ArtLink: Young Friends of St. Louis Arts

Open Studios Preview Party

Tuesday, July 15 5:30 - 9:30 pm,
Free admission, cash bar, ArtLink members receive FREE DRINKS

Join us Tuesday, July 15 at the Contemporary for a preview party complete with an exhibition highlighting the participating artists of the Third Annual City-Wide Open Studios. The exhibition will remain on view during normal museum hours throughout the week. You can also visit openstudiosonline.org for an interactive site that previews the artists’ works and features a blog allowing participating artists and the public to discuss Open Studios and the St. Louis art scene. Pick up a map of participating artist studios at the Contemporary or download it from the Open Studios website. Each stop on the map will introduce you to artists working in a wide range of media – oil, watercolors, photography, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, glass, and metal – as well as other visual and performance artists.

Open Studios weekend will be held July 19 and 20 from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. The Starving Artist BBQ is on Sunday, July 20 at 4:00 pm. ArtLink members will receive FREE drinks at the Preview Party and FREE Schlafly at the Starving Artist BBQ.

For further information on the Third Annual City-Wide Open Studios, click here.

 

Project: Firefly - Tonight at the Foundry

Hi, ArtLinkers -

Come out to the Foundry Art Centre tonight for Project: Firefly!

This family-friendly event has its roots in childhood, catching fireflies at dusk in in the summer. Relive your childhood memories at this participatory performance art exhibit.

Bring your friends and family to catch fireflies on the banks of the Missouri River. The captured fireflies will be displayed on the walls of the Foundry Art Centre, in a living art exhibit, while you and the other participants enjoy milk and cookies. As you enjoy the nostalgic snack, listen and discuss the significance of fireflies and the phenomenon of bioluminescence with an entomologist from the Butterfly House.

Wrap up the evening by releasing the fireflies back into the wild and watching them fly away.

EVENT DETAILS:
Project: Firefly
Wednesday, July 9
6:00 to Bedtime
The Foundry Art Centre
520 North Main Center
Saint Charles, Missouri 63301

Come join ArtLink at the Foundry tonight and participate in the art!

See you there,
James Grove

The Playground of the Ridiculous

Friday, July 11
6:00 - 10:00 pm, Free admission, $1 Budweiser Selects

Join the Contemporary for the second of our summer night series, an evening full of art, music, poetry, and film. This evening will welcome a film screening of Houdini's surviving film footage (check out the YouTube video here); poetry readings hosted by Observable Books with poets Marcel Toussaint, Pamela Garvey, Alessandra Lynch and Kevin Prufer; dance performances by Atrek Dance Collective; and music.

Visit our website for further information!

The Playground of the Ridiculous Series is sponsored by Budweiser Select, with support from Observable Books, PlaybackSTL, and Ironman Sound Industry.