The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum is part of a community-wide effort to enhance and connect the St. Louis visual arts scene called Saint Louis Art Map. This initiative features a number of local non-profit arts institutions through a variety of media, including: a printable .pdf of the Art Map; saintlouisartmap.org, a collaborative blog; and its newest iteration, Saint Louis Art Map: On the Air -- a biweekly podcast featuring interviews with artists, curators, and other art world luminaries throughout the St. Louis region, produced by the Kemper Art Museum and with a Washington University student co-hosting each program.
The new podcast currently features an interview with Meredith Malone, curator of the Chance Aesthetics exhibition. Future episodes will highlight the Japanese Screens exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum, a walkthrough with Roberley Bell of his exhibition at Laumeier Sculpture Park, and more. Subscribe in iTunes to avoid missing this insider's look at all of the arts and culture opportunities in the St. Louis area.
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Mon, 2009-09-28 10:25
Dear Ms. Singer:
I was not sure who to address my comment to, so thank you for your time.
I was excited to see that Kemper initiating the effort to bring attention to some of the wonderful non profit arts organizations in St. Louis. Many of which are in close proximatity of each other.
To my surprise The St. Louis Artists' Guild was left out. It is the oldest and largest arts organization west of the Mississippi. Founded in 1886 the Guild has thrived and been host to some of St. Louis' most famous artists. They have a long history of association w/ Washington University. The founding members were students at the WU School of Arts. The St. Louis Sketch Group was founded because women were not allowed at the School of Arts. After a short time the Sketch Group became the St. Louis Artists' Guild.
To this day professors of Washington University show their work at the Guild, and have been solicited to jury exhibitions, both local and national competitions.
I hope you get a chance to visit the Guild if you have not done so already. Please visit their website so you can see all that the Guild has to offer. http://www.stlouisartistsguild.org/new/history_view?page=1
Thank you again for your time and consideration. I hope Kemper decides to add the Guild to the St. Louis Art Map.
Robyn
Tue, 2009-09-29 09:18
Robyn, thanks for your comment. I will bring this to the attention to the rest of the participating institutions as well.
Thu, 2009-12-10 18:34
Yes, I agreed with Robyn.
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