The Sheldon Announces New Gallery Exhibits for Summer 2010

The Sheldon Art Galleries announces the Summer 2010 opening of four new exhibits. Join us for an opening reception on Friday, June 4 from 5-7 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

Wallace HernDon Smith

June 4 - August 21, 2010

This exhibition features an overview of paintings by St. Louis artist Wallace HernDon Smith. Born in St. Louis in 1901, Wallace Smith was a traditional painter who absorbed the visual language of artists like Pierre Bonnard, Henri Matisse, and Edward Hopper. Smith was fluent in many subjects including still-lifes, landscapes, interiors, and portraits. The exhibition is organized by the Sheldon Art Galleries and is drawn from the collection of the Bellwether Foundation.

History of Jazz Gallery

Legends of St. Louis Blues Music

Through August 28, 2010

With photographs by Charley Taylor, Jennifer Silverberg, and others, illustrations by Kevin Belford , ephemera and biographies on key musicians, this exhibition tells the story of the rich history of blues music in St. Louis . It uncovers important St. Louis musicians, songs and blues music styles that have influenced our musical heritage, including jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock and roll, hip hop and a continually evolving blues tradition. The St. Louis blues tradition has shaped the music of artists from Clark Terry, MiLes Davis and Ike and Tina Turner to Johnnie Johnson, Chuck Berry and Nelly. The exhibition is based on research by Kevin Belford and is organized by the Sheldon Art Galleries . The exhibition is made possible by Kenneth and Nancy Kranzberg , The Engelhardt Family Foundation, and Steve and Andi Schankman.

Gallery of Photography and Bernoudy Gallery of Architecture

 

Jay Wolke: Architecture of Resignation

 

June 4 - September 4, 2010

Since 1999, Jay Wolke has captured the complexity of a landscape called the Mezzogiorno in southern Italy . What he found in this storied landscape is an elaborate set of physical, social and political structures, manifesting in an extraordinary fusion of visual information. On one level, the images he creates are referential and documentary - but on another, they are about what is hidden and implied. These large-scale color photographs tell stories that expose the rise and fall of various colonial, political and commercial powers, as well as the inspired, but often faltering, inventions of ambitious individuals. This exhibition is made possible by Joan and Mitchell Markow.

Gallery Talk: Jay Wolke, Saturday, June 5, 11 a.m., Gallery of Photography, admission free.

AT&T Gallery of Children's Art

Nothin' But the Blues: Art by Area Students

Through August 14, 2010

Organized as a companion to the Legends of St. Louis Blues Music exhibit in the History of Jazz Gallery, this exhibit celebrates the rich legacy of blues music through vibrant works of art in many media. Participating schools and art groups include Ames Visual and Performing Arts Elementary School; Cathedral Basilica; Central Visual and Performing Arts High School; the Freedom School; Gateway Middle School; Jefferson; Lee Hamilton Elementary School; Metro High School; Oak Hill Elementary School; Peabody; Rebecca Boone Elementary School; Studio W; Soldan International Studies High School; and Vashon High School.

Nancy Spirtas Kranzberg Gallery

 

Erik Spehn: Tape Drawings

June 4 - September 18, 2010

 

Since 2007, many of Erik Spehn 's paintings have involved applying strips of masking tape to the surface of his canvases, then painting over them, peeling them off, and taping and repainting again and again. Over time, Spehn recognized that the discarded tape might offer a new avenue of formal investigation, so he began to make works on paper by applying the used tape to matboard. Each piece echoed the specific paintings on which he was working, but visually these "drawings" became a distinct and separate body of work. Exhibited for the first time at The Sheldon, the drawings are exploratory works that the artist has made primarily for himself. Unlikely to be exhibited under other circumstances, Spehn chose this body of work to offer insight into his working process. This exhibition is made possible by Nancy and Kenneth Kranzberg.

Lucy and Stanley Lopata Sculpture Garden

Ann Coddington Rast: adrift

Ongoing

Champaign, Illinois artist Ann Coddington Rast has created a boat-like form made from knotted linen, cotton and steel, which appears to float in The Sheldon's Lucy and Stanley Lopata Sculpture Garden . Ann Coddington Rast teaches Foundations and Graduate Studies in the Art Department at Eastern Illinois University .

Ann Lee and Wilfred Konneker Gallery

Scott Raffe: Circus Flora

June 4 - September 18, 2010

Oklahoma-based photographer Scott Raffe has photographed Circus Flora for more than a decade. A selection of eight portraits of Circus Flora performers taken with his iPhone reveal the photographer's passion for the circus, as well as his mastery of the craft of photography.

 

 

 

 

 

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