Tonight! Brian Berger, Kirkwood Stair

Best wishes for 2012 from the Artisans' section of the St. Louis Artists' Guild! The next section meeting is Thursday, January, the 5th. Our speaker will be Brian Berger, the owner of Kirkwood Stair. Please invite friends that might enjoy the presentation about engineering and creating complex staircases. As always we meet the 1st Thursday of the month at The St. Louis Artist Guild at 7 pm at 2 Oak Knoll Park Clayton, MO 63105-3008 (Click here for website)

In memory of Bill Vann

It is with great sadness and grief that we share that our good friend, Bill Vann has died. There aren't enough words to detail Billy's legacy and work, his teaching and mentoring and just being a good and devoted friend. He will be missed.

We will have a rememberance at the Guild this Thursday night, Dec 8, from 6pm to 8. Bring photos and stories to share. Food would be nice also. Anyone wishing to donate to the Guild in Bill's name would be appreciated. Let's celebrate in Bill's memory!

Image, R.J. Shay: Bill Vann celebrates with fellow artists Deanna, Lisa & Henryk after they completed four paintings in one evening to benefit the St. Louis Artists' Guild at the party marking the conclusion of the Guilds' 125th anniversary year.

Hanukkah Lamps, Maurice Sendak Remembers

The renowned illustrator Maurice Sendak has curated an exhibition of Hanukkah lamps for The Jewish Museum, NYC. Many of the pieces have not been exhibited previously. Hanukkah begins at sundown on Tuesday, December 20 and continues until sundown on Wednesday, December 28, 2011. There are images of Sendak's work, image galleries of the exhibition and more information about Hanukkah at The Jewish Museum web site at www.TheJewishMuseum.org/Hanukkah2011.

Image:Hanukkah Lamp
Karl Hagenauer (Austrian, 1898-1956)
Vienna (Austria), designed 1919-28
Copper alloy: cast
7 1/8 x 8 x 2 1/2 in. (18.1 x 20.3 x 6.4 cm)
The Jewish Museum, New York

The Art of Rugs

Beyond Rugs! is the title of a new exhibition at the Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME, that is receiving international attention and the subject of a recent post on Art Knowledge News. A design by the innovative modernist, Marguerite Zorach, introduces selections of artists from throughout the country who set the pace today with hook and fiber. "Beyond Rugs! explores the way the traditional art of hooking is evolving. No longer destined for the floor, hooked rugs today may be wall hangings, sculpture, or components of mixed media."

The Farnsworth Art Museum: Current Exhibitions

Image: Margurite Zorach, The Snake And Bird, Wool and linen, 1937, Art Knowlege News