Art St. Louis: Saturday, 6 June 2015

HONOR AWARDS 2015 JUNE 6-JULY 23, 2015   We invite you to join us at Art Saint Louis for our next exhibition in the Gallery, "Honor Awards 2015." The new show opens with a FREE reception next Saturday evening, June 6, from 6 to 8 p.m.  "Honor Awards 2015" features 56 artworks by ten award-winning St. Louis regional artists from Missouri and Illinois. The artworks include ceramics, drawings, mixed media, paintings, and photography.   The exhibit is presented June 6-July 23, 2015. A free opening reception is held Saturday, June 6, 6-8 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday 7 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Closed Sundays & holidays. Closed Fourth of July holiday & weekend: July 3-4.    Our "Honor Awards exhibition" is an annual exhibit presented to give our Award-winning artists from the previous year's juried exhibitions an additional opportunity to show their newest or most recent works and have them curated into a special ten-artist exhibition in the ASL Gallery the following year.  Naxin Fan. Untitled 4. 2014. Indian Clay, Metal, 12"x8"x7". Serving as Curator of this exhibit was artist Margaret Keller, Professor Art, St. Louis Community College Meramec, St. Louis, MO. Keller is an internationally exhibited artist and art critic whose reviews and writings have been published in Art in America, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, New Art Examiner, and Review  The 10 artists whose works are featured in this  exhibition areLon Brauer, Granite City, IL; Jo Jasper Dean, Chesterfield, MO; Christa Gearhart Denney, University City, MO; Naxin Fan, Fenton, MO; Mark A. Fisher, St. Charles, MO;  Damon Gaspar, St. Louis; Beth Goyer, Des Peres, MO; Kerry Hirth, Columbia, MO; Russ Rosener, St. Louis; David M. Yates, Edwardsville, IL.   Lon Brauer. Duckboards. 2015. Oil on Panel, 26"x38".

GALLERY HOURS: FREE & Open to the Public. Monday 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday, 7 a.m.-5 p.m.,  Saturday* 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Closed Sundays & major holidays. *Cafe closes @noon Saturday   PARKING METERS: There is metered street parking on Pine Street and Olive Street. Parking meters run 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday (so, if you arrive to the reception before 7 p.m., you really do need to plug that meter or you risk getting ticketed). Fines are steep and generally start at $10, so don't let your meter expire. Meters do run in downtown until 7 p.m. on Saturday. For additional parking suggestions, download a free Downtown Parking Guide here. PARK PACIFIC GARAGE: There is hourly parking in the Park Pacific Garage on Olive just West of Tucker (entrance is on the South side of Olive). Parking is at your own expense. For garage parking, pay by cash via a machine in elevator bay no more than 15 minutes prior to departure OR the easier way is to pay by     credit card upon exiting the garage. Be sure to take your parking receipt/ticket with you when you exit your car to visit the Gallery or you won't be able to get back in to the garage to get to your garage. YOUR PARKING TICKET is your KEY to get back in to the GARAGE, so bring that with you to the Gallery! PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: The Gallery is easily accessible by MetroLink and MetroBus with MetroBus stops on Olive Street and Tucker right near the building.           Art Saint Louis Gallery & Mississippi Mud Coffee Roasters Café at the Park Pacific Building 1223 Pine Street St. Louis, MO 63103 314/241-4810