June 12th Print Show at Fort Gondo

All Along Press will be having its first annual member show at Fort Gondo this year on June 12 beginning at 7:00 p.m.

More than 10 artists are participating ... there will be tons of art, music, refreshments, t-shirt printing, etc.

JUNE 12TH!!
FORT GONDO

Fort Gondo is at 3151 Cherokee Street, St. Louis, Missouri, 63118 -- just east of Compton.


All Along Press
3155 Cherokee Street
Saint Louis, MO 63118

Mark Weber Continues at PHD Gallery...

Continuing at PHD Gallery
through June 13, 2009

MARK WEBER:
20 YEARS OF PAINTING
oil and alkyd on canvas and board

"Witness this St. Louisan's two-decade transformation as an artist with nearly 40 paintings that gradually evolve from photorealism to less literal representations of his memories and observations. " ~ ALIVE Magazine, June, 2009


Also Continuing in PHD's Portfolio Gallery...

SUSAN SULLIVAN:
POCKET LANDSCAPE
6 inch, oil on board paintings


PHD Gallery
2300 Cherokee Street
St. Louis, MO 63118
(314) 664-6644
Noon to 4pm
Thursday - Sunday

City Art Supply T-Shirt Design Contest

update 7.17.09 Contest canceled, see this post


UPDATE: Contest deadline has been extended, new launch party date. See this post.

Here's a chance to create the first official City Art Supply T-Shirt, and win BIG PRIZES!!!! You can submit on T-shirts, paper, canvas, jpegs via e-mail or on a CD (preferably 300 DPI), or via any other 2D creative method. They can be printed, drawn, made in Photoshop, stenciled, etc. (Hand-in entries no larger than 20 x 20")

The only requirement is that the phrase "City Art Supply" appears prominently in the design. Submit your design today!

First Prize:
A T-shirt screenprinting kit -- everything you'll need to print your own t-shirts...

includes:
-any 3 Speedball Fabric Screen Printing inks
-one 10x14" screen
-one 9" fabric squeegee
-one 26.4 oz Diazo Photo Emulsion
-one 32 oz Screen Filler
-one 32 oz Screen Drawing Fluid
-one 8 oz Diazo Emulsion Remover
-one Diazo Sensitizer

plus a $50 City Art Supply gift certificate

Second Prize:
a $40 City Art Supply gift certificate

Third Prize:
a $30 City Art Supply gift certificate

Submission Dates:
Contest starts Tuesday, May 26
Deadline: Monday, June 22

Saturday, June 27 -- T-Shirt Launch Party
UPDATE: Contest deadline has been extended, new launch party date. See this post.


The prizes are awarded, the winning T-Shirt is unveiled, and all screenprinting items are 25% off through Sunday, July 5th.

Visit City Art Supply to pick up an entry form.

Also, buy 1 canvas, get 1 free! Or get one FREE brush of any brand with the purchase of any 2 or more brushes. We've slashed prices up to 20% on tons of merchandise ... paints, art papers, Crayola products, and then some.

City Art Supply
3215 Cherokee St.
St. Louis, MO 63118
314.771.5375
cityartsupply.org

UPDATE: Contest deadline has been extended, new launch party date. See this post.

BIG price cuts @ City Art Supply

BIG price cuts @ City Art Supply- paper, watercolors, Gamblin Art Sketching Oils, and more ... plus 2 canvases for the price of ONE!


Stop in today

City Art Supply
3215 Cherokee St
St. Louis, MO 63118
314-771-5375

Mon-Sat
12pm-6pm
Sun
12pm-4pm

please note we'll be closed on Monday May 25

City Art Supply 30% OFF May 15-17

Starting today through Sunday (May 15 - 17) ALL items at City Art Supply are 30% OFF. Stop in for ink, paint, paper, canvas, brushes, etc... ALL 30% OFF.

Current paintings on display by Josh Crow.

City Art Supply
3215 Cherokee St
St. Louis, MO 63118
314-771-5375
Mon - Sat: 12pm-6pm
Sun: 12pm-4pm
http://www.cityartsupply.org
City Art Supply on myspace
City Art Supply on Facebook

Cherokee-Lemp History Fair this weekend

Celebrate National Preservation Month on Cherokee Antique Row as you shop and tour our historic district during the Cherokee-Lemp 10th Annual History Fair.

EVENT: Cherokee-Lemp 10th Annual History Fair
DATE: May 16 & 17, 2008 - Saturday & Sunday
TIME: 10:00AM - 5:00PM
Free Live Music Noon - 4:00PM
PLACE: Cherokee Street, from Jefferson East to DeMenil Place
COST: Free admission

Enjoy free live music performances by "The Original Knights of Swing" St. Louis's premier big band ensemble both Saturday & Sunday from Noon to 4:00PM at the intersection of Cherokee and Illinois.

Dozens of history markers offer a self-guided tour of the area while you shop among over 30 retailer outlets featuring antique and vintage furniture, china and glassware, retro cécor, vintage clothing, architectural artifacts, folk art and an amazing variety of collectible and specialty items.

Visit our Art and Photography Galleries, Museums, and Restaurants featuring the area's newest microbrewery, The Stable, at 1821 Cherokee Street. The Stable takes its name from its location in a building that once served as the horse stables and wagon house used by the Lemp brewery.

While you're here, don't miss the 3rd Rehabbers Club Annual Used Book Sale at the Chatillon-DeMenil Mansion. This year, the Chatillon-DeMenil House Foundation's Used Book Sale has a great collection of books related to fabric art and various crafts, as well as some really really nice art books.

All proceeds benefit the restoration of the Chatillon-DeMenil House, which has been operating as a house museum since 1966 -- and tours are free during the sale! We have some beautiful ceramics, portraits and decorative arts at the house (as well as a beautiful house), and even some hair art if that's your area of interest.... Come on down for a tour and take some cheap books home with you!

This popular sale donates all proceeds to the Chatillon-DeMenil Mansion for ongoing renovation projects. Guided tours of the mansion are available 10:00AM - 4:00PM. The last tour of the day starts at 3:15PM.

Spend the night where famous beer barons slept at the Lemp Mansion Restaurant & Inn and enjoy both days of the Fair!

Custom Stretched Canvases/Art Panels at City Art Supply

Hand-built by working artist Jeremy Rabus, these canvases and art panels are made to your specifications, and are assembled, stretched, and primed with emphasis on quality craftsmanship. Jeremy's canvases and panels have been produced for St. Louis's top professional artists, students, and hobbyists alike.

Uses
Custom canvases and panels from City Art Supply are compatible with oils, acrylics, gouache, flashe, virtually any medium. Art panels are highly versatile -- recommended especially for mixed media projects and classic egg tempera paints for durability.

Quality
Jeremy constructs his canvases and panels from approved and rigorously inspected materials like birch plywood, clear white pine and fir, and 10 lb cotton duck canvas, each piece triple-coated with professional high-coverage gesso for maximum seal and durability. The surface can be sanded down to an ivory-like consistency for an
extra charge.

Pricing
Some sample prices for three popular canvas sizes. These are approximate prices only, based on previous canvases:

12"x12"=$14.68 3'x4'=$58.30 5'x7'=$168.35

Art panels are similarly priced; may vary depending on the surface material.

Estimates/Ordering
Email zen_servo at hotmail dot com for an order form in PDF, or pick one up at City Art Supply. You will get a free estimate for your canvases or panels, and work will begin once we receive a materials deposit, which goes toward the final price. Your finished canvases or panels may be picked up at:

City Art Supply
3215 Cherokee Street
St. Louis, MO 63118
314-771-5375

Store Hours:
M-Sat, 12-6
Sun, 12-4

oil painting class @ City Art Supply

New ink, paint, pens, brushes, and other items have arrived at City Art Supply.

Stop in today–Thurs. and spend 10 dollars or more and receive a free ticket to Midwest Mayhem at the City Museum on Thursday night courtesy of KDHX (while supplies last). More info on Midwest Mayhem.

Also, sign up for oil painting classes at City Art Supply for the month of June.
Every Saturday (+the last Sunday from 12pm-2pm) in June the class will meet at City Art Supply from 10am-12pm in the gallery space for instruction on basic oil painting by Phil Jarvis.

150 dollars per person (tax included)

This price includes all materials (one 18x24 stretched canvas, 3 brushes, 3 tubes of paint – black, white and your choice of Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre or Sap Green) and the use of an easel. Mineral spirits will be provided by City Art Supply.

You can contact City Art Supply to sign up by email, phone or stopping by. Limited space available and payment is required to reserve a spot.

City Art Supply
3215 Cherokee St
St. Louis, MO 63118
314-771-5375


Mon - Sat: 12pm-6pm
Sun: 12pm-4pm

Ballroom Dance at the Casa Loma

May 15: Ballroom dance with the 24-piece orchestra, Gateway City Big Band at the Casa Loma Ballroom, 3354 Iowa at Cherokee.

Free ballroom lesson from 7:45-8:30 PM.

General Admission: $10. For more information call 664-8000. For the complete May schedule go to May 15: Ballroom dance with the 24-piece orchestra, Gateway City Big Band at the Casa Loma Ballroom (3354 Iowa). Free ballroom lesson from 7:45 - 8:30 PM. General Admission: $10. For more information call 664-8000. For the complete May schedule go to www.casalomaballroom.com or call 664-8000.

Gary Passanise: Diary of Consequence at Snowflake

Gary Passanise: Diary of Consequence

May 2 - June 6

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday-Saturday 12-6pm

Snowflake
3156 Cherokee Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63118
snowflakecitystock.com


Diary of Consequence:

Works on paper and mixed media constructions.

The work selected for the Snowflake exhibit chronicles a significant chapter of my life.

After twenty-two years I closed my New York workspace in March of 2009. Shipping and storing paintings, sculpture, works on paper, books and a variety of collections that became in a sense a diary of work, of life, of time.

As some diaries are written and kept private, these are re-configured as objects. Revealing or with direct nuance concealing a content of ebb and flow.

What can be read from the constructed diaries is a logic of skewed observations and twisted irony. Relationships made from scrap and literature link pathways short and long, near and distant.

The works on paper range in date from 1989, a selection from the late summer of 2008 and works completed in the last days of April 2009.

Presented is a continuing dialogue of drawing and constructions as the conceptual observation of all possibilities.

-Gary Passanise

Artists on Flat Files at Snowflake

Stop in Saturdays 11am-3pm to view the Snowflake Flat Files.

Currently on File:

Maria Marshall
Clyde Ashby
Peter Pranschke
Gary Passinise

Current Show: Gary Passanise Diary of Consequence

Showing at Drive-By: Jessica Kiel-Wornson



Location: 3156 Cherokee Street (at Compton)
St. Louis, Missouri 63118

Upcoming Classes at the Firecracker Press

Classes at The Firecracker Press
(2838 Cherokee)

May 16, 30, June 6, & 13 from 1 - 4 PM. Bookbinding: this course teaches the ancient art of binding books. Learn several book structures and amaze your friends. Paper and some materials included. Some tools needed. Cost = $195.00 + $30.00 (supply fee).


May 18, June 1, 8, & 15 from 6:30 - 9:30 PM. Letterpress Poster: learn to make a poster the Firecracker way. They'll teach you how to carve your design into a linoleum block and print it on their presses. Paper, ink, and tools included. Cost = $195.00.

May 27, June 3, 10, & 17 from 6:30 - 9:30 PM. Poetry Broadside: get your hands dirty printing your favorite poem, quote, or excerpt. They'll teach you the art of typesetting using their mystic collection of letters. All materials included. Cost = $195.00.

For more information or supply list, call 776-7271.

Workshop & Auditions & Audition Workshop

Audition Workshop - Stop Making the Same Mistakes!

Work in Film and TV
Learn from a Working Professional with experience in Top 10 films and TV’s highest rated shows. Bill Chott (Saturday Night Live, The Ringer) teaches you his secret methods.

Learn Audition Technique Tips and Tricks:
How to Prepare for the Unexpected.
Get an Instant Guaranteed Callback!
Learn how to market yourself.
Turn a Question into an Instant Showcase!
Audition Technique Workshop
Only $50! Register with a friend and save $10
Sunday May 10 7-9pm
At The Improv Trick
2715 Cherokee Street
St. Louis, MO 63118
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Comedy Audition with Saturday Night Live's Bill Chott

The Improv Trick will be holding comedy auditions on Sunday, May 24, 2009 from 3:00 - 6:00 pm at 2715 Cherokee. For work with Bill Chott (Saturday Night Live, The Ringer) on stage, at festivals, tours, corporate events, and online content. All ages, no experience necessary. Call 314-922-1998.

Bill Chott
Actor: Website Reel IMDb
The Improv Trick
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Multicultural Audition

The Improv Trick will be holding multicultural auditions for scholarships and performance on Sunday, May 17, 2009 from 7-9 pm at 2715 Cherokee. Seeking African-American, Latino, Asian, all ages and all ethnicities for work with Bill Chott (Saturday Night Live, The Ringer) on stage, at festivals, tours, corporate events, and online content. All ages, no experience necessary. Call 314-922-1998 or e-mail at info at theimprovtrick dot com.

Studio space in Cherokee Place Incubator

There are two studio spaces available and each is about 400 square feet

Located in the Cherokee Place complex.

Owner Agent has already secured occupancy permit for space.

There are restrooms, water fountain, alarm, and wireless internet that are covered by a small CAM charge.

There is also one retail space available for $400/month it is over 400 square feet and includes utilities.

If interested in a personal showing, please call Will at 369-5515.

Cranky Yellow tonight: masked human photo paintings, crap glued to crap, a plastic projection soundscape room and a free exchange

CRANKY YELLOW TONIGHT!!!!
May 8th, 7-11pm
2847 Cherokee St

Carolyn Slonim's opening for "I Feel" an eerily surrealistic collection of hand painted traditionally processed photographs of masked humans interaction with space.

"Crap Glued to Crap" is celebrating its new window view. A delightful multi-media explosion for all the world to see as channeled through David Wolk, Sam Kertz, Brett Marren and Lyndsey Scott.

Emily Hemeyer is performing at 9pm as GHOSTS I HAVE BEEN inside a plastic projection room with bones of the past created with Grace Woodard of KDHX who will be DJing throughout.

In addition Cranky Yellow is inviting local anyone to participate in a FREE EXCHANGE of crap. So please bring anything you don't want and leave it on the tables provided for someone else to deal with. Oh and if you bring something. You have to take something.

A link you love...

Cranky Yellow: http://www.crankyyellow.com

Oil Painting Classes @ City Art Supply

Sign up for oil painting classes at City Art Supply for the month of June.

Every Saturday (+ the last Sunday from 12pm-2pm) in June the class will meet at City Art Supply from 10am-12pm in the gallery space for instruction on basic oil painting by Phil Jarvis.

150 dollars per person (tax included)

This price includes all materials (one 18x24 stretched canvas, 3 brushes, 3 tubes of paint – black, white and your choice of Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre or Sap Green) and the use of an easel. Mineral spirits will be provided by City Art Supply.

You can contact City Art Supply to sign up by email, phone or stopping by. Limited space available and payment is required to reserve a spot.


City Art Supply
3215 Cherokee St
St. Louis, MO 63118
314-771-5375
http://www.cityartsupply.org

Chautauqua Art Lab: Day 4

Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts
3151 Cherokee St
St Louis MO
6:30- 10:30?
Artist Viewpoints: Innovations and Boundaries in Community Art Practice. Followed by Q & A.

Cindy Tower- East St. Louis Painter, New York Installation Artist, once Red Groom's studio assistant, trained by Allan Kaprow, and an off the wall community collaborator.


Keith Buchholz- The St. Louis Fluxus Artist and winner of "individual who sends greatest quantity of personal mail via Grand post office". A sort of king of mailed collaborations, he's even got mail from Yoko Ono.


Lyndsey Scott- Community Artist of Vacant lots and empty streets. Recent collaborator for the People's Joy Parade. Creator of the Belly Laugh under the arch.


Peat Wollaeger- International Graffiti artists and our own local advocate for the society of Luchadors. Recent exhibitions in Melbourne and Art Basel Miami.


Maya Escobar- You Tube artists extraordinaire, come hear how this woman's multiple identities has caused such controversy. Other projects include: "El es Frida Kahlo" and "Berlin's Eruv".


Ana Rockaway- Our own link to the Rockaway Armada legacy that some few years ago traveled down the Mississippi on a homemade boat bringing revelry and inspiration to all river folk.


Followed by music from Ana's band: BANGERANG


Calendar: http://www.tinyurl.com/constellate

Woodcut Class at All Along Press LAST CHANCE!

This is the last week before the All Along Press woodcut class on May 9 and 10. LAST CHANCE TO SIGN UP...

This class will be dedicated to observing and practicing relief printing (woodcuts, linoleum cuts), the oldest method of printmaking. Printing demos will include how to properly ink, proof, and print from a block. In class, time will be devoted to developing imagery, carving, viewing other relief prints, and production of small relief prints using either linoleum or wood blocks and oil based inks.

Sign up online or print out the form and bring it down to 3155 Cherokee Street...

Steven
All Along Press
3155 Cherokee Street
Saint Louis, MO 63118