Craft Alliance: Follow the Leader | Guerra De La Paz

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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 as a Theme in Psychotherapy

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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...]

NNENNA OKORE : Shokoloko

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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...]

VAUGHN CULTURAL CENTER–”Rotating Exhibits”

3701 Grandel Sq. (314) 615-3624 "Are You Ready: Community Emergency Disaster Preparedness Forum | A 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance Program" Sept. 10, 2011. 8960 Jennings Station Rd. (314) 388-9840 (Open Mondays through Fridays, 10:00 to 5:00.) http://www.ulstl.org/vaughn_cultural_center.aspx … [Read more...]

PORTFOLIO GALLERY & EDUCATIONAL CENTER

3514 Delmar Blvd. (314) 533-3323 (Open Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 9:00 to 5:00. Tuesdays, Thursdays by appointment.) http://portfoliogallerystl.org/ … [Read more...]

PACE FRAMING/PSTL Gallery–”Desire in a Book: Hybrid Books from a Surrealist Perspective.”

3842 Washington Blvd. (314) 531-4304  Sept. 9 through Jan. 14, 2012. (Open Tuesdays through Saturdays. 10:00 - 5:00) http://wwwpaceframing.com … [Read more...]

KRANZBERG ARTS CENTER BLACKBOX–”Mistakes Were Made.”

501 N. Grand Blvd. (314) 289-1507 Sept. 1 - 3. | "Hot City Theatre: The Winners." Sept. 8 - 11. Sept. 15 - 18. Sept. 22 - 24. http://grandcenter.org/grandel/ … [Read more...]

GREENBERG VAN DOREN GALLERY

3540 Washington Ave.  (314) 361-7600 (Open Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, 9:00 to 5:00 and by appointment. http://www.greenbergvandoren.com/ … [Read more...]

GRANDEL THEATRE–”Dancing in the Street 2011 Festival”

3610 Grandel Sq. (314) 289-1500 Sept. 24. 1:00 - 9:00. Four Outdoor Stages. (Festival: 1:00 to 9:00) | "St. Louis Shakespeare: Henry V." Sept. 30 http://grandcenter.org/grandel/ … [Read more...]

CUPPLES HOUSE OF SAINT LOUIS–”Eleanor Turshin Glass Collection”

3673 W. Pine Mall Blvd. (314) 977-2666 "The Zodiac Window" (Open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11:00 - 4:00.) http://www.slu.edu/x27031.xml … [Read more...]