Sidewalk sale at Firecracker

The Firecracker Press is having a sidewalk sale on Saturday, November 5.  There'll be all kinds of cool stuff to buy, including a tabletop letterpress, printing blocks, and crazy discounts on some posters.

Details here.

El Cheapo Poster Sale at the Firecracker Press

Time	Saturday, February 5 · 11:00am - 5:00pm
Location	The Firecracker Press 2838 Cherokee Street
More Info	Get your hands on some of those sweet letterpress posters you’ve been ogling! There will be a great selection of cheap posters to fancy up your lonely walls. In addition to this one-day poster sale, we have cards, books and plenty of other eye candy ready for your shopping pleasure. Come visit our shop and see the antique printing presses we use to put our distinctive mark on paper. Posters starting as low as $2 $5 entry fee for a special preview starting at 10 am. You get first dibs! Saturday February 5th from 11-5 2838 Cherokee Street Saint Louis MO 63118 Call (314) 776-7271 or visit www.firecrackerpress.com for more info

"GIFTED 2010" Original Art for Holiday Giving opens at PHD Gallery...

"GIFTED 2010"
Original Art for Holiday Giving
The 2nd Annual Holiday Gift Show at PHD Gallery

December 4 - January 8, 2011
http://phdstl.com/gifted2010.html

Please join us for
the Opening Reception
Saturday & Sunday,
December 4 & 5, 2010,
11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Featured artists include Mark Weber, Marsha Sanguinette & Susan Nanny, Jim Sabo, Ruth Ann Reese, Casey Rae, Nick Prinster, Michelle "Mike" Ochonicky, Janet Mueller, Kevin Lurton, Noel Leicht, David Lancaster, Raymond Houston, Carrie Gibbs, Mark Florida, and Jerry Breakstone.

ALIVE MAGAZINE RAVES: "Skip emptying your wallet at the big box stores and give a truly unique, handmade gift this holiday season. PHD Gallery's second annual holiday gift show features the work of over a dozen artists at 'recession friendly' prices. Find locally produced original oil paintings, textile art, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, photography and limited-edition prints. To add to the holiday cheer, 'GIFTED' opens in tandem with the 27th Annual Cherokee Antique Row Cookie Spree, where local merchants at each store feature unique surprises and a delicious variety of holiday cookies" ALIVE Magazine, December 2010

PHD Gallery
2300 Cherokee Street,
St. Louis, MO 63118
Noon to 4:00 pm,
Thursday - Sunday
(314) 664-6644
http://www.phdstl.com

Vendor spots available for First Saturday Art Bazaar at 2720 Cherokee

From Priscilla Meinz

so this is going to be the first of a continuing 1st sat. of the month art bazzar at 2720 cherokee.  the fee for vending is 15 and vendors need to arrive between 8-9:30 to get a space.  there will be live music, an open bar, and the upstairs art gallery as well as all kind of vendors.  i will be the contact person and am putting this together as fast as possible as i just got this rolling.  this too is an open event, open to ideas for the future and hoping to use this community art space for many upcoming events or whatever may add to the place/community.

let me know if you are interested or just show up as this is a bit more lax than it will be in he future.

         check out the loyal family/2720 website....

Sale and live music at Firecracker this Saturday

This Saturday, February 6,Valentine Sale at Firecracker from 11-3. Cards, gift boxes, journals, posters, and FREE music from the Bottoms Up Blues Gang at noon. 

More info from Firecracker:

As you look to your weekend, plan on stopping by the Firecracker Press for our biggest SALE yet! This Saturday, 2/6/10, we'll be OPEN from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.! This SALE is ONE DAY ONLY!

Over half of our posters will be marked down by 50%! Cards and stationery discounted up to 50% original price!

It's also the perfect day to get a Valentine for your sweetheart! We have new Valentine cards that are the perfect way to tell anyone how you feel — do something special — buy local and handmade!

There's MORE!!! THE BOTTOM'S UP BLUES GANG of St. Louis will be putting on a FREE performance for all ages! We designed and printed an exclusive  and limited edition poster for the BUBG - it will be on sale tomorrow only! Hurry in to get yours, and I'm sure Jeremy and Kari would sign it for you!

The Firecracker Press
2838 Cherokee Street
St. Louis, MO  63118

(314)776-7271

Holiday craft sale this weekend

Join six local craft artists at 3211 Cherokee Street for holiday shopping Friday December 11 from 5-9 pm and Saturday December 12 from 10-5.

• Handcrafted jewelry by Lisa Colby, Jennifer Walker and Peg Fetter
• Ceramics by Renee Heyer-Starrett
• Mixed media jewelry by Anna Anghileri
• Hand stitched leather bags by Sleeth Mitchell

"Gifted" at PHD Gallery

"GIFTED"
Original Art for Holiday Giving
December 3 - January 3, 2010


Please join us for
the Opening Reception
Saturday & Sunday,
December 5 & 6, 2009,
11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Skip the malls this year and make your gift giving a unique expression of creativity! PHD Gallery hosts “GIFTED” original art for holiday giving.

Featuring the work of more than a dozen local and regional artists, the seasonal exhibition offers “recession-friendly” artwork priced to fit your holiday budget.

Included among the artworks, buyers will find original paintings, collage, sculpture, scrimshaw, ceramics, glass, jewelry, photography and limited-edition prints.

Featured artists will include Mark Weber, Susan Sullivan, Mary Beth Shaw, David Lancaster, Jimmy Liu, Jim Sabo, Michelle “Mike” Ochonicky, Eric Hoefer, Joe Chesla, Mark Sheppard, Leslie Holt, Charlie Houska, Jeff Kapfer, Noel Leicht, David Wallace, and Polly Saputo.

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"GIFTED" opens in tandem with the 26th Annual Cherokee Antique Row Cookie Spree. Local merchants will offer a host of holiday surprises with each store featuring a variety of holiday cookies! Enjoy music, festivities and old-fashioned yuletide charm.


PHD Gallery
2300 Cherokee Street
St. Louis, MO 63118
Noon to 4:00 pm,
Thursday - Sunday
(314)664-6644

CheroFlea Market at CAMP

From CAMP's Outreach Coordinator, Lyndsey Scott:

CheroFLEA MARKET @ CAMP

Saturday October 3, 8am-3pm

3026 Cherokee Street


A la dream interpretation website:

*Basement* The house generally represents your psychological and emotional self. Each part of the house may deal with a different part of you. The basement is built first. It is often below ground (or at least some parts of it), and is essentially the foundation of the house. Dreaming about a basement and understanding the dream, may provide you with valuable information which may lead to greater self-awareness. A recurring dream about basements (i.e. being in a basement, a basement, furnishing a basement, etc.) should not be ignored. These dreams may be symbolic of your unconscious, instincts and intuition, and degree of awareness of a current situation or a problem.

I recently had some really stellar basement dreams, straight up dancing with brooms in subterranean clouds, spacious, mysterious. More recently than that, I’ve spent many love-labor hours alongside other collective members giving the underbelly of CAMP, the Community Arts and Media Project, a great scouring – in keeping with the current effort to regenerate the project’s vision and efficacy in engaging creative, socially-responsible strategies for community building on Cherokee Street. For sanity, I engaged with this work of schlepping, sorting, and disposing the ruins as play -- a treasure hunt performance piece remix of Whachoogondowithallthatjunk, while envisioning what it is we hope to make space for.

Whereby, You are duly invited to come browse the oddities unearthed and celebrate this milestone of shapeshifting with us. Together with neighbors’ stuff, a hodgepodge including books, bikes, furniture, costumes, mirrors, shelves, toys, et al awaits you, and we look forward to raising funds for the bike shop, youth art, and other programs.

If you’re falling in love with Cherokee but have not yet been to CAMP, make your way thru. I think you’ll find we are developing into a site that can nurture a uniquely expressive and honest dialogue with the neighborhood. It’s piqued my creativity for months….

CheroFLEA MARKET @ CAMP
Saturday October 3, 8am-3pm
3026 Cherokee Street

For more on CAMP click here.

For more on the CheroFLEA MARKET visit Cherokee Street News

To volunteer in setup/cleanup or with CAMP in general, call (314) 827-4730.



Love from

Lyndsey Scott

CAMP Outreach Coordinator

New web site and sale this month at City Art Supply

From Dana Smith:

Hello,

A quick note to let you all know about our new website. It's finally up and ready, take a look around and visit back for updates.
cityartsupply.org

The website features a blog where I'll be updating on a regular basis regarding events, sales and new product arrivals.
cityartsupply.org/blog/

Speaking of which, throughout the month of September we're having a sale on a number of different products in the store. Also on the 12th we'll have a small opening for photographer Bob Reuter.

Stop on in for a visit and say hello.

Thank you.
Dana Smith
City Art Supply

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

40% (!!!) OFF Sale at City Art Supply

Whoa! This is quite a sale:

Did you see the latest news on consumer prices? STL Today article.

Prices shot up in June ... but not at City Art Supply. In fact, prices have shot DOWN and they're going to be even lower for the next 17 days. Starting today and ending on July 31 ALL items at City Art Supply will be an additional 40% OFF the already low price. This includes all paints, brushes, canvases, paper, ink, pens, printing supplies, cutting material, mediums, gesso, everything.

All in-stock items are 40% off July 15 - 31. Stop in today to take advantage of these low prices.

Please take note of our new store hours:
Tuesday - Saturday
12pm - 6pm

We're overhauling our website and it should be up and running soon. In the meantime you can become a fan on Facebook or a friend on MySpace. Next month we have a couple events booked, stay tuned for more info soon.

The wonderful Thomas Crone wrote a nice piece on City Art Supply that appeared in the Saint Louis Beacon. You can see the article here.

Thank you.
City Art Supply
3215 Cherokee St.
St. Louis, MO 63118
314-771-5375
TUE - SAT
12pm - 6pm
www.cityartsupply.org

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