Current Exhibitions
Shifts In Perspective: Migrating Viewpoints
Shifts In Perspective: Migrating Viewpoints is a juried exhibition investigating the effects of migration and voluntary/involuntary movement. These global experiences are emotional and life-changing, often causing shifts in perception. Artists are invited to explore these powerful themes in a variety of mediums.
Shifts In Perspective: Migrating Viewpoints is a collaboration between the St. Louis Artists' Guild and Belas Artes.
Pieces
Pieces is a solo exhibition by Phil Jarvis. Using wood, metal, plastic and paint, Jarvis will assemble thirteen individual paintings to form a collective composition.
Phil Jarvis, a Graduate of the School of Fine Arts at Washington University, has been studying painting for over 40 years and is the recipient of many awards and honors. In addition, he has been a professional sign artist and mural painter for over 30 years.
Regarding Place
Regarding Place will address one's personal idea of place. What is your definition of place? How does place define you? What influence does place have on identity, history, politics, personal politics, confidence? How do you feel to be in an unfamiliar place?. How does your definition of place change due to external factors? This exhibit is juried by Jana Harper.
Marshall Plan: The Intra European Poster Competition of 1950
This exhibition, the Marshall Plan: The Intra European Poster Competition of 1950, is a selection of posters from the Marshall Plan Poster Contest.
Marshall Plan Poster Contest:
In the fall of 1950, the Intra-European Cooperation for a Better Standard of Living Poster Contest was held throughout Europe whereby artists were encouraged to submit posters that represented the theme of cooperation and economic recovery. Over 10,000 pieces were submitted from various countries. A panel of twelve graphic artists, each representing a different Marshall Plan country served as judges.
This collection is on loan from by Joe and Vicki Stone of Foristell, Missouri.
Conversation of Images
For the past several months students at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School and at Hazelwood Central High School exchanged art trading cards (2.5 inch by 3.5 inch original drawings or paintings) with one another. The students looked at each others’ cards, then replied artistically to each others’ images and ideas. As this process continued, ideas accumulated and themes emerged. When the banks of images reached critical mass, the students made full, gallery-size pieces of artwork based on the ideas on their cards. The whole process culminates in this show, Conversation of Images.