One of the top contemporary artists of his generation, Tom Friedman is known for his extraordinary use of ordinary materials, including rubber bands, typing paper and aluminum foil. A few years ago, John Burroughs School put out a call to commission a sculpture and received proposals from artists throughout the U.S. Friedman’s whimsical vision of […]
Artists Libby Reuter and Joshua Rowan have collaborated since 2011 on a project they call Watershed Cairns: large-scale color photographs of glass sculptures placed in watersheds throughout the Mississippi-Missouri river basin. Reuter, a sculptor and installation artist, creates reliquary-inspired glass “cairns” constructed from household or antique glass; each piece is made in response to a […]
The Bonsack Gallery opens 1968: A Portrait of Rock & Roll with a reception on Friday, January 18 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. The exhibition includes vintage rock posters from the collection of Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison Simmons; vintage photographs by Baron Wolman, Rolling Stone magazine’s chief photographer between 1967 and 1971; display pages […]
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis launches a four-part series this fall exploring questions of representation and equity in the arts, entertainment, and media. Events continue through June 2019, including conversations about casting, film and television, the music industry, and the media. All events are free, but advance registration through the OTSL box office is heavily […]