ArtLink: Young Friends of St. Louis Arts

Opening Weekend at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Opening Night
Friday, September 12
5:00 pm, Free admission, complimentary valet
A special FIVE-HOUR Opening and the beginning of five weeks of FREE Admission to kick-off the Contemporary's 5th Anniversary Season!
Bring family and friends and join us for a special five-hour Opening Night for Lutz Bacher: Spill and Aïda Ruilova: The Singles 1999 – Now and a new season of The Front Room. If you would like more information on the exhibitions, please visit our website at www.contemporarystl.org.

Contemporary Conversations
Saturday, September 13
1:00 pm, Free admission
This weekend the Contemporary opens two solo shows with artists Lutz Bacher and Aïda Ruilova. Join the artists, along with Director Paul Ha and Chief Curator Anthony Huberman, as they lead a walkthrough of the exhibitions and engage the audience in a conversation about the work.

A Saturday on La Grande Jatte
Saturday, September 13
4:00 pm, Free for members at the $500 level or above or $50 tickets, RSVP required
Join our guest artists on the lawn of The Boathouse in Forest Park for a breezy afternoon. Enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, a lazy boat ride, and a game of croquet, accompanied by live jazz. Speak to the artists about their work, enjoy the delicious fare and swanky atmosphere, and relish good company.

Visit www.contemporarystl.org for further information or to reserve tickets.

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.

Music+Movies at LOMA

Anheuser-Busch Packaging Group Presents the Music+Movies series at LOMA (Laumeier Outdoor Music Amphitheatre). Music+Movies features a local band followed by an outdoor movie. The series is free, and picnic baskets and lawn chairs are encouraged. Concessions will be available including delicious fare from J.Buck's.

Please join us at Laumeier for the final two nights of this great event!
June 27, 2008, 7 PM: My Friend Mike, 8:30 PM: Stand By Me
Saturday: June 28, 2008, 7 PM: Kim Massie, 8:30 PM: Grease

Coolers permitted, no glass containers please.  No pets allowed for special events.

SECRET AMBITION Series at COCA

Have you ever dreamed of being a pastry chef? What about a rock star? Sign up for COCA’s SECRET AMBITION Series this summer and you might just get your chance!

COCA’s SECRET AMBITION Series presents the opportunity to sample a new discipline in the company of adults. For five Tuesday nights in July, adults 21+ can try their hand at circus arts, tap dance, painting, culinary arts, rock ‘n roll singing and acting. After every class at 8:30pm, unwind with all the adults and instructors in our SECRET AMBITION Series for a complimentary glass of wine in COCA’s Millstone Gallery.

Grab a friend and mark your calendar for Tuesday nights at 7.

I Want to Be a Circus Performer!

I Want to Be a Pastry Chef!

I Want to Be a Tap Dancer!

I Want to Be a Movie Star!

I Want to Be a Rock Star!

I Want to Paint a Masterpiece!

For more information on COCA's SECRET AMBITION Series, go to www.cocastl.org or call 725-6555.

Download COCA_Secret_Ambition_Series.pdf (2MB)

FLIGHT!

Wednesday, May 28
6:00 pm, FREE FOR ARTLINK MEMBERS!

Join the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Alive Magazine, and your Flight Ambassadors Scott Lapp, Sarah Kramer, David Garland, Pamela Raymond, Shane Cohn and Dwight Carter for this unique, three-part series, FLIGHT!

Sample flight of tequilas featuring Don Eduardo, El Jimador, and Herradura, or just sip on Kaldi's Coffee and enjoy fashions presented by Cortney Gene Boutique.

RSVP with Jennifer through email.

Flight is sponsored by Tequila Herladura, Tequila J. el Jimador, Don Edurdo Tequila, Kaldis, GenNext, Alive Magazine, and the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis.

Opening Night at the Contemporary

Friday, May 9 
6:00 pm, Free admission, complimentary valet

Member Preview: 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Public Opening: 7:00 – 9:00 pm

Grab family and friends and join the Contemporary in the excitement of the Opening Night of John Armleder and Olivier Mosset. Enjoy free admission and complimentary valet. If you would like more on this exhibition, please visit our website.

Also on Opening Night, New York-based artist Ei Arakawa, in collaboration with special guests, stages his one-time "Grand Openings" performance, the remains of which become this season's inaugural Front Room installation. For more information on The Front Room, click here.

Opening Night is presented by ARTHOUSE, with generous in-kind support from Alive Magazine, Budweiser Select, Glazer’s, I’m Your Chef Catering, The Continental Affair, and Wolfgang Puck Catering.

PROJECT: FIREFLY hosted by the Foundry Art Centre

Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 6pm

Join us for a summer evening of catching fireflies along with Missouri riverbank and creating a temporary "living light" installation at the Foundry.

Project: Firefly is an innovative community arts collaboration that will work together under specific guidelines to construct an aesthetic experience and promote creative social interaction within the St. Louis Metropolitan community.

While experiencing the interactive sensory artwork created by the community, enjoy milk and cookies provided by Prairie Farms and River City Catering. 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. The final performative action of the project will be to gather all the fireflies in their jars and release them back into nature. This final act of freeing a living illuminating creature back into the environment will be just as -- if not more -- gratifying than capturing it.

Any interested volunteers or participants should call or e-mail the Foundry Art Centre, so that they can be given a designated position or reserved a spot in the project initiative.

www.foundryartcentre.org (info)
(636) 255 0270
alex@foundryartcentre.org

Art Fair at Laumeier and Art of the Vine

Laumeier Sculpture Park invites you to the annual Art Fair this Mother’s Day weekend. The Art Fair opens Friday, May 9 at 6:00 p.m. and continues through Sunday, May 11. The three-day event features 160 artists, music, entertainment, hands-on art activities for children, and a wide variety of food and drink. Among the 160 artists from 26 states and Canada are 12 returning award-winners from 2007.

The event kicks-off Friday night with Art of the Vine – a wine-tasting event featuring regional wineries including Stone Hill, Crown Valley, Peaceful Bend, Les Bourgeois, Saint James Winery and Meramec Vineyards.  A separate admission charge of $12, $10 for ArtLink members, gets you unlimited tastes.  Local R&B duo Mo and Dawn will perform, and a pair of interpretive performances by artist Tom Brady will highlight Friday night's entertainment in the Wine Garden.

Saturday’s activities will include a Jazz Festival sponsored by the City of Sunset Hills that includes performances by Lamar Harris and The Hot House Sessions. Creation Location, a hands-on art activity area for children, will be open during Fair hours on Saturday and Sunday.

Admission to the event is $8 for ages 12 and up, children 6-11 are $5, and children under 6 and Laumeier members are free. Advance tickets to Art Fair and Art of the Vine are available at ticketmaster.com.

Art Fair Hours are:

• Friday, May 9, 6-9 p.m.
• Saturday, May 10, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
• Sunday, May 11, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

ArtLink members do not receive free admission to Art Fair, but do receive the discounted ticket price for Art of the Vine if purchased at the gate.