Next Artisans' section meeting Thurs, Sept 9

Summer vacation season is drawing to a close and members of the Creative Artisans' section of the St. Louis Artists' Guild are set to resume their monthly meetings on Thurs, Sept 9, 7-9pm in the 2nd floor Members Gallery, Two Oak Knoll Park, Clayton, MO. The evening will highlight the care and sharpening of carving tools used by our woodworker artisans. We will also view a fascinating cache of previously unpublished photos of turn of 20th century life along the Mississippi recently discovered by one of our members. We are also looking forward to hearing about what members did over the summer including reports about the Sculptural Objects and Fine Art exposition in Santa Fe, NM as well as the Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio in Oak Park, IL. The meeting is open to everyone and there is no charge to attend. A brief business meeting for section members will conclude the evening. To learn more about the section and its members visit the Creative Artisans website.

Photo, top: Steamer Goldenrod c. 1900; Courtesy of Barbara Lindemann, Geo. A. Warren collection.

Photo, bottom: A residence in Oak Park, IL designed by Frank LLoyd Wright.

Dennis McNett, Painter/Sculptor/Window Designer!

"Breathing is a good thing," according to Dennis McNett, the painter/sculptor that recently came to our attention across the blogosphere and we are happy to share his dramatic works with you here. His paper-mache animal masks were recently featured in Barney’s fashion window displays on Madison Avenue in New York City. McNett has also created large scale works for events like dragon slayings in Oklahoma and Viking performances/parades in Philadelphia.

View more of McNett’s graphics and sculptures on his Wolfbat website.

Photo: An animal head sculpture by Dennis McNett recently displayed in Barney's window.

Artisans' Are On Vacation!

It's summer. It's hot. Some of us are out of town visiting cool places. Consequently the members of the Artisans' section will not meet in July or August. Or next meeting at the St. Louis Artists' Guild will be September 9, 7pm. Besides having a featured speaker our stone & wood carvers are planning a mini symposium on tool sharpening. I will have some news & thoughts to share during our break so don't forget to check back here occasionally. Best wishes & have a great summer!

Next Creative Artisans' Section meeting, Thurs, June 10th

Yvette Woods will be the speaker at the Artisans' section meeting, Thursday, June 10th, 7pm at the St. Louis Artists Guild. Yvette will discuss her career as an artist in St. Louis as well as her latest venture, Studio W. Located in the city's Central West End. Studio W offers youth and adult drawing classes as well as artists' workshops.

All are invited to attend Yvette's presentation. There is no cost. The Artisans' section members will stay on to conduct their regular business meeting after the presentation. Visit the Studio W website.

Creative Artisans' section meeting, Thurs, June 10, 7-9pm
Second Floor Members Gallery, St. Louis Artists' Guild
Two Oak Knoll Park, Clayton, MO 63105

To learn more about Yvette Woods, watch KETC-TV's June 24, 2008 Living St. Louis segment on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAq2SXUAmiU

Photo courtesty of Studio W.

Studio W Open House this Saturday

Artist and drawing instructor Yvette Woods invites art students of all ages to tour her Studio W classrooms in the Central West End neighborhood during an open house this Saturday May 29, from 3-6pm. Besides conducting weekly youth and adult drawing classes Studio W will offer upcoming workshops with cartoonist, Dan Martin, and illustrator, Kevin Belford. Yvette will be the featured speaker at the June 10th meeting of the Creative Artisans' section of the St. Louis Artists Guild.

A native St. Louisan, Yvette Woods studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and has taught drawing and design at St. Louis Community College-Meramec. She now conducts youth and adult drawing classes at Studio W, 4814 Washington Ave, Suite 322 in the historic Pierce Arrow Building. For more information about the open house, weekly classes or upcoming workshops visit http://www.yvettewoodsstudiow.com/

Photo:Yvette Woods Studio W

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/