Art St. Louis XXXIV, The Exhibition

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Art St. Louis XXXIV, The Exhibition November 10 - December 20, 2018. FREE opening reception Saturday, November 17, 5-7 p.m.

Please join Art Saint Louis for Art St. Louis XXXIV, The Exhibition featuring new artworks by 35 St. Louis regional artists from Missouri and Illinois.

Graphic design by Emily Amberger

Art St. Louis XXXIV, The Exhibition is our 34th annual juried visual art exhibition featuring artworks in all media, all subjects, all styles, all themes, and all techniques. For this year's exhibit, over 573 artworks in all media were submitted by 135 St. Louis regional artists for consideration by Juror Debra Drexler, from which she selected 42 artworks by 35 artists from Missouri and Illinois for the final exhibition. This 34th annual exhibit includes artworks in a variety of media, including collage, drawing, fiber, glass, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture. We invite you to view images of all of the artworks featured in this exhibit in our Facebook album here. After the show opens we will post photo highlights from the opening reception. We also encourage you to view HEC-TV's video item on our exhibit here. We are grateful to Videographer/Producer Paul Langdon and Producer Christina Chastain for their work on this video piece. The exhibit is presented November 10 through December 20, 2018. Please join us for our free opening reception on Saturday, November 17, 5-7 p.m. We will have a brief Awards Judge Gallery Talk with announcements & Awards presentation at 6 p.m. during our reception. Regular gallery hours are Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Closed Sundays & Thanksgiving holiday & weekend (November 22-25). Exhibit Juror Debra Drexler. Photo courtesy of Ms. Drexler.We are very honored to have the opportunity to work with artist Debra Drexler as our Juror for this year's exhibit. Drexler is Professor of Art, Chairperson, Drawing & Painting Area, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, where she has taught since 1992. Originally from St. Louis, Debra earned her MFA at SIU Edwardsvile (1986) and BA at Webster University (1980). She also studied at San Francisco Art Institute (1978-79) and Northwestern University (1976-78). Her works have been exhibited throughout the U.S. and abroad. She is the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, has curated numerous exhibits and served as a guest-artist, lecturer, panelist, and artist-in-residence. An abstract painter, Debra maintains art studios in both Oahu and New York City. Debra has an extensive exhibition career in the U.S. Her works have been featured in over 30 solo exhibits and more than 100 group exhibits. Awards Judge Robert A. Powell. Photo courtesy of Mr. Powell.Awards for this exhibition will be selected by St. Louis artist & educator Robert A. Powell. Mr. Powell is the founder and Executive Director of Portfolio Gallery & Educational Center. Founded in 1989 in St. Louis, the mission of Portfolio is to educate, enrich lives and to foster a greater awareness of American artists of African American heritage. The organization accomplishes this mission through exhibits, programs and classroom instruction to children, youth, adults and the developmental disabled. A nationally exhibited artist, Robert's sculptures are included in permanent collections of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art and Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS. In 2009, Portfolio was recognized by Arts & Education Council for the Excellence in Arts Award and by Missouri Arts Council for the Missouri Arts Award (1995). Powell has received numerous awards in recognition of his work on behalf of the community. Robert is a Board member of Artists First STL and Epsilon Lambda Charitable Foundation.

PARKING RECOMMENDATIONS

There are parking METERS on Pine Street and Olive Street & other nearby streets. Parking meters run 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Fines are steep ($20), so don't let your meter expire. If you park at a meter for the reception, remember that meters operate in downtown until 7 p.m. on Saturday. For additional parking suggestions, click here. You can also download the handy Parkmobile app, whereby you can monitor & pay your St. Louis city parking meter via your mobile phone.


Hourly parking is available in the PARK PACIFIC GARAGE on Olive just West of Tucker. Parking is at your own expense. For garage parking, pay by cash via a machine in elevator bay no more than 15 minutes prior to departure OR the easier way is to pay by credit card upon exiting the garage. Be sure to take your parking receipt/ticket with you when you exit your car to visit the Gallery or you won't be able to get back in to the garage to get to your garage. Your parking ticket is your key to get back in to the garage. Art Saint Louis does not validate parking.



The Gallery is easily accessible by PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION with MetroLink and MetroBus with MetroBus stops on Olive Street and Tucker right near the building.

 The 35 featured artists in Art St. Louis XXXIV are:

Photograph by Greg Barth.SPECIAL EVENT
COFFEE WITH THE ARTISTS: SATURDAY GALLERY TALK
Saturday, December 15, 10 a.m.    FREE

Please join us at Art Saint Louis on Saturday, December 15, at 10 a.m. and meet four of the featured artists in Art St. Louis XXXIV.

Guests can enjoy complimentary coffee tastings courtesy of Catalyst Coffee Bar while the artists talk about their works on view in the exhibit, discuss the media that they use and the various techniques that they apply to making their form of artwork. The artists may also bring in samples of their other works or also present a demo of their particular media & techniques. Guests will walk with the artists through the Gallery as they talk about their works on view in the exhibition. This event is FREE & open to the public.

Meet the following 4 featured artists on December 15:
• Alexa Clavijo, sculpture/installation
• Mark Appling Fisher, photography
• Donna Hasegawa, painting
• Jeff Hornung, woodworking

Juror's Statement


  "As an Art Saint Louis annual Exhibition alumnus (Art St. Louis VI--1990--juror Martin Prekop), I know this exhibition is a significant cultural resource for artists, as well as for the larger community. Art St. Louis showcases some of the finest and most innovative artwork being created in the region. I am honored to have the opportunity to jury this noteworthy exhibition.

  In choosing work for Art St. Louis XXXIV, I sought to balance currents in international, contemporary art with perspectives that are unique to specific sense of place and culture of the region. I looked for distinctive viewpoints, whether they were expressed through prescient conceptual inquiry or innovative approaches to craftsmanship. I sought to include a range of media including printmaking, sculpture, woodworking, ceramics, photography, collage, fiber, painting, drawing, and digital media to give a cross section of the conceptual and technical diversity represented in the application pool. The region has a strong, vibrant art community and with 573 artworks submitted for my consideration, many strong pieces could not be included.

  I would like to thank Robin Hirsch-Steinhoff, Artistic Director of Art St. Louis, for her tireless support in navigating the computer system, and keeping me updated on curatorial and spatial issues.  We started the process with a tour of the gallery in St. Louis, and concluded while I was on Oahu during Hurricane Lane, sending Robin a stream of logistics questions and installation concerns, while waiting out the storm. It has been an adventure! I look forward to seeing the manifestation of Art St. Louis XXXIV, The Exhibition in the Art Saint Louis Gallery."

— Debra Drexler
Artist, Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Professor, Chair of Drawing and Painting,
University of Hawai’i, Honolulu, HI
September 2018

Some of the 42 artworks featured in Art St. Louis XXXIV, The Exhibition:

Ann Miller Titus, Quincy, IL. "The Things We Carry 18.1." 2018. Fiber, 30”x24”. $900. This artwork was selected for an Award of Excellence by Awards Judge Robert A. Powell.	Bill Abendroth, Highland, IL. "Grandpa’s Tea Pot (When Grandma is Visiting her Sister)." 2018. Poplar, 10.5”x6”x5”. $250.	Marcia Gay, Defiance, MO. "Bricks." 2015. Photograph on Paper, 22”x16”. $125.
Andy Hahn, St. Louis, MO. "Vivid Memory." 2018. Acrylic on Wood Panels, 42”x42”x2.5. $4,500.	Jeffrey Hornung, Florissant, MO. "Morocco Blue." 2018. Maple Wood, 2.5”x11”x11”. SOLD.	Donna Hasegawa, St. Louis, MO. "The Sound of Time." 2018. Mixed Media on Wood, 24”x24”. $1,200.
Blake Carroll, Imperial, MO. "Rock Candy." 2015. Acrylic on Canvas, 26”x32”. $1,400.	Ann K. Aurbach, University City, MO. "Red, White and Blue." 2017. Photograph on Paper, 18”x22”. SOLD.	Joshua Osburg, St. Louis, MO. "Black Sun." 2018. Charcoal on Paper, 42”x49”. SOLD.
Ainura Ashirova, St. Charles, MO. "Self-Portrait with a Bird." 2017. Collage, Mixed media on Board, 15.5”x15.5”. $380. This artwork was selected for an Award of Excellence by Awards Judge Robert A. Powell.	Cindy Knight, St. Louis, MO. "Awakening." 2018. Photograph on Paper, 16”x20”. Not for Sale.	Dominic Finocchio, St. Louis, MO. 'A Legacy of Longing." 2016. Oil on Canvas, 16”x20”. $700.