Abraham Mohler, sculptor, next Artisans' meeting

Abraham Mohler, stone sculptor, will discuss his work at the next Creative Artisans' meeting at the St. Louis Artists Guild on Thursday, May 13, at 7:00pm. Mohler creates works in marble. Many of his pieces have a classical look about them but he carves modern forms as well. He draws inspiration from the novel Moby Dick even sculpting the head of Herman Melville as the Prophet Elijah. Mohler studied in Scotland. He has completed commissions for the Missouri Botanical Garden and other private gardens which can be seen on his website. The sculptor can also be seen in a Youtube video of his 2007 show at The Shaw Gallery. Abraham Mohler's sculptures are currently being exhibited at the artist-friendly downtown Cafe Cioccolato, 816 Olive.

All members of the St. Louis Artists' Guild and their guests are invited to attend Abraham's presentation. There is no cost. The Artisans' section members will stay on to conduct their regular business meeting after Abraham's presentation.

Creative Artisans' section meeting, Thurs, May 13, 7-9pm

Second Floor Members Gallery, St. Louis Artists' Guild

Two Oak Knoll Park, Clayton, MO 6315

SketchCrawl #27 is May 15

The idea of SketchCrawl is that of a global drawing marathon: taking a day to journal and draw all that is around you. So far 85 cities including St. Louis have been listed on the SketchCrawl forum where sketchbook artists can confirm their participation. The St. Louis Drawing & Painting Meetup Group also has it listed on its calendar. But there is no need to sign up just show up with your sketchbook. Stay as long or as little as you like. The schedule is roughly as follows:

All sketchbook artists are welcome to meet up at 9 am at Citygarden downtown at the corner of Market & 8th to embark on our day. At 11am we will move to the artist-friendly Cafe Cioccolato at 816 Olive for a midday progress check, photos, coffee and of course some of their wonderful chocolates. At noon we'll take the eastbound Metro from the 8th & Pine stop to the 5th & Missouri station on the east end of the Eads Bridge on the Illinois side of the river. We will walk across the Eads pedestrian deck back to the Missouri side as a group. The views of the city, the Mississippi and the Gateway Arch are unobstructed, dramatic and very sketch-worthy. Artists will finish the day at a location and time to be determined, probably someplace on Washington around 4pm, to view all the sketches everyone has completed, take more photos, libations perhaps, etc. Sketchcrawl is free of course but artists will need cash for their own food & drink as well as fares for the Metro($2.25).

http://www.citygardenstl.org/

http://www.cafecioccolato.com/