Craft Alliance in Grand Center Gallery presents GUERRA DE LA PAZ: Follow the Leader. Guerra de la Paz is the composite name representing the creative team of Cuban born artists, Alain Guerra and Neraldo de la Paz. This installation is named after the popular children’s game where the object is to pick a leader and then fall in line. Resonating social order and natural selection, the installation transcends a child's game, touching on the … [Read more...]
Sacrifice is a universal experience. We would say it is archetypal, meaning it is one of the patterns of behavior we human beings are subject to. The root words for sacrifice mean "to make sacred," which prompts me to ask just what is it that is made sacred? And what does it mean that something is made sacred? In our modern world sacrifice is one of those experiences, like death, that we don't like to encounter, yet it is a reality of … [Read more...]
Raised in Nsukka, Nigeria Nnenna Okore was inspired by the graceful movement of the Egret, a bird she called 'Shokoloko'. Stephanie Kirkland of Craft Alliance walks and talks us through an overview of this dramatic show, in interaction of materials and processes. Craft Alliance … [Read more...]
The Gray Seasons, a documentary filmed over the course of four years, is featured in the 2011 St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase. Director Robert T. Herrera talks about his making of the film, along with John C. Kelley, who created the soundtrack, and Shimmy Gray-Miller, St. Louis University women's basketball coach. Gray-Miller and her team are the subjects of this emotionally charged film. The Gray Seasons Cinema St. … [Read more...]
The 2011 St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase opened at the Tivoli Theatre Aug. 14. Bill Streeter talked with St. Louisan about his film, "Brick by Chance and Fortune". Streeter is probably best known for his website Lo-Fi St. Louis. See the trailer for "Brick by Chance and Fortune" See the Schedule for the 2011 Stella Artois St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase. See: lofistl. … [Read more...]
Six-year-old Gramm Raedeke, talks about his art. … [Read more...]
Gateway Gallery in Clayton is a co-op of 18 local artists who work in a variety of media. Meg Matson, one of the artist owners, gives a guided tour of the gallery and the diverse works on display. Review by Dickson Beall, West End Word, Aug. 12, 2011 … [Read more...]
Original trailer for the upcoming indie "unromantic comedy" LOVE STALKER. A film by Matt Glasson & B. Bowls MacLean being presented by Billy "Silver Dollar" Baxter at the Cannes Film Festival 2011. … [Read more...]
FOURTH EPISODE of Kareen King’s musical storytelling of the elderly Emilou, the Alzheimer patient who touched King’s heart with pleas for help and for the simple comfort of friendship in her final days. … [Read more...]
PART THREE in Kareen King’s heartfelt musical reflections on Emilou, a woman who inspired, infuriated and charmed her caregivers so much that King created a puppet persona to continue sharing Emilou’s message of hope and simple courage. … [Read more...]
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