The Sheldon Art Galleries Announce Fall 2010 Opening of Seven New Exhibits

The Sheldon Art Galleries announces the Fall 2010 opening of seven new exhibits. Join us for an opening reception with complimentary wine and hors d'oeuvres, Friday, October 1 from 5-7 p.m. (galleries open until 8 p.m.). Gallery hours are Tuesdays, Noon - 8 p.m.; Wednesdays - Fridays, Noon - 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. and one hour prior to Sheldon performances and during intermission. Admission is free. For more information on exhibitions, visit the galleries' website at www.thesheldon.org/galleries.asp. More information about each individual exhibit available upon request.

Bellwether Gallery of St. Louis Artists

Uncommon Objects / Personal Views: The Collections of Rick Ege and John Foster

 

October 1, 2010 - January 8, 2011

Both Rick Ege and John Foster are known individually for their exceptional eye for collecting unique and wondrous objects. This exhibit brings together rare works from their collections by folk and outsider artists like Grace and Clarence Woolsey, Lee Godie, George Widener, Howard Finster, Henry Ray Clark as well as unique found objects and works by anonymous visionary artists, like a sculptural bucket spiked with bolts used to clean chimneys, which encourage us to rethink what art can be.

This exhibition is part of the American Arts Experience-St. Louis. Visit www.americanartsstl.org for more information.

Gallery Talk: Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 6 -7 p.m. Rick Ege and John Foster speak on their collecting philosophies and share insights into their objects. Bellwether Gallery of St. Louis Artists, admission free.

History of Jazz Gallery

Lourdes Delgado: Jazz in New York - A Community of Visions

 

October 1, 2010 - January 15, 2011

Using the aesthetic of "environmental portraiture" Spanish photographer Lourdes Delgado uses a large-format camera to capture in spectacular detail New York musicians and their home environment. Included in the exhibition of nearly 50 photographs are David Sanborn, Billy Taylor, Wycliffe Gordon, Christian McBride, Ron Carter, Chico Hamilton, Luciana Souza, Regina Carter, Anna Povich, Stanley Crouch, and many others.

The exhibition is made possible in part by the David S. Millstone Arts Foundation. Part of the American Arts Experience-St. Louis.

Gallery of Photography

Group f.64 & the Modernist Vision: Photographs by Ansel Adams, Edward Weston,

Imogen Cunningham, Willard Van Dyke, and Brett Weston

 

October 1, 2010 - January 15, 2011

Seminal works by renowned photographers Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, Willard Van Dyke, and Brett Weston, including several spectacular large-scale prints by Ansel Adams - among them Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941- as well as Edward Weston's iconic Pepper, 1930, and examples of Imogen Cunningham's beautiful and sculptural flower closeups are shown in this exhibition alongside rarely seen works by the artists, all drawn from the Bank of America collection.

 

This exhibition is provided by Bank of America Art in our Communities program. Part of the American Arts Experience-St. Louis.

Gallery Talk: Saturday, November 20, 11 a.m., David Travis, former curator of photography at the Art Institute of Chicago and author of many books on photography will speak on the f.64 group, Gallery of Photography, admission free.

Bernoudy Gallery of Architecture

Designing the City: An American Vision

 

October 1, 2010 - January 15, 2011

Drawn from the Bank of America collection, this exhibition offers a unique opportunity to see some of the great architectural works built across America and the cities for which they are an integral part. Photographers included are Berenice Abbott; Harold Allen; Bill Hedrich, Ken Hedrich and Hube Henry of the Hedrich-Blessing Studio; Richard Nickel; and John Szarkowski.

 

This exhibition is provided by Bank of America Art in our Communities program. Part of the American Arts Experience-St. Louis.

Gallery Talk: Saturday, October 2, 2010, 10:30 a.m. Whitney Bradshaw , curator of photography, Bank of America Collection, Gallery of Photography, admission free.

AT&T Gallery of Children's Art

St. Louis ArtWorks Public Art in the Community

 

October 1, 2010- January 29, 2011

The not-for-profit art jobs program for teens, St. Louis ArtWorks shows two architectural projects on which their students worked in 2009 and 2010. Drawings and models for two projects, which include a watershed design project for North Riverfront Park , and a design project for Ruth Porter Park in St. Vincent Greenway re-using current park site materials, will be on view.

Nancy Spirtas Kranzberg Gallery

Maturity and Its Muse: Celebrating Artists over 70

 

October 1, 2010 - February 5, 2011

Curated by former gallery-owner and entrepreneur Lynn Friedman Hamilton, this invitational exhibition features work in all media by over 30 St. Louis-area artists. Aside from celebrating the remarkable talent of St. Louis-area visual artists over the age of 70, the exhibition, through its accompanying catalogue and educational programs, will offer new ways of thinking about aging and the creative process.

This exhibition is made possible by Peggy Walter Symes, The Delmar Gardens Family, The Hallmark and Missouri Arts Council.

Panel Discussion, Saturday, October 9, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., Ken Anderson, Professor of Art, University of Missouri St. Louis will serve as moderator for a panel comprised of exhibitors who will respond to the topic "Maturity and Its Muse: Artists Informed by Time," Sheldon Concert Hall, admission free.

Gallery Talk: Tuesday, October 12, 6 - 7 p.m., Brian D. Carpenter, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis and catalogue essayist will speak on "The Science (and Art) of Studying Later Life Creativity," Sheldon Concert Hall, admission free.

Docent-led tours are available free of charge during the exhibition and can be scheduled by calling Lynn Hamilton at 314-420-1444.

 

ALSO ON VIEW:

Lucy and Stanley Lopata Sculpture Garden

Cheryl Wassenaar and Stephanie Schlaifer: Re/Collect

 

October 1, 2010 - Spring 2011

 

 

Re/Collect is a collaborative piece by artist Cheryl Wassenaar and poet Stephanie Schlaifer. For this site-specific installation on the windows of the sculpture garden, Wassenaar uses a variety of typefaces and colors to create poetic visual works with three of Schlaifer's recent poems about the Midwest 's severe and often unpredictable storms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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