Hunt Gallery | Brave New Wonderland

The Cecille R. Hunt Gallery at Webster University now showing "Brave New Wonderland," three painters exploring our relationship with natural environment. Curator Amy Enkelmann-Reed brings together three contemporary painters, addressing current social and environmental concerns, by conjuring up the past. Brave New Wonderland  Colin Brant, Amy Enkelmann-Reed, Mathew McConville The Cecille R. Hunt Gallery, 8342 Big Bend Blvd, St. ... [More]

Pruitt Igoe Bee Sanctuary

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Juan Chavez and the Pruitt Igoe Bee Sanctuary leads the way in St. Louis for collaborations and conversations around topics of urban abandonment. This is socially-engaged art at its best, transforming the urban forest where Pruitt-Igoe housing development once stood into a public space that cultivates community through education and urban agriculture.         Pruitt Igoe Bee Sanctuary Project For more ... [More]

Jungian Society of St. Louis

A workshop, led by Kathleen Barnes, an artist, teacher, workshop facilitator, and writer will explore inner imagery as it emerges through meditation and is recreated on paper. April 13, 9-1pm. First Congregational Church UCC, 6501 Wydown, Clayton, MO C. G. Jung Society of St. Louis (314-533-6809) For more information: cgjungstl@sbcglobal.net   ... [More]

CREATIVITY CONFERENCE

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                    CREATIVITY EVENT COCAbiz offers their Third Annual Business  Creativity Conference with talks, workshops and discussion with nationally known thinkers and creativity experts. Featured speakers  are Ethnographer Simon Sinek, the author of "Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action;" Scott Belsky, the Co-­Founder and CEO ... [More]

COCA: Great Ideas for Business Creativity

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Jonah Lehrer, author of "Imagine: How Creativity Works," was the featured speaker at the Second Annual  Business Creativity Conference, sponsored by CocaBiz, the exciting new training division of COCA (Center of Creative Arts). CocaBiz develops fundamental business skills through immersive arts-based learning experiences. CocaBiz Director Steve Knight says that, along with Lehrer and international best-selling author and blogger Seth Godin, ... [More]

RAC – Regional Arts Commission KICKSTARTER SCHOOL, Mar. 19, 2012

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There was standing room only for Stephanie Pereira's presentation on how to bring money to a project by telling a good story. Nicole Hollway (Storycube Sukkah), James McAnally (The Luminary Center for the Arts) and Bryan Walsh (The Screwed Arts Collective) shared their experiences with Kickstarter. The panelists and their videos were funny, informative and appealing.  I'd like to hear from artists about their Kickstarter ... [More]

TWO BASKET HOUSES: Architecture with a Twist

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Two unusual structures on the lawn in front of Bixby Hall at the  Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. The tree limbs, woven like wicker baskets, raise many questions about process, materials and architecture past and present. See more photos ... [More]

Carmon Colangelo | O Land O | Bruno David Gallery

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Carmon Colangelo, Dean of the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, explores the homogenization of American life in a sequence of two-sided prints, inspired by a visit to Orlando Florida. “O Land O” is a playful pastiche and amalgamation of abstract maps, highways, hotels and Disneyesque images of city life. The prints were created at  at Flying Horse Editions in Orlando. Bruno David invites you ... [More]

WORD/Books: Author Laurence Hillman | Planets in Play

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Author Laurence Hillman is featured at Jung in the Heartland: Portals to the Sacred II, presented by The C. G. Jung Society of Saint Louis, November 9th and 10th. Hillman speaks on Exploring Astrology and Your Dreams. In this video Hillman discusses his interest in astrology as a tool in understanding human behavior. In addition to Hillman, speakers at Jung in the Heartland, 2011, are Lionel Corbett, Jung in Dialogue With the Soul: Is ... [More]

St. Louis University Art Museum | Lew Portnoy Sports Photography

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INMOTION: SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY BY LEW PORTNOY SEPTEMBER 16 - NOVEMBER 2o In Motion: Sports Photography by Lew Portnoy. More than 75 images, of some of the world's most famous athletes at their best. From boxing to bull riding, from soccer to swimming, Muhammad Ali to Ozzie Smith. ... [More]