (CA) is pleased to announce the opening reception of Trace, from 6 – 8 pm on Friday, April 5 at CA’s Delmar Loop Gallery. Trace presents seven emerging and mid-career Korean artists who have a long have history in craft and have studied in USA. The curator, Jiyong Lee, has a deep interest in observing artists who work with ideas of personal heritage, culture and present-day influences. This exhibition focuses on the craft materials of glass and metals, and the creation of objects that trace the inner voice of the artists' personal memory, life, their interests, and concepts. Exhibiting artists include Hoyeon Chung, Keunae Song, Hyunsung Cho, Jun Suk Min, Joon Yong Kim, Jin Won Han, and Hyejeong Ko.

The artists in this exhibition have been deeply affected by their experiences of culture shock and the challenge of grappling with language barriers. Hoyeon Chung, Hyunsung Cho, and Jin Won Han use their work to explore their memories, to capture every day events, and to reflect the anxiety of cultural displacement. Keunae Song and Joon Yong Kim create a sense of unfamiliarity by treating the surface of glass in new and unusual ways, complicating the viewers’ perception of the material. The works of Jun Suk Min and Hyejeong Ko encourage viewers to step away from the troubles of the everyday world and into a more playful natural world

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Thursday 10am – 5pm / Friday – Saturday 10am – 6pm / Sunday 11am – 5pm

Craft Alliance in the Delmar Loop
6640 Delmar Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63130
314.725.1177

Mad Art Gallery: Friday, 5 April 2013

Collaborations: Work from Pele Prints
Mad Art Gallery
Friday, April 5 7p-11p
Opening Reception

Collaboration is at the core of the St. Louis printmaking studio, Pele Prints. This exhibition, "Collaborations: Work from Pele Prints," highlights some of the projects created in the last six years. The work published at Pele combines traditional and experimental printing techniques with three-dimensional components, collage, and handwork. The goal is to create a unique body of work that displays the curiosity, learning, and constant discovery exemplified in the collaborative process at its best.

The show runs from April 5 to April 25, 2013. Featuring work by: Laura Berman, Alicia LaChance, Lora Fosberg, Grant W. Miller, Benjamin Pierce, Jessie Van der Laan, Brandon Anschultz, Gina T. Alvarez, John Wahlers, and Amanda Verbeck.

Many thanks to Hartz Gallery for making this show possible!
www.peleprints.com
www.madart.com
www.hartzgallery.com

Northwest Coffee and Roasting Company: Friday, 29 March 2013

‘Un Voyage de Découverte’ – photography by Greg Kluempers.

Exhibiting: March 17 – April 28, 2013

Hours: Mon-Fri 6:00 am to 6:00 pm, Sat-Sun 7:00 am to 6:00 pm

Opening Friday, March 29 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Free and open to the public, serving coffee, wine and light refreshments.

Northwest Coffee and Roasting Company
4510 Maryland Avenue
Clayton MO 63105
www.a-good-eye.com

410 N. Newstead: Saturday, 6 April 2013

April 6 at 6:00pm until April 27 at 9:00pm

Ryszard Kaja's first solo exhibit of Poster design in North America.
Opening Reception: April 6th, 2013, 6 - 9 pm. 410 N. Newstead 4w. Saint Louis, Missouri 63108.

Ryszard Kaja will be at the opening.

In support of this exhibit Apop Records (2831 Cherokee St St Louis, MO 63118) will screen Polish films throughout April:

Thurs, April 4, 8 pm: Cześć, Tereska: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0288491/

Thurs, April 11, 8 pm: Dług: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0225535/

Thurs, April 25, 8 pm: Przypadek: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084549/

More info: http://braintransplant.org/floraphallusfauna/

Old Orchard Gallery: Friday, 22 March 2013

Join us for an incredible night of art, drinks by Schlafly, and food by Crabcakes Creative! LIVE sculpting by Connie Mielke, and featuring "Mixt Ape" original music by Don Erickson. 
 
March 22, 2013 at 5:30pm to April 2, 2013 at 5pm
 
33March, opening March 22, 2013, features new work by 33 local artists, music, drink and food. It's free and open to the public at 39 S. Old Orchard in Webster Groves. The 33March exhibit will also be available for viewing (and art purchases) on Saturday, March 23, through Tuesday, April 2, from 1pm to 5pm weekdays. Local artists exhibiting are Lynne Beseau, Kayla (Hg) Brinkley, Fred Waters, Kellie Gardner, Zachary Miller, Tina Kitchell, Elinor Gaddy, Jim Horne, Joshua Osburg, Jim Peters, Connie Mielke, Dianna Fowler, Amela B., Caroline Philippone, Kara McCaskie, Molly Hill, Patrick Weck, Julie Johnson, Rachel Santel, Eric Stauffer, Elizabeth Guittar, Lottes Amalia, "Mixt Ape" original music by Don Erickson, Andrew Singer, Adam Sherman, Myles Keough, Jordan Strader, Barbara Marshall, Bob Baker, J'han Hunter, Thomas Fleming, King, and Jenny  Churchill.                                  

Complete information is always available on any of the exhibiting artists by entering that artist's name in the search box at the top-right of any MySLART.org page where it says "Search MySLART.org." In an effort to provide more continuing exhibition and sale opportunities for local artists, MySLART.org will produce a 33-artist group exhibit at this location on the third weekend of every month. All local artists are welcome to apply for future group shows such as 33April, 33May, etc. A call for artists will posted on MySLART.org approximately one month prior to each exhibit date.

Starlight Gallery: Saturday, 6 April 2013

The Starlight Gallery:  April 6-May 11
Lynette Schuepbach, Watercolor and Words
Gallery hours:  Weekdays 2-8 and Saturdays 9-3
Opening reception: April 6, 1-3 PM

Lynnette Schuepbach has used the medium of watercolors for several collections including "The Love of Flowers Collection" and "Love Above and Below Collection." Watercolor illustrations were also used in Froggy Hollow, the first of her children’s stories to be published, and in subsequent books, Shhhh!!!, Cat Time, It's My Turn!, Mya’s Magical Math, and in two books written by Cynthia Dwyer, Can You See Me Now? and Four-Eyed Phillip. She also creates in oils, wood carving, wood burning and photography. Her poetry is featured in several poetry anthologies, and one of her poems, “Speak to Me,” is used as the basis for an instructional wood carving book.

Highland's (Illinois) Art Gallery on the Historic Square
903 Main Street
Highland, IL
618-654-3915

The Gallery at Chesterfield Arts: Friday, 15 March 2013

Reception: Friday, March 15 6-8 pm
MODERN MOVEMENT

The Gallery at Chesterfield Arts will be hosting a reception on March 15th for our latest exhibition, Modern Movement, a closer look at contemporary folk art in our area. Participating artists are Genevieve Esson, Jennifer Harman, Tracy Kodner and Kristen Powers. Please join us from 6-8pm for refreshments and the opportunity to meet the artists!
Visit our website 
636-519-1955
444 Chesterfield Center
Chesterfield Mo 63017

The Philip Slein Gallery: Friday, 22 March 2013

Cheonae Kim, Mom, flashe on panel, 2012, 12" x 18"

CHEONAE KIM'S PORTRAIT AT PHILIP SLEIN GALLERY


Reception: Friday, March 22nd, 2013, 6-8 pm
runs through April 27th
 
Cheonae Kim's exhibit of recent paintings at the Philip Slein Gallery, entitled Portrait, continues her personal exploration of geometric abstraction, with a twist. Some abstract painters combine an expressionistic mentality with a minimalist aesthetic. Like the most expressionistic of the Abstract Expressionist painters, Cheonae uses the simplest form, color and structure to portray her experience of people, places, and things.


With a rigorous visual language, Cheonae portrays her experience of people such as her friends and family, places such as Spain, things such as light and sound. And for Cheonae, it is moments rather than events she is interested in. She prefers to focus our attention on a moment, an impression. Her small scale creates an intimacy that draws the viewer into the work. The paintings are perfectly crafted wooden squares or rectangles, usually one inch deep, painted top and sides with brightly colored stripes or rectangles. The overall impression of the show is one of sunshine daydream, and yet the largest piece, the only large-scale piece in the show, is a bright red and blue cloud of thinly-striped dissonance entitled Murmur, which is a sound Cheonae likens to the distant hum of media and technology.

PHILIP SLEIN GALLERY PROVIDES THE INTRODUCTIONS  

Shaun O'Dell, Shifting Strips, 2012, gouache and ink on paper mounted on canvas mounted on panel, 24" x 20"

Introductions, at the Philip Slein Gallery, features small-scale work by five artists showing in St. Louis for the first time: Todd Chilton, Lori Ellison, Shaun O'Dell, James Sterling Pitt, and Altoon Sultan. Ken Johnson writes of Todd Chilton's paintings: "Todd Chilton's argyle pattern made of cake-frosting-thick horizontal lines resembles something by the mystic polymath Alfred Jensen." Sarah Schmerler writes of Lori Ellison: "Lori Ellison makes labor-intensive paintings and drawings that deliver far more optical impact and psychological resonance than you'd expect from small-scale work." Peter Plagens describes Shaun Odell's paintings as "wavering along that line between genuinely obsessive variations on a theme and the mere convenience of near uniformity. What tilts the verdict in Mr. O'Dell's favor are subtle intricacies in color and carefully integrated collage elements..." Gwen Allen writes that the motifs employed in James Sterling Pitt's sculptures "call to mind any number of scientific diagrams that map geological or biological structures." And Rob Colvin writes of Altoon Sultan's paintings and textiles: "Both bodies of work display a rich interaction with the history of abstract painting--sometimes it's by quotation and homage, other times by extending formal projects from various historical periods."


Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10am-5pm
 
The Philip Slein Gallery
314.621.4634 
4735 McPherson Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63108

Atrium Gallery: Friday, 15 March 2013

Atrium Gallery Announces Two Concurrent Exhibitions

You are Cordially Invited for an Opening Reception, Friday March 15, 6-8 p.m.
Parking Available on Building Lot (east side)

Buckminster Fuller "Tribute"
March 15 - May 11

Atrium Gallery is very pleased to present an extensive exhibition of works by Buckminster Fuller, a renowned 20th Century figure. Fuller was known for his achievements in many related fields, including engineering, art, design, architecture, philosophy, literature, and education.  He operated as a practical philosopher, illustrating his theories through all of these disciplines, and was really known as a "visionary."  He was interested in solving problems of our civilization and always acted globally in seeking solutions.  He was certainly among the most brilliant persons of our time, and aside from his art, architecture, and design contributions, his strongest legacy may be the influence he has had on so many other individuals working to create a more sustainable planet.
            
This exhibition will feature several sculpture works, as well as a number of prints of his many "inventions," his global map, and other designs.

Jim Nickel "New Venture Pieces"
March 15 - May 11

Also shown is a complementary exhibition of current work by Jim Nickel. His current work is a revival of a series he began thirty years ago, based on the iconic Venture symbol used by a St. Louis-based department store chain. A logo of black and white diagonal slashes was the "signature," and it provided an inspiration for his early work.  Current pieces are made with rough hewn slabs of native wood, painted black and white, then cut up and reassembled into new forms, losing only sawdust in the process. Volume, pattern, and reflected color are the primary elements of these abstract works.

Thursday - Saturday: 10-5 , Tuesday and Wednesday by appointment.
4814 Washington Ave. (Central West End)
St. Louis, MO 63108
314.367.1076
www.atriumgallery.net
atrium@earthlink.net

RAC Gallery: Friday, 22 March 2013

The Gallery at The Regional Arts Commission Presents
Shifting Ground
Curated by Joan Hall

Gallery Opening: Friday, March 22 from 5:30 - 7:30pm

Exhibition continues through April 20
Two of the many diverse installation pieces in "Shifting Ground" are a ten-foot-wide reflecting pool with driftwood and a chest of drawers with live moss.  This exhibition calls attention to our relationship with the environment and also to vital, precious natural resources such as water.

Friday, March 22:  5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Gallery Talk:  Thursday, April 4 5:30 - 7:00pm

Gallery Hours Monday-Friday, 10 am-5 pm, Saturday, noon-5 pm, Sunday closed.

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

Bonsack Gallery: Friday, 5 April 2013

A Bonsack Gallery exhibit entitled “Everyday Beauty” will feature the paintings of Julie Wiegand and the jewelry of Nancy Pierson from April 5 through May 7.

Julie Wiegand’s collection of still-life oil paintings was inspired by and painted at Lyon School Studio in rural Berger, Missouri, the artist’s home and studio. Vibrant colors and the play of light convey the joy in everyday life in these works. Subjects range from collected treasures to beautiful food, functional tools to the windowsills of Wiegand’s home. “I have tried to approach each painting for this show with a feeling of new adventure and mainly to work with available natural light on the subjects,” says the artist.

Nancy Pierson says that working in metals, making jewelry in particular, has enabled her to incorporate a variety of media in an intimate scale. Her inspiration comes from the natural world and objects collected along the way — a rusty scrap of metal, a pebble or a vintage photograph. “I like the juxtaposition of materials, and as a result, these found treasures find a home in my work. I am drawn to the textures, patterns, forms and colors that can be achieved,” says the artist.

All are invited to an opening reception hosted by the artists from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, on Friday, April 5. Regular gallery hours are 8 am to 6:30 pm, weekdays. The exhibit is free to the public.

755 South Price Road

St. Louis, Missouri

314/993-4040

www.jburroughs.org

Duane Reed Gallery: Friday, 22 March 2013

Duane Reed Gallery presents the latest work of artist Jay Musler. Exhibition opens Friday, March 22nd with a reception that evening 5 – 8pm. The exhibition will run through April 20th.

An innovative force in the glass arts for over four decades, Jay Musler has an unusual and eccentric style. His large wall pieces are composed of cut and assembled glass, the surfaces of which are saturated with oil paint of his personally inspired color palette. The structures create latticed patterns with hidden flameworked objects, alluding to a found artifact of unknown place or origin. He works with subtly cartoonish shape and uses repetition and juxtaposition to construct objects that both alure and unsettle the viewer. Rather than reflect light, Musler’s glasswork seems to unexpectedly absorb the ambiance. The final effect is one of “extraordinary whimsy and fantasy….a mixture of consummate elegance and exquisite craftsmanship, and they show a changeling imagination of the most fertile and transformative sort” (Urban Glass Quarterly).

4729 McPherson Ave

Saint Louis, MO 63108

Third Degree Glass Factor: Friday, 15 March 2013

March 15 Third Friday Free Party, 6 - 10p

East Gallery: March 15 - April 16

Dancers: David Lancaster and Steve Truesdell.  In this duo exhibit, the art of dance by MADCO performers is captured and presented on the wall in sculpture, prints, and photography. Lancaster displays both gum prints and abstracted, multi-media sculptures. Truesdell's images of MADCO troupe depicts dancers as graceful athletes while they are in the zone of performing.

Fluid Fusion: Doretha Washington. Washington presents glass works demonstrating a variety of fusing techniques with iridized and other types of glass materials.

March 15, 6 - 10p Free. Family friendly. Great date night. Handicapped accessible. Free parking.

Third Degree Glass Factory
5200 Delmar between Kingshighway and Union
314-367-4527
www.stlglass.com

Syndicate Building: Saturday, 23 March 2013

Fresh Expressions, an exhibit featuring the artistic voyages of 15 Saint Louis area artists.
Saturday, March 23, 2013, 6-9pm

The Artists: Ted Gillespie, Jeff Fuelling, Nicholas Becker, Sam O’Ham, Nathan Childs, Terri Willits,
Michael Honerkamp, Jenny Guss, Steve Clayton, “Our” - (Myles Keough, Adam Sherman and Justin Dirks) Matthew Burtterhorn, Zack Drier, Meghan White, Paul LaFlam and Connie LaFlam.

No need to feed parking meters on weekends. Two hours free parking in NINTH street garage, entrance on Olive between TENTH and NINTH Street with parking voucher received with any purchase at the Schnucks Culinaria no matter how small.

Exhibit ends April 27, 2013, additional viewing by appointment, contact Paul LaFlam, 314-436-9374

Syndicate Building
915 Olive Street
Galleries on floors 4 and 5

SLU Museum of Art: Friday, 22 March 2013

Opening reception: Friday, March 22; 5 - 8 p.m.
 
 This heartwarming exhibition features professional works of art inspired by Stray Rescue’s companion animals. Urban Wanderers has gained a reputation for attracting well-respected artists exhibiting on regional, national and international levels. These artists will paint, photograph, and sculpt a Stray Rescue dog or cat that has been abandoned, abused or neglected. Shelter dogs will create works of “arf,” using their paws, tails and noses. The theme of the 2013 Urban Wanderers exhibition will be “The Plight of the Street Dog.”

All artwork is available for auction at blacktie-missouri.com/auctions. The auction will begin on Friday, March 22.

Urban Wanderers continues until Sunday, May 5 at 4 p.m.

The Saint Louis University Museum of Art
3663 Lindell Blvd.
http://sluma.slu.edu
314.977.2666

White Flag Projects: Saturday, 16 March 2013

March 16 – April 27, 2013
Opening reception Saturday evening, March 16, 6-8 PM

White Flag Projects is pleased to present a one-person exhibition by Tony Matelli. The exhibition will open with a public reception Saturday evening, March 16, from 6 to 8 PM, and will remain on view through April 27, 2013.

Tony Matelli invests his art with layers of familiarity and discomfort, combining remarkable verisimilitude with a darkly comic approach to the function of his subjects within the specific context of the gallery. Matelli's work frequently suspends time and disbelief, pausing images both unlikely and mundane in moments of peculiar aesthetic tension.

White Flag Library is an ancillary exhibition program of White Flag Projects:

White Flag Projects is pleased to present an exhibition of recent work by Davina Semo. The exhibition will open with a free public reception Saturday evening, March 16, from 6-8 PM.

Davina Semo's suggestive titles and post-industrial approach to manufacture simultaneously reveal an emphasis on physical mass and an ironic sensitivity to concept, placing her work within a distinctively charged formal territory. Semo's knowing use of chains, concrete, safety glass, and neon spray paint that comprise her materials infuse her art with gravity and wit, rendering unexpected warmth from her favored materials.

WHITE FLAG PROJECTS
4568 Manchester Avenue
Saint Louis, Missouri 63110
http://www.whiteflagprojects.org

Bruno David Gallery: Friday, 5 April 2013

ALEX COUWENBERG: SWELL
Front Room: Carmon Colangelo: Glocal Diptychs
Project Room: Chris Kahler: Disequencing
Media Room: Eric Minh Swenson: The Making of La Fonda

Opening Reception Friday, April 5, 2013, from 5 to 9 pm
April 5-May 4, 2013

Bruno David Gallery is pleased to present Alex Couwenberg’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, opening Friday, April 5, 2013. The exhibition titled “Swell” will be on view April 5–May 4, 2013.

A catalogue, Alex Couwenberg: Swell, will be published on the occasion of the exhibition.
Los Angeles based painter Alex Couwenberg’s new paintings explore “process” and the “moment” through tightly controlled compositions of paint and mark making. Couwenberg creates images that are inspired by the elements indigenous to his surroundings. The work references and suggests the aesthetic associated with mid-century modernism, car culture, skateboards, and surfing. Not to leave out, paying homage to the historical styles of post-war art making associated with Los Angeles and Southern California throughout the 1950’s, 60’s, and 70’s.

Couwenberg’s paintings give a nod towards the Hard-edge abstractionists, the finish fetish, and the light and space artists. Not content to replicate, he uses the sensibility of Eames-era design and hard-edge geometric abstraction as points of departure for creating paintings. His process, an additive and reductive series of moves and passes, creates multilayered environments that are deep and sensual. He harnesses these ideas into harmonious results, reflecting the visual landscape of his local environment.

In the Project Room, the gallery presents an exhibition titled "Disequencing" by Chris Kahler. A new body of work that utilizes a more intimate scale and simplicity that is in contrast to recent works. A duality exists in the work, playing back and forth with questions of depth and causality. David Pagel of the Los Angeles Times wrote of Kahler’s work: “a potent and corrosive beauty, a sublime combination of breakdown and growth, disintegration and accumulation, creation and destruction. Sometimes it seems as if he paints pictures of a world of effervescence, in which solid substances dissolve into roiling gases, steamy atmospheres, and gravity-defying liquid clouds. In his work, it is almost impossible to distinguish between the microscopic and the cosmic, and everything is richer for the confusion.”

In the Front Room, the gallery presents an exhibition by Carmon Colangelo titled “Glocal Diptychs”. Carmon Colangelo’s new work muses about cultural narratives, urban life, human ecologies, globalism, social networking, transcendence, and recording everyday ideas. Glocal Diptychs is a series of seven mixed media prints produced in 2012 at Pele Prints in St. Louis. Each of the works is made from a shared matrix and printed on two sheets of paper using monotype, intaglio, relief process as well as hand-coloring. These prints expand on Colangelo’s interest in architectonic forms and the poetics of space with an eye to our changing notions about place and shifts between geographic location and local identity while contemplating a globalized future.

In the New Media Room, the gallery presents a video-interview of Alex Couwenberg by filmmaker Eric Minh Swenson. The short-film titled “The Making of La Fonda” is directed and produced by Swenson and, is part of an on-going series that focuses on artists’ lives and studio practices in Los Angeles. The music is by The Hitchikers, James Lucchesi, and Mick Cripps and video is 20:32 minutes long. More info can be found on his ongoing Los Angeles project at thuvanarts.com and the interview can be seen at www.youtube.com/watch?v=prZ6aGRTWhg

Public Hours: Wednesday through Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

3721 Washington Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63108
314.531.3030 
info@brunodavidgallery.com
www.brunodavidgallery.com

SOHA Studio and Gallery: Friday, 8 March 2013

David Francis | Mattering Clouds 
SOHA Gallery is proud to present work by David Francis. Opening night is this Friday 3/8, 6-10p and open to the public

David's abstract works are bold and active with line, form and color. Using paper, paint, plastic and other materials, like thumbtacks and plastic, he creates intricate depth fields and layered  landscape-like images. Alongside these large 4 foot paintings are smaller 12 inch works. He has combined both canvases in a few pieces making the work even more active and dimensional. David is not only showing paintings, he also has created many seemingly delicate vessels that also behold his unique style and depth.
 
Also showing in the studio are a group of new works by owner and artist Julie Malone

 

Hours: Wed, Friday, and Sat 11am - 4pm.For more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/425902880816807/
SOHA Studio and Gallery
4915 Macklind Ave
St. Louis MO 63109
314-497-5202

World Chess Hall of Fame: thursday, 7 March 2013

Please join us tonight at the World Chess Hall of Fame for the opening reception for Bill Smith: Beyond the Humanities exhibition.

Thursday, March 7th, 6-8p.m.
Artist introduction at 6:30p.m.

Bill Smith's art emerges from an analysis of our increasingly technologically advanced society and our shrinking natural world. With a background in sculpture, microbiology, chemistry, and mechanics, Smith creates art inspired by disciplines outside of the humanities where the aesthetic beauty of Smith's creations is a byproduct of his process. Beyond the Humanities explores how rules guide the creation of our world's structure and behavior. Like Smith's work, chess is defined by patterns, interactions, and rules analogous to the laws of nature. By successfully utilizing the rules of their respective environments, both chess and the natural world produce beautiful and harmonious results.

Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. Complimentary valet.

RSVP to Lauren Stewart at (314) 367-9243 ext 106 or
lauren.stewart@worldchesshof.org

The World Chess Hall of Fame is located in the heart of Saint Louis' Central West End neighborhood at 4652 Maryland Avenue Saint Louis, MO 63108.

Luminary Center for the Arts: FRiday, 15 March 2013

"A modest occupation"
curated by Abigail Satinsky/threewalls
March 15 – April 12, 2013
Opening Reception on March 15th from 7-10pm

"Economics, which Lord Keynes had hoped would settle down as a modest occupation similar to dentistry, suddenly becomes the most important subject of all." – EF Schumacher

"A modest occupation," an exhibition organized in partnership with threewalls (Chicago), addresses the intersection of art and economics through the lens of subscription-based art services. Artists and other creative people who organize their lives around the arts have long dealt with the problem, question, and opportunity of money (or lack thereof) in myriad ways by invoking the very same resourcefulness they've applied to making art. Featuring editions and multiples from art subscriptions across the country, this exhibition is an opportunity to look at these works as more than the byproducts of inventive business models. When viewed collectively, they evoke both the spirit of their distribution method and the art behind the network.

Featuring works from Alula Editions (Bay Area, CA); Art Practical Mail Art Subscription (San Francisco, CA); Community Supported Art Chicago; Community Supported Art Philadelphia;
Community Supported Art Minneapolis; The Drop/NOLA (New Orleans); The Present Group (Bay Area, CA); Regional Relationships (Chicago); The Thing Quarterly (San Francisco, CA); and a special reading room in the window space by Silver Galleon Press.

The Luminary Center for the Arts
Temporary Gallery at 2644 Cherokee Street
St. Louis 63118
http://theluminaryarts.com
info@theluminaryarts.com

Mushmaus: Friday, 15 March 2013

FORT ARROWHEAD
works by David Burnett
March15 - April7
Opening reception/demonstration: March 15, 2013 7pm-1am

FORT ARROWHEAD is an installation/sculpture series representing childhood wonderment and fascination; especially in regards to the artist's desire to shoot, maim, and destroy.

(Excerpt from the Official Notice of Demonstration, as supplied from Fort Arrowhead HQ)

--Through the use of tactical construction practices, guerrilla model-building, and basic bricolage, FORT ARROWHEAD will consist of a 1:1 scaled model of the command-center fort, field-engineered weapons and devices, booby traps and other forms of anti-personnel device demonstrations, tactical battle literature, field maps, and training programs. These were originally constructed by the artist & his comrades in the Arrowhead area during the mid-1980's. At the time this area was known to be under hostile influence from enemy horse ranchers, subdivision land developers, rival neighborhood punks, the tree bound spirit of a young boy named Scotty, and The Lady With No Face.(text missing)--

Mushmaus

2700 Cherokee Street

Belas Artes Gallery: Saturday, 9 March 2013

JOIN US AT THE OPENING RECEPTION OF
SARAVA
THIS SATURDAY MARCH 9, 2013 FROM 6PM to 8PM
-This event is free and open to the public-

BELAS ARTES GALLERY

1854 RUSSELL BLVD

ST. LOUIS MO 63104
www.belas-artes.net 

314-441-2787

Tavern of Fine Arts: Friday, 8 March 2013

The Tavern of Fine Arts Spring Art Show will be on display March 1 through May 31.

The show features work by TERRY CORCORAN, TOM HUNT and TERRI SHAY. The opening reception will be held on Friday, March 8, 6PM-12:30AM.
Tavern of Fine Arts
313 Belt Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63112
314-367-7549
www.tavern-of-fine-arts.com

Hoffman LaChance Contemporary: Friday, 8 March 2013

On The Shoulders Of........

Revisiting/reworking thriftstore paintings,photos,sculpture, etc.
Opening reception Friday March 8th 6-10pm

Participating local, national and international artists Alicia LaChance, Amy Bautz, Amy VanDonsel, Ben Pierce, Bryan Walsh, Burn 353, Casey Miller, Chris Harris, Christopher Burch, Christopher Paquet, Dana Smith, Daniel Burnett, Daniel Gaeng, Daniel Jefferson, Danielle Spradley, David Langley, Deb Douglas, Dik Downey, Jason Spencer, Jay Alan Babcock, Jeremy Rabus, Joey Potts, Jon Cournoyer, Joy Tiyasirachokchai, Justin Tolentino, Kit Keith, Kris Mosby , Michael Hoffman, Michael Kilfoy, Michael Wille, Myles Keough, Neil Vandervloed, Peat Wollaeger, Peter Pranschke, Phil Jarvis, Robert Longyear, Ron Buechele, Revise CMW, Ruben Aguirre, Sam Davis, Sandra Marchewa, Sarah
Giannobile, Seth Costn, Stan Chisholm, Tim Meehan, William LaChance
Hoffman LaChance Contemporary
2713 Sutton Boulevard
Maplewood 63143
314-960-5322

Pele Prints: Friday, 15 March 2013

Gary Paller: Works in Progress 
Friday Evening . March 15, 2013 5:30 to 7:30pm

And here we enter the universe of universes of Gary Paller. The shades attract and/or reject one another, they may draw closer or separate themselves even further, they are at the same time side by side or light years apart. One point must be made: here it is that the light which penetrates, infiltrates the canvases, gives rhythm to the hours..

Pele Prints
9400 Watson Road
Crestwood, Missouri 
Parking next door at Mattress Giant

Northern Arts Council: Sunday, 10 March 2013

The Northern Arts Council presents new art at three locations in Ferguson, MO, along the CityWalk stretch of Florissant Road. Check out new installations at Cork Wine Bar (423 S. Florissant) and Ferguson Brewing Company (418 S. Florissant), then stop by 427 Gallery to see the 5x5 exhibition, meet the artists and enjoy food, drinks and music. It all happens this Sunday, March 10, 5 to 8 pm in beautiful downtown Ferguson!
427 Gallery - Pearce Neikirk and Partners, Realtors
427 S. Florissant,
Ferguson MO 63135
www.facebook.com/NorthernArtsCouncil
northernartscouncil@yahoo.com

Gateway Gallery: Friday, 8 March 2013

Come share an evening of art and refreshments with the artists and guests of our gallery at the reception this Friday evening, March 8, from 6 PM to 9 PM. 

Join us and visit with featured resident artist Vic Mastis and our guest artists Lisa Crisman, Helen Scheipeter, Artists from the AMOSAIC Group, Carol A. Fleming, and Arnie Huevelman.  This is a delightful and varied exhibit, not to be missed.




Gallery Hours: Thursday through Saturday 11-6, Sunday 10-5
Closed Monday - Wednesday  NEED DIRECTIONS?
  Gateway Gallery
21 North Bemiston
Clayton, Missouri 63105

Millstone Gallery at COCA: Friday, 22 March 2013

Meredith Foster
March 22 - May 5, 2013
Opening Reception: Friday, March 22, 6:00-8:00pm
In the Millstone Gallery at COCA

COCA presents an exhibition of new work from regional artist Meredith Foster in the Millstone Gallery, March 22 through May 5, 2013. Foster's work explores the Mississippi Delta and the surrounding landscape, using materials sourced from the local ecosystem. Individual mixed-media drawings merge to create a panoramic vista across the gallery walls, alongside topographies made from sifted charcoal, ash and stenciled maps representing the Upper Mississippi region.
COCA
524 Trinity Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63130
(314) 725-6555 www.cocastl.org