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“The Arts Live” was launched in the Fall of 2010. Our philosophy is unique: connecting with and supporting artists, establishing a national artist’s database, producing an informa-tive newsletter with the latest art news, artist updates and art happenings, and providing a gallery guide, performing arts, art organizations, art festivals and events. Our goal is cham-pioning your arts experience through the awareness of artists, programs and exhibitions.

Mission Statement- “The Arts Live” is a catalyst and supports a dynamic dialogue between artist, artworks, events, galleries, arts organizations, and those who work within, par-ticipate in or simply enjoy art. Vision –“The Arts Live” is the pre-eminent showcase for the arts to be an important part of the local, regional and national art scene. The Arts Live has begun rapidly moving the next generation of internet technology in support of the arts.

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Studio Visits

Victor Wang Ione Citrin

Sallie Day Morgerman Peggy Jacobsmeyer

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St. Louis Glass Factory Anne Murphy

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Spring2011 ContentsFEATURES

Studio VisitsEncouraging the public to meet artist, see new work, make purchases and nurture potential new collectors. Increase access for the public to see work and meet artists, Interviews with Contemporary Artists’ working across the United States in a variety of media, painting, sculpture, photography. You have an opportunity to see the artists working studios with interview…send your comments.

Victor Wang 6Ione Citrin 10Peggy Jacobsmeyer 12Sallie Day Morgerman 14

Gallery Visits

Art Trends Gallery, Kent Kehr 16The Glass Factory, Anne Murphy 20

Special

Thirteen Square 11A group of award winning women artist whose goal is to raise funds for St. Louis area arts organizations through the sale of work specifically created for this purpose

Where to Go and What to See

Carol Carter at Cedarhurst 18 Tom Friedman at Bosack Gallery, John Burroughs School 19Brother Mel Meyers at Saint Louis University, Ellen Clark Sculpture Garden 22

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Dialog with Us An open forum on contemporary

art and culture.

Performing Arts

Art Festivals

Art Organizations

Cover Victor Wang “The Boat”2010

Oil and collage on canvas73 1/2” x 42”

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Victor WangQ. When did you first realize you were an artistA. When I was in junior high, I felt that I was better able to capture moments and feeling in drawings than most other people I knew.

Q. Description of your artA. The human figures in my paintings serve as vehicles to convey the human experience, represent-ing the emotional tension and psychological drama of life’s turning points. The blend of luminous color and buttery texture evoke the enigmatic environment where these moments of meditation originate. I have interwo-ven the sunflower – a prominent symbol throughout my life embodying both sorrow and joy – into my paintings. Incorporating the collaged images from China’s Tang Dynasty simultaneously acts as back-ground and creates the signature of my heritage.

Q. A. Current Medium Oil and collage on canvas A. Previous Medium Oil on canvas

Q. Do you have a Favorite Subject Matter A. The dynamic between sunflowers and human figures

Q. Have you been Influenced by what artist and how?A. I am influenced by the exaggerated way Auguste Rodin used clay to model figures. Sculpture is dif-ferent from painting – with the expression and body language in the muscles and in the form. You can really associate how inner emotion relates to the sur-face. So I have tried to treat my colors as clay rather than paint. I build up and model the form on canvas. The thickness of the paint evokes a sculptural and multi-level quality of my works.

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Q. What inspires and motivates you?A. When I could not speak out or verbalize well in some issues, I could then express these emotion through painting.

Q. How has your work changed as you developed as an artistA. When I see how moved some people are by my works, I real-ize how am influence others and my values of being an artist.

Q. What interests do you have besidesA. I liked sculpture very much, but was never able to pursue this interest.

Q. Studio Space where is it and what is it likeA. It is in my basement, which is about 700 square feet and includes my office.

Q. What do you do for fun?A. Sing karaoke.

Q. What kind of music do you listen to while creatingA. Chinese songs and music.

Q. Why does the world need art?A. Art is just like music, dance, poems, and literature. It is a part of human experience.

Q. Birthplace A. Qiqihar, China

Current Home: Ballwin, MO Web site: www.victorwang.netEmail: art@victorwang.net Price Range of your work $3000 - $ 28000Gallery Representatives Arcadia Gallery in New York, Odon Wagner Contemporary in Toronto, and Atrium Gallery in St. Louis

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Above: Autumn Harvest, 2010 48”x60” oil and collage on canvas Clockwise from top left: Defoliation, 2010 52” x50” oil and collage on canvas, Flowered Turban, 2010 50”x52” oil and collage on canvasAfter Rain, 2009 55”x78” oil and collage on canvas

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Ione CitrinIone is an avant garde artist whose artistic expres-sion takes fantastic shape through her diverse oil and watercolor paintings, bronze sculptures, found object collages and mixed media assemblages. Her contemporary paintings and sculptures range from abstract to realistic to impressionistic — all vision-ary interpretations from her imaginative soul. Visit website, www.artbyione.com

Q. When did you first realize you were an artist?A. When I picked up a paint brush and proceeded to paint my very first painting. Approximately 20 years ago a friend invited me to her home to paint along with her. “ But I’ve never painted a picture in my life. I wouldn’t know where to begin!” “Don’t worry”, she said. Bring a picture from a magazine that turns you on and I’ll show you what to do” So, I glanced through a bunch of magazines and found a lovely landscape paint. I brought it to her house and after a brief explana-

tion of the procedure I began to paint. At the end of the day my painting looked exactly like the photograph. We both Screamed. I couldn’t believed I had done this and neither could she. That was the beginning. I was hooked. Q. Description of your artA. Colorful/imaginative/creative/surreal/clever Q. Current Medium - A. All, watercolor, oil, acrylic, pas-tel, assemblage, collage, bronze sculpture. Q. Do you have a Favorite Subject Matter A. The World and all its inhabitants. Q. Have you been Influenced by what artist and how? A. Every artist’s work influences me. I am fascinated by the art I see in museums, galleries, books, magazines, everywhere. There is noth-ing that doesn’t catch my eye and remain in my imagination Q. What inspires and motivates you? A. The process of making art absolutely captivates and intrigues me. The journey is the destination for me. Q. How has your work changed as you developed as an artist A. It keeps getting free-er. The world is my canvas. The ideas never cease to end. Q. What interests do you have besides art? A. Theatre, Opera, Ballet Q. Studio Space where is it and what is it like? A. I rent a 1,400 sq.ft. office space on the first floor of an old office building 10 minutes from my condo in Los Angeles, Ca. I have turned it into my “personal Junkyard”. It looks like a giant mess, but I know where everything is. People who are not artists shriek when they see the milieu of supplies, works in progress, etc. Actually the artists who have visited my studio do shriek. Q. What do you do for fun? A. I love good movies, theatre, ballet, and opera. All of the performing arts. Q. What kind of music do you listen to while creating?A. Classical

Q. Why does the world need art? A. What a dull miserable place this planet would be without art. It brightens the eye, the day and the heart. It gives the soul something to sing about and hope for. It is a tiny escape into another world.

Birthplace Omaha, NE., Current Home- L.A., Ca.Web site: www.artbyione.com • Email: icitrin@aol.comPrice Range of your work: $1,000 to $10,000

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oosely based on the “Calendar Girls” concept, the thirteen artists first met during the summer of 2004 to discuss the initial project. With fields of interest ranging from photogra-phy to mixed media, printmaking to watercolor, the medium

of collage seemed the most appropriate to pursue. Each artist contributed one canvas consisting of one collage element super-imposed on a background of her choice. Over a period of seven months, the thirteen pieces were circulated round robin style, with every artist adding another collage element to a given com-position until there were thirteen collages consisting of thirteen interlocking components. Finally, each artist edited her original piece in any way she saw fit. The projects have varied through the years but are always bound by a common theme, providing consistent bodies of work.

In addition, every other year over 100 women artists are invited to contribute an 8 x 8 inch piece each of which sells for $50.00. Over $10,000 has been raised from this project. Recipi-ents have included the St Louis Artists’ Guild, Chesterfield Arts, RAC, Art Saint Louis, The Foundry Arts Centre, Viva Vox and St. Louis Artworks. The group is continually accepting applications from perspec-tive recipients.

For more information: Ida Steinberg 314.994.1677 Web site: http://thirteensquared.net

Thirteen Squared“Thirteen Squared” is a group of award winning women artists whose goal

is to raise funds for St. Louis area arts organizations through the sale of work specifically created for this purpose.

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Harriet Thomas, MJ Goerke, Elizabeth Concannon, Ruth Kolker, Jane Isenberg Back Row: Kay Wood, Nancy Kurten, Ellen Klamon, Marcy Saphia Not shown: Cynthia Berg, Emily Long, Susan Dietz-Schmidt, Ida Steinberg

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Peggy JacobsmeyerQ. When did you first realize you were an artist? A. Of course I didn’t realize this until much later but when I was a child, things like color and texture and pattern pleased me in a special way. I remember turning cursive writing upside down and holding it up to a mirror to see what the marks looked like. Looking back I see that meant something.

Q. Description of your art: A. I use glass and metal and found objects in a collage process to create one-of-a-kind framed wall pieces and I use the same process to design jewelry. Both are simple, contemporary and sculptural.

Q. A. Current Medium: A. Just recently I’ve been using metals as the primary element with glass in a supplemental role. For years it was the reverse. I’ve also been experimenting with fiber which is new and fun for me. B. Previous Medium: 30 years ago it was clay. Not pots, but non-functional pieces and jewelry. I was doing a show in Chicago and a guy in the booth next to me commented that what I was doing with glazes suggested to him that I should explore glass. I drove home thinking of nothing else, bought glass and tools and never looked back.

Q. Do you have a Favorite Subject Matter? A. No. But I do get fixated on some element or idea that needs to be worked through. Sometimes it leads to something important and often it doesn’t. I’ve learned not to worry about the end result. I just let go and see where it is leading and what ideas spring up along the way.

Q. Have you been Influenced by what artist and how? A. I was a Don Reitz fan when I was a student. Now I love the work of architect I.M. Pei, Isamu Noguchi, Andy Goldsworthy, Miro. I would probably give a different list tomorrow. A local artist I admire is Charity Davis.

Q. What inspires and motivates you? A. When I see something that makes me want to be still. It can be something beautiful or something so honest it takes my breath away. Travel does too. Leaving the creative process lets your brain rework things while you’re not consciously thinking about it. When you come back you see something that was not apparent before. Not working can be just as valuable as working sometimes.

Q. How has your work changed as you developed as an artist? A. I don’t try to please others anymore. I used to let the client and the interior decorator and sometimes even the client’s friend or spouse all weigh in on what I was going to do. That just doesn’t work for me.

So now I do the work, if the customer likes it great and if not that’s fine too. I believe my work is more mature now. That comes from a wider understanding of things and just being alive for 63 years.

Q. What interests do you have besides art? A. Books. Books. Books. And I love to travel. I’ve been lucky to visit Singapore, Ireland, Scotland, Paris, London, Finland, all over North America, the Caribbean. I particularly loved Alaska and want to go back again. Hopefully the next trip will be to the Mediter-ranean. I like to cook and eat new things. And I love to see what people do with space, whether that means a house or a room or even a shelf with objects. Fascinating. I have 3 young grandchildren now who are pure joy to me and an interest like no other. And I walk. Three miles every weekday morning which began as drudgery but 4 years later I consider a fine way to start each day. I love animals and am committed to supporting organizations who protect and defend their rights.

Q. Studio Space where is it and what is it like? A. It is in my home but a separate space. It opens to woods across the back. It is large and open and mostly white. I have 2 large work tables, a long L-shaped bench, 3 kilns, a framing room, lots of storage, tools everywhere. To a visitor it looks like chaos but I find it soothing space. Who can work neat? I guess at least I cannot. Interestingly I can’t stand clutter in my living space. Go figure.

Q. What do you do for fun? A. Read. Travel. Cook. Eat. Be with friends. Make art. Play with my grandchildren. Go to book fairs. Look at art. Scratch my dog.

Q. What kind of music do you listen to while creating? A. When I am designing I prefer Zen-like quiet. I’m so focused I probably wouldn’t even hear the music. It can direct my attention away to some other place or memory which can be distracting. But if I am doing other kinds of work I like jazz, sometimes Latin music.

Q. Why does the world need art? A. Because art coaxes us closer to the heart of what it means to be human. It connects us. We need that more now than ever before.

Birthplace: St. Louis.Current Home: In the hills of unincorporated west St. Louis County near Wildwood.Email: pegiaco@gmail.comPrice Range of your work: Simple earrings $20. Largest wall piece $1200.Gallery Representatives: None currently

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Sallie Day MogermanQ. When did you first realize you were an artist A. In high school art class I realized I could draw hands and faces that looked like my subjects, but it seemed to me that it was too much fun to be a valuable talent. In my teenage mind, “work” was supposed to be unpleasant and difficult. Q. Description of your art – Realist portraits and narrative paintings.A. Current Medium Oils. Graphite.

Q. Do you have a Favorite Subject Matter A. I enjoy painting children, although they are the most chal-lenging because their smooth, young faces offer no “road map” to go by. Q. Have you been Influenced by what artist and how?A. Harry Fredman in Kansas City has had the greatest influ-ence on me. He was a wonderful illustrator andportrait paint-er –unbelievably good, a perfectionist. I measure everything I do by what Harry could have done. Q. What inspires and motivates you? A. I’m inspired and motivated by an interesting face and/or lighting on an interesting face. Also, I love to browse art gal-leries in search of new and wonderful paintings and artists. It can be very humbling! Q. How has your work changed as you developed as an artist A. I’d like to think I’m getting better, but I sometimes doubt that, when I compare my current work with work from the past. It has become clear to me, that I must be forever vigilant and not become careless and complacent. It’s easy to get lazy.

Q. What interests do you have besidesA. I think politics are interesting and could become all-con-suming, if I allowed it. I’m an avid news gatherer. There’s nothing so interesting as the current events of our world. Music is another interest of mine –I can’t make music, but I can certainly appreciate it. We are avid Saint Louis Sym-phony fans and season ticket holders. Q. Studio Space where is it and what is it likeA. I have a studio at The Foundry Art Centre in Saint Charles. It’s a wonderful place to paint, with great, huge windows overlooking the Missouri River. There are approximately 20 artists there –a whole community of artists with whom to interact and share information. Q. What do you do for fun?A. We’re fortunate to have family close-by and we get together often. During warm weather, we enjoy cycling on the Katy Trail. We also enjoy boating and water sports on Lake Saint Louis. Q. What kind of music do you listen to while creating A. I prefer classical music.

Q. Why does the world need art?A. Art is solace for the soul. It speaks to the very depth of one’s being. It quiets the clamor of daily concerns and offers beauty to replace sometimes chaotic daily life.

Birthplace: Mount Pleasant, TexasCurrent Home: Saint Louis, MissouriWeb site: www.sallieday.com Email: sallieday@me.comPrice Range of your work: $950 – $12,500

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Above: Sallie Day Mogerman’s studio Left: Clockwise top left - Savannah Danielle, Floyd Dowell, Rachel

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Art Trends GalleryQ. What is the first piece of art you purchased for yourself? A. The first piece of glass art I bought was a bowl about 24 inches in diameter and about 8 inches high created by an artist I had never heard of by the name of Sonja Blomdahl. I came across the piece when I was driving home from my office in downtown St. Louis many years ago, and decided to stop to look at a newly opened art gallery in the Galleria. When I walked in I immediately noted a glass bowl on the other side of the gallery which captured my eyes. It was the first piece of glass art that I had ever seen in a gallery. I had never thought of “glass” as an art form before. The bowl was priced at $1,325. That was a lot of money back then, and I thought to myself that I could buy a very nice painting for that price (yes, prices were lower then). However, I liked the bowl - so I bought it. About 4 years ago, I was visiting a gallery in Santa Fe and saw a similar bowl although much smaller in size, and it was priced at $25,000. I checked it out and found out that

it was created by the same artist. Later, I found out that the artist is one of four then living glass artists whose work was currently displayed at the world famous Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY, along with Dale Chihuly, Lino Tagliapi-etra (from Italy) and Hans Frabel (from Atlanta). The Corn-ing Museum traces the history of glass, via “displays” as well as written information, as both an art form and a technology (such as corning cookware in the 1930s and fiber optics com-munication cables in today’s world) going from 15,000 B.C. until today. By the way, we have some Hans Frabel glass art for sale in our gallery.

Q. Why does the world need art?A. After a hard day at the office, or the receipt of some bad news, it’s always uplifting to go home to some beautiful art and a well decorated home. It helps cheer me up, and keeps me going.

Above: Glass bowl, Josh Simpson represented by Art Trends Gallery

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Q. If money were no object, which artist’s work would you buy?A. Even if money were no object, I would still want to buy art from living (and recently living) artists. There are so many really good artists out there. I buy art because I “like” it, and not for an investment, although I have purchased several pieces that have substantially increased in value – like the Sonja Blomdahl I mentioned earlier.

Q. Why did you open a gallery in Chesterfield? A. I acquired a gallery because I had an opportunity to buy out an existing gallery at a reasonable price, and I thought it would be an opportunity to explore the art world from a different perspec-tive and hopefully find some really outstanding artists.

Q. What kind of art do you focus on? A. We are what I would call a ‘full service’ fine arts gallery, we have an eclectic variety and extensive collection of paint-ings, glass, wood, jewelry, wearable art, books, etc...our focus

is on ‘what the customer wants..’ We want to be ‘your one-stop original art resource.’

Q. How do you decide who to represent?A. We have no shortage of artists coming to us to show their art here at Art Trends...simple formula, do we like it, will it be a good compliment to the gallery, appropriate price point and ‘would I or do I believe the customer would buy it?’

Q. How large is your gallery? A. We have one of the largest – perhaps the largest galleries in St. Louis – we have over 2,203 sq. ft. of floor space in our origi-nal gallery, plus we have opened a second space two doors down from our original gallery. That space has over 2,812 sq. ft.

Art Trends Gallery703 Long Road Crossing Drive Ste 1, Chesterfield, Mo 63005 636.536.3266 Web site arttrendsgallery.net

Above top left clockwise : Inside Art Trends, Godo Frabel is represented by Art Trends Gallery, Graduation party, Client Appreciation Party, Gallery at Art Trends

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St. Louis, Missouri-based artist Carol Carter’s paintings of Italy are featured in a one-person exhibition of original art at The Cedarhurst Center for the Arts in Mount Vernon, Illinois. The exhibition runs from February 25, 2011 through May 1, 2011 and is co-sponsored by Fifth Third Bank St. Louis, MO. Opening reception was held February 25, 2011, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. with about 450 attending. The eighty acrylic paintings in the show reflect Carter’s ex-periences traveling through the Tuscan region of Italy in 2009 and depict the Tuscan landscape, Renaissance architecture and images of contemporary city life. Carter is known for lush and richly colored work imbued with a sense of light: The subject matter in her Italian series is familiar, but the presentation is fresh, with a modern Mediterranean palette and the inimitable style for which Carter is internationally recognized.

Carol Carter is an internationally renowned American artist whose work has been exhibited in six countries and published worldwide. She has won numerous international prizes for her work, most recently, third prize in the International Biennial for Watercolor in Guayaquil, Ecuador. In addition, Carter was Artist-in-Residence for the Everglades National Park [AIRE] in 2010. For more information and to view Carter’s work, contact Carol Carter: Email carol@carol-carter.com Web Site: http://www.carol-carter.com

Cedarhurst Center for the Arts 2600 Richview Road, Mt. Vernon, Illinois 62864 618-242-1236 http://www.cedarhurst.org/ Museum Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday- 1 p.m. to 5 p.m Closed Mondays and national holidays

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John Burroughs School is proud to announce that the 2011 Outstanding Alumnus Award will be given to internationally known artist Tom Friedman, class of 1983. In conjunction with the award, there will be an exhibition of Friedman’s work in the school’s Bonsack Gallery from April 8 through April 13. The award will be presented to Friedman by the Alumni As-sociation during a private morning assembly on April 8. That evening, the artist will host a public opening reception from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Friedman is an American conceptual artist who creates intri-cate and playful works of art from common household materials, such as Styrofoam, masking tape, pencils, toilet paper, toothpicks, spaghetti and bubble gum. His work, obsessively and painstak-ingly crafted, connects to 1960s Conceptualism and Minimalism, but transcends these histori-cal precedents with a unique visual language that elevates the ordinary to the status of art. By investigating the relationship be-

tween the everyday and the art experience, Friedman’s art offers indispensable insights into new ways in which to view the world. Friedman was born in St. Louis, attended Burroughs and Washington University, receiving his bachelor’s degree in graphic illustration in 1988. He earned his master’s degree of fine arts in sculpture from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1990. Friedman’s first solo exhibits were held the following year at Fea-ture in New York City, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Rezac Gallery in Chica-go. He has since exhibited in London, Rome, Geneva and Tokyo, among other cities. Friedman lives and works in Massachusetts.

Bonsack Gallery John Burroughs School 755 S. Price Road, St. Louis Mo 63124 www.jburroughs.org 314.993.4040

Tom FriedmanBurroughs to present Outstanding Alumnus Award to artist

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“Today as in ancient times, there’s something so mysterious and intriguing about the way molten glass glows, flows, and is transformed by the artist. So fragile and yet so strong. Such translucence and color. Some say glass reflects the ideas of its maker and mirrors all the different facets of human nature. I be-lieve it,” says Anne Murphy, Director of Marketing, Third Degree Glass Factory. Murphy joined Third Degree four years ago after working for a variety of arts organizations. She admits to being totally capti-vated by glass and the skill required to work with it. “Every day the furnaces are burning and artists are creat-ing beautiful, functional objects. You cannot help but feel your spirits soar when surrounded by such creativity and passion,” she explains.

Jim McKelvey and Doug Auer established Third Degree Glass Factory eight years ago. Doing much of the work themselves with assistance from aspir-ing glass artists, they turned a dilapidated 1930s car dealership and service station on Delmar into a state-of-the-art glass facil-ity with over 8,000 sq. ft. of usable space. Their love of glass inspired them to begin teaching classes and build a community of glass artists and collectors in St. Louis. Today Third Degree Glass Factory is the only public-access glass education center within a radius of 300 miles. It offers classes and workshops on glassblowing, kiln formed glass, and flame working (bead making) as well as private demonstrations to groups.

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Glass artists can rent furnace time to develop and refine their skills. Their work is sold at Third Degree’s HotShop Gallery. From elegant to funky, visitors can browse and buy one-of-a-kind glass bowls, vases, glasses, wine goblets, trays, jewelry and objects d’art. “It’s important for our artists to make an income doing what they love. Third Degree is a place for them to work, sell what they make, teach classes, present demonstrations, and create privately commissioned works for individuals or businesses.” And yes, Third Degree can also be rented for private parties and corporate events. Glassblowing is very entertaining and adds that special art vibe to an event. Guests can get hands-on and cre-ate their very own paperweights and other glass pieces.

To help raise awareness of contemporary glass art, Third Degree holds a monthly open house event named Third Fridays at Third Degree. It’s a free, family-friendly event where visitors can watch glassblowing, hear live music, and enjoy art exhibits by local artists in a variety of media. “I have a blast scheduling the art - pairing up a 2D and 3D artist - and booking the music. And, when possible, we like to partner with other organizations to add that extra spark of the unexpected,” Murphy says. “We’ve had opera, belly dancing, Segways, even chocolate tastings. We believe art should be a fun and entertaining experience.”

Third Degree Glass Factory5200 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108314-367-4527, www.stlglass.com

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Bringing Beauty to a space to lift up spirits. In November, 2010 Father Biondi from St. Louis Uni-versity visited with Brother Mel Meyer at Marianist Gallery located at Vianney High School about installation of sculp-tures for Ellen Clark Sculpture Park. The Sculpture Park is located on the former site of the Marina Building at Lindell and Grand. They have chosen 14 sculptures some have been placed on concrete pads and the landscaping will begin soon. The dedication will be held in the Spring of 2011.Visit- Marianist Galleries, 1256 Maryhurst Drive, Kirkwood, Mo 63122 • 314.965.0877 • Website: www.melsmart.com

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Brother Mel Meyers

Installation atEllen Clark

Sculpture Park

Victor Wang“Flowered Turban”

2010 50”x52” oil and collage on canvas

Ione Citrin“Knitter”

Sallie Day Mogerman“Madeline”

Peggy Jacobsmeyer“Samurai”