As Above - So Below
Kim Richardson, Carl Keck, Molly Davis, Jenni De Suza, Travis Lawrence, Amy VanDonsel, Mike Paradise, Chris King, Dana Smith, Josh Norman, Christopher Gustave
Friday, October 24, 2008 7PM-10PM
2101 Locust, Saint Louis, MO (NW corner of Locust and 21st across from the Taproom)
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Saturday, November 1, 2008 7PM
Koken Art Factory, 2500 Ohio Street, Saint Louis, MO 63104
At the very mention of the name, Art Attack!, Sotheby’s cowers in fear. This year’s event, Art Attack!: Day of the Dead Art, takes auction bidding wars to new levels of fun and destruction, with proceeds from the chaos benefiting both KDHX Community Media and South City Open Studio and Gallery.
Art Attack!: Day of the Dead Art takes place on Saturday, November 1, 2008 at the Koken Art Factory (2500 Ohio Street, Saint Louis, MO 63104). Doors open at 7:00 pm, and the event will begin at 8:00 pm. Tickets are $10 at the door.
Art Attack! is a competitive art destructo-auction, featuring works by 32 local artists, styled as a single-elimination tournament, with the overall winner taking home $1,000. Losing paintings face the possibility of destruction.
Here’s how it plays out: Randomly selected pairs of paintings will compete head-to-head. Audience response to each painting will be measured by an Applause-O-Meter, with the piece receiving the most applause proceeding to the next round. Losing works of art will then face a perilous future in front of the Wheel of Misfortune. This large wheel includes several imaginative ways of destroying the losing piece. If the Wheel lands on “Certain Death,” the piece will be destroyed immediately. If not, the audience will have a chance to save it by bidding on it in an auction. If the minimum bid determined for the round is not reached, the piece will be destroyed accordingly. Last year’s methods of destruction included a chainsaw, a baseball bat-wielding hillbilly, a samurai armed with a sword and even an Edward Scissorhands.
Art Attack!: Day of the Dead Art spans five nerve-rattling rounds until the final winner is announced. Participating artists understand that there is a possibility of their artwork being destroyed. However, this is a fun, high-energy atmosphere that provides great exposure regardless of the outcome of the competition — and money raised from the auction benefit two fine art organizations in Saint Louis: KDHX Community Media and SCOSAG.
See pictures from last year’s event here.
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Poetry Scores Art Invitational
Friday, November 21, 2008
Hoffman LaChance Contemporary, 3100 Sutton Blvd, Maplewood, MO
The poem “Nailed Seraphim” by K. Curtis Lyle is the subject of the 2008 Poetry Scores Art Invitational.A copy of “Nailed Seraphim” is available on the poet’s blog. Each artist will make a new piece of art that responds to “Nailed Seraphim” and is named after a verbatim scrap of language from the poem. The work will be displayed and positioned around the space, according to where in the poem the language chosen for the title of the artwork appears. This makes for a fascinating and perhaps unique curatorial experience, in that the poem itself basically hangs the show (or tells Robert Goetz how and where to hang it). The work will be sold on silent auction, with the artist setting the opening bid. Any money brought in from a sale will be split evenly between artist, venue, and Poetry Scores.
Poetry Scores is a St. Louis-based arts organization that translates poetry into other media, including music, visual art, film, beer, food and experiences.
Invited artists include: All Along Press, Jenna Bauer, Mike Behle, Derrick Bostrom, Bradley Bowers, Stan Chisholm, Jon Courneyer, Andrea Day, Chris Dingwell, Greg Edmondson, Jaime Gartelos, Robert Goetz, Gene Harris, Sue Hartman, Rick Hawkins, Michael Hoffman, Kim Humphries, Jerald Ieans, Oliver Jackson, Alisa LaChance, William LaChance, Dianna Lucas, Karen Lyle, Michael Lynch, Sandra Marchewa, Tim McAvin, John Minkoff, Jaxon Noon, Carmelita Nunez, Adelia Parker, Melanie Persch, John Pruitt, Tony Renner, Libby Reuter, Melina Rodrigo, Stefene Russell, Lyndsey Scott, Daniel Shown, Thomas Sleet, Mathew Strauss, Justin Tolentino, Andrew Torch, Cindy Tower, Amy VanDonsel, Jason Wallace Triefenbach, Brett Williams and Eric Woods.
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Past Events
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
Third Annual City-Wide Open Studios
July 15, Preview Party
5:30 - 9:30 pm
July 19 and 20, Open Studios
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
July 20, Starving Artists BBQ
4:00 - 8:00 pm
My studio will be open on Sunday, July 20th, 2008 from 10AM - 4PM. Check back here or at the Open Studios website for more information as it becomes available.
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“Let Them Eat Art,” Maplewood’s Bastille Day Event
Friday, July 11th 2008 6 - 11PM
“Live art by St. Louis’ top artists, belly dancing, dream interpretation, top spinning, face painting, live music, a fire shooting ice cream truck, St. Louis Craft Mafia, French influenced food and drink! Fun for all.”
In addition to the exhibition at Studio Altius, artists will be painting live and showing their work in various downtown Maplewood businesses. I’ll be painting at the Well Body Clinic and will have work for sale there.
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Cinco de Mayo 2008
Organized by Cherokee Station Business Association.
Wall Ball
Saturday, April 5, 2008 7PM - 11PM
Third Degree Glass Factory, 5200 Delmar, Saint Louis, Missouri
$30 per ticket
Pulsating. Hypnotic. Electrifying. Wall Ball is arguably one of St. Louis’ most notorious annual events, engaging an eclectic mix of artists, patrons and admirers. The cornerstone fund raiser for St. Louis City Open Studio and Gallery (SCOSAG), Wall Ball 08 will be from 7-11pm on Saturday, April 5, 2008 at Third Degree Glass Factory, located at 5200 Delmar.
Wall Ball is an interactive event that features more than 40 artists working live on pieces of artwork that guests bid on throughout the evening’s festivities. In its fifth year, Wall Ball will overtake Third Degree Glass Factory for one night. Expect energizing DJ mixes, savory appetizers and satiating cocktails. All proceeds benefit SCOSAG, including the cash bar, so show your support by sharing the news or buying tickets today.
Tickets are available at: Uma, Parker’s Table, Atomic Cowboy
After Party
An after party will be held at Atomic Cowboy, located at 4140 Manchester Road in the Grove neighborhood. Admission is $3 after 10 p.m., or free with a Wall Ball wrist band.
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Art Attack
November 16th, 7PM - Midnight
South Broadway Athletic Club, 2301 South 7th Street, St. Louis, Missouri
Press Release:
KDHX Community Media and South City Open Studio and Gallery for Children (SCOSAG) present Art Attack! on Friday, November 16 at the South Broadway Athletic Club from 7:00 p.m. to midnight. Art Attack! is Saint Louis’ first and only rock ‘n’ roll art destructo-auction. Outrageous and chaotic, this competitive art event will benefit both KDHX Community Media and SCOSAG. The event features original works from 32 local artists, including local celebrities. Completed works may be viewed at the KDHX TV studio during regular business hours from November 1 until the day of the event. Works may also be viewed online.
Art Attack! is a single elimination tournament consisting of five rounds in which pairs of paintings will compete head-to-head. Audience response to each painting will be measured by an Applause-O-Meter, with the piece receiving the most applause progressing to the next round.
Losing works of art then face a perilous future in front of the Wheel of Misfortune. This large wheel includes six diabolical and imaginative ways of destroying the losing piece. If the Wheel lands on “Certain Death,” it will be destroyed immediately. If not, the audience will then have a chance to save the piece by bidding on it for a minimum of $50 in the first round, $75 in the second, and so on. If the minimum is not reached, the piece will meet its demise without delay.
The excitement will continue throughout five nerve-rattling rounds until the final winner is announced. The creator of the winning piece will win $1,000 cash, as well as the comfort of knowing that their art will live on.
Art Attack! will also feature the gritty blues of Casey Reid and bluegrass-punk of The Monads in between rounds.
Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door at 7:00 p.m. or for advance purchase at the South Broadway Athletic Club.
The South Broadway Athletic Club is located at 2301 South 7th Street in St. Louis, Missouri.
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