May-June 2018 Happenings

MAY-JUN 2018

Arts energizing St. Louis communities

Letter from the President Greetings, Friends!

Summer is upon us, and with that, warmer weather that’s drawing us outside to reconnect with each other and this wonderful region we call home.

This issue of Happenings is dedicated to one of the Arts and Education Council’s (A&E) elements of a vibrant community — the power of the arts to energize communities and forge connections between us, deepening our roots in the region.

It seems particularly timely as we get out in our neighborhoods this season.

Programs in community art centers, galleries and community theaters, among

others, serve as vital gathering spaces for neighbors and enhance the vibrancy of neighborhoods. This is particularly true in underserved or revitalizing areas, where increasing the availability and accessibility of arts opportunities makes a more vibrant community for all.

On the following pages, you’ll find stories about three local organizations

using the arts to energize their communities (p. 3-4). You will also find stories about the growth of the Tennessee Williams Festival, an A&E grantee and former tenant in our Centene Center for the Arts incubator (p. 5) and how one woman in Sullivan, Missouri is bringing more art to the rural community (p. 7).

And, a summer issue would be remiss without sharing a new way both to

get outside and enjoy the arts this summer at the inaugural Paint St. Louis Plein Air Festival (p. 6).

Thank you for your support for A&E. Together, we keep art happening in

communities across St. Louis, fostering a more vibrant region for all.

Sincerely,

ON THE COVER: Granite City Art and Design District’s G-ROCK musical festival in summer 2017. Programs in community art centers, galleries and community theaters serve as vital gathering spaces for neighbors and enhance the vibrancy of neighborhoods. For more about this happening in St. Louis communities, see p. 3. Photo courtesy Granite City Art and Design District.

Cynthia A. Prost President and CEO P.S. Don’t forget to use your ARTS Card this summer! A&E members get 2-for-1 discounts at many of the region’s arts activities. Visit KeepArtHappening.org for a list of upcoming discounts. Plus, ARTS Cards make great gifts for mom or dad!

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Arts energizing St. Louis communities

S

t. Louis is often described as a

city of neighborhoods, each with

solve problems they see,” Gibson noted.

“They are using their creativity to

director.

its own identity, story and sense

Last winter, FAEC served as an ad hoc

Oberkirsch, Central Print executive “The boys will stop by after school.

of pride. Those distinct identities are

homeless shelter. Afterward, the students

Some of them think my office is their

rooted in many aspects — from the

decided to build a colorful outdoor

office,” she added with a chuckle.

architecture, to the food and, yes, the arts.

coatrack outside FAEC and fill it with

clothes, blankets and toiletries for

Print Studio, a free family-friendly

around the arts as powerful community

those who need them.

printmaking activity funded by an A&E

development tools. St. Louis is no

PNC Program Grant, at the ONSL

exception to this ripple effect. Take

the bus stop and have ideas for creat-

Farmers Market.

Freedom Arts and Education Center (a

ing bus shelters in their neighborhood.

past A&E PNC Program grantee) as an

Central Print is when she sees neigh-

example.

know good stuff can happen here and

bors of all ages who come in to use the

it does,” said Gibson.

equipment and studio space end up

program of a youth ministry in Brentwood.

helping each other.

Twice a week, Andrew Gibson would

(ONSL) is Central Print (an A&E

pick up students living in and around

grantee). Since July 2014, the nonprofit

Oberkirsch. “Studio participants

the historic Lewis Place neighborhood

has become a fixture in the historic

become friends and give each other

in northwest St. Louis City and bring

neighborhood, offering open studio

rides or eat lunch together.”

them to the St. Louis County suburb

time, programs and classes in letter-

for tutoring and art activities.

press printmaking at its facility in the

Art and Design District (G-CADD)

In summer 2015, the church was

heart of the revitalizing area best

began in 2015 as an extension of Fort

going to discontinue the program, but

known as home to Crown Candy.

Gondo, the gallery on Cherokee Street

Gibson decided to keep it going,

that closed last year after a 15-year run.

bouncing between temporary locations

stop in to say hello,” said Marie

There are ample reports and studies

Founded in 2012, FAEC began as a

They have since created a bench for

“The message is better now. They

Not far away in Old North St. Louis

“Community members often just

Central Print also offers the Summer

Oberkirsch says the magical part of

“Everyone becomes a teacher,” said

Just over the river, the Granite City

continued on page 4

until Apostles Church reached out offering Gibson just the space he needed in Lewis Place.

Students at the Freedom Arts and Education Center with the community coatrack they designed and painted for homeless residents in their Lewis Place neighborhood.

“The message was setting in that

we’re going to pick you up where you live and take you to a place where good stuff happens,” said Gibson.

“Instead, we wanted to say that we’re all in this together and building a sense of community where they live and go to school.”

Since officially opening the new

space in January 2017, Gibson says there has been a shift in how the

“Before, we would just go and do

tutoring, make art, play basketball and leave. Here, they see the problems being connected. They see this is our neighborhood, this is our community and we’re not leaving.”

He adds that the students are

embracing their neighborhood in a different way.

Photo courtesy Freedom Arts and Education Center.

students see FAEC.

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continued from page 3

“We started G-CADD as a new sense

of discovery. It was quintessentially the land of opportunity with nine vacant

Photo courtesy Central Print.

Communities

storefronts,” remembered Galen Gandolfi, G-CADD project manager.

The experiment began as a con-

certed effort between Fort Gondo, Inc. and several other entities, including the economic development office and local leadership.

In the three years since opening,

G-CADD has evolved to offer a variety of programs from artistic collaborations and free exhibitions to sustain-

Central Print hosted the Summer Print Studio in Old North St. Louis thanks to an A&E PNC Program Grant.

ability and rain water projects that are attracting residents from Granite City and beyond.

you don’t have to leave all day if you

don’t want to,” said Marianne Laury,

neighborhoods where arts organiza-

opening, he said he hadn’t witnessed

G-CADD curator and director of pro-

tions are serving as vital gathering

as many cars parked on that street

grams.

spaces that create connections among

since the late 1950s,” Gandolfi said.

residents, starting a ripple effect of

have seen the two remaining vacant

“When our alderman attended the first

The team hopes to see it grow even

more in the future.

“It would be nice to make this a street

Since G-CADD’s early success, they

properties on the block purchased and redeveloped by local residents.

Across the St. Louis region are

positive change for us all.

For more about the ripple effect the arts create by supporting a vibrant community, visit KeepArtHappening.org/blog

Photo courtesy Granite City Art and Design District.

Area residents at G-ROCK, a summer music festival hosted by G-CADD in June 2017.

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GRANTEE UPDATE:

Tennessee Williams Festival returns May 10-19 Photo by Switch.

W

hen the Tennessee Williams Festival (an A&E grantee) returns this May with “A Streetcar Named Desire” at the Grandel Theatre among other events, art will imitate life with the festival’s 2018 theme.

“The theme of this year’s festival ‘The French Quarter Years’ focuses on Williams’ spiritual awakening as an artist after his move from St. Louis to New Orleans,” said Executive Artistic Director Carrie Houk. “This is when he adopted the moniker Tennessee and started to come into his own.”

Houk notes that this year’s festival is a “big step up” for the organization.

“The production, directed by acclaimed regional theatre and opera director, Tim Ocel, brings to us a cast at the top of their game and a very strong team of designers. We are also presenting Jacob Storms in his highly acclaimed one-man show, ‘Tennessee Rising’, coming to us straight from New York,” she added.

The festival will also bring back the popular panels, jazz brunch and Stella Shouting Contest.

May marks the third year of Tennessee Williams Festival, which incubated in the Arts and Education Council’s (A&E) Centene Center for the Arts in 2016.

That same year, A&E served as fiscal sponsor of the organization. Houk says that support was critical to the organization’s future success and its ability to

come into its own this year.

“Without that support we could not have been as strong as we were coming right out of the gate in 2016,” Houk said.

“In the two years since, we have solidified our staff, board and creative team and have become known and respected across the country and beyond.”

With that growth, the Tennessee Williams Festival has been able to make theatre more accessible as well, an effort supported by A&E. In 2017, the Festival received a grant from A&E’s Monsanto Creative Impact Fund, a program designed to support new initiatives in a more nimble way for the community.

Last September, the organization brought the legendary playwright’s work to the streets of St. Louis with a production of “10 Blocks on the Camino Real”, performed by the National Theatre of Ghana.

“I really think theatre belongs to the community,” Houk said at the time. “It’s not just for the elite.”

The Tennessee Williams Festival is May 10-19 in Grand Center Arts District. For more information, visit twstl.org. A&E ARTS Card

Life in an arts incubator One of the most powerful examples of the Arts and Education Council’s (A&E) impact is the Centene Center for the Arts, A&E’s arts incubator located in the heart of the Grand Center Arts District.

In 2005, A&E used historic tax credits and a lead gift from the Centene Charitable Foundation to

members get $5 off tickets. For more infor-

restore the 19th century building.

mation, visit KeepArtHappening.org/calendar.

Now, the Centene Center for the Arts is home to 20 arts organizations of all sizes and artistic disciplines. It is a

The Tennessee Williams Festival production of “10 Blocks on the Camino Real” performed by the National Theatre of Ghana in Strauss Park in September 2017.

place where artists and arts organizations thrive and their impact in the community grows.

Life in an arts incubator is vibrant and varied. On any given day, there are musical recordings by GRAMMY Award-winning artists, rehearsals by avant garde theatre companies, community brainstorming sessions by civic leaders and more.

For more information about the Centene Center for the Arts, visit KeepArtHappening.org/Centene-Center.

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ART INSIDE:

Golf the Galleries

ART OUTSIDE:

The Paint St. Louis Plein Air Festival Carol Strock Wasson. Light in Brookville.

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rowing up, Sandy Brooks’ parents forbid her from making art. They didn’t see it as a way to earn a living, certainly not the same way their science degrees could. Brooks saved her babysitting money anyway, until she could afford to buy a full set of Rembrandt pastels.

“They were $23 a piece, which when you’re making a quarter an hour, is a lot of money,” Brooks remembered.

The pastels sat untouched while she pursued a career in pediatric physical therapy. Then a disability forced her to shift gears and she remembered those pastels.

“I was going to sell them on eBay, but decided maybe I’ll play with them first. So for the last four years, I have opted to be an artist.”

Brooks quickly immersed herself in art making and in November 2016, she founded the Academy of Nature and Wildlife Arts to merge science and art.

“Da Vinci and Einstein both said that the scientist’s lab and the artist’s studio are the two places left for free thinking and exploration,” Brooks said. “They come at it from different perspectives, but they are both trying to solve problems.”

This spring, the Academy will host the inaugural Paint St. Louis Plein Air Festival (May 18-20), a three-day celebration of the artistic and ecological diversity of the region.

The festival will include painting events, workshops and family friendly activities throughout the St. Louis County Parks. Local and national plein air artists will paint at various landmarks including the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Kirkwood Farmers Market and sunset over the river bluffs at Fort Belle Fontaine. The public is encouraged to observe and participate during the painting events.

“Art is something we all need to be doing to decrease our own stress, to express ourselves, to increase our understanding of what’s going on in the world around us,” Brooks said.

Paint St. Louis Plein Air Festival culminates on Sunday in Queeny Park with Explore the Arts, where there will be free art activities for all ages. Event partners include Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis Artists’ Guild and Craft Alliance (all A&E grantees), among others.

Brooks hopes the festival will grow to a full week in the future that can leverage the variety and vibrancy of St. Louis’ arts and culture opportunities to encourage more residents and tourists to appreciate St. Louis as a vibrant destination.

The Paint St. Louis Plein Air Festival is funded in part by support raised through the Arts and Education Council’s stARTup-StL Crowdfunding platform. The festival runs May 18-20. For more information, visit academyofnatureandwildlifearts.org.

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When you need to escape the heat and humidity of a St. Louis summer, make your way over to The Sheldon Art Galleries for “Golf the Galleries”. The playable, artist-designed nine-hole mini golf installation opens June 1.

Designed to be accessible and family-friendly, the course combines the visual arts with the fun of mini golf to create a truly unique experience.

The designs range from whimsical streetscapes with unexpected animal inhabitants, an Alice in Wonderland themed tea party and a classic chess conundrum, to immersive structures including a wall of mirrors and a black-light rainbow environment.

“We are so excited to be partnering with U.S. Bank on this interactive project,” said Sheldon Art Galleries Director, Olivia LahsGonzales. “This all-ages course will combine visual arts with the fun of mini golf to create a truly unique experience. We hope that this course moves to the top of everyone’s summer activity list.”

Viewing the golf exhibit is free.

Fees to play the course are $10 per adult; $6 per child. A&E ARTS Card members receive a 2-for-1 discount on tickets. Purchase tickets in person at The Sheldon Gift Shop during “Golf the Galleries” hours.

For more information, visit TheSheldon.org or call 314.533.9900.

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Community Art Bus spreads art across Sullivan

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hree years ago, Dottie Zimmerman

as Zimmerman explores the possibilities

“SAAC is a proud sponsor of CAB’s

and her family packed up their

of what this could become for Sullivan.

Artist Trading Card project because it

life in Lansing, Michigan for an

“The hope is that it will become an

is helping to improve community

opportunity in Sullivan, Missouri that

actual studio on a bus that could travel

awareness of and appreciation for the

would bring them closer to family.

around to Sullivan and surrounding

arts, to promote art in the area, and to

Zimmerman has an arts background,

rural communities and bring program-

encourage local artists to create and

so she sought out family arts activities

ming to the area,” she explained.

share their work,” said Diane Prusik,

that would help them settle into their new community.

Zimmerman wasn’t really sure what the response would be when she embark-

Sullivan Area Arts Council president.

As Zimmerman looks to the future of

ed on this adventure two years ago,

CAB, she hopes to produce another

60-mile trek to St. Louis and there wasn’t

but it’s been nothing but positive so far.

community based art project similar to

much art happening on closer to home.

“The community here is really sup-

She found it cumbersome to make the

That’s when Zimmerman got an idea.

what she accomplished with the trad-

portive of the arts. Any time I approach

ing cards project. She has also had

somebody about working on a new

interest from other communities like

brought arts programming to Sullivan

project they’ve been excited and

Cuba, Missouri, to bring CAB program-

and surrounding communities? She

responsive,” she said. “They’re pumped

ming there.

could partner with existing organiza-

up to get something out in the commu-

tions like libraries, banks, schools and

nity and always willing to work with me.”

What if she started an initiative that

coffee shops. And the programming

From school murals to an artist trad-

“These projects are getting art out into the community that is pure and imperfect,” said Zimmerman. “You don’t

would be free, except for some fee-

ing card project, CAB’s activities have

have to be an artist to participate. You

based classes.

only strengthened the community’s

can come do a community art mural and

civic pride. The partnerships have been

have never picked up a paintbrush.”

Zimmerman’s idea has become the Community Art Bus (CAB). For now,

rolling in, too, including from the Sullivan

the organization is a metaphor of a bus

Area Arts Council (an A&E grantee).

CAB spearheaded an Artist Trading Card Project across Sullivan, partnering with schools to create the cards and local businesses and libraries to display the final products.

Photos courtesy Community Art Bus.

Sullivan area residents painting a mural at the local library as part of a Community Art Bus project.

For more information about the Community Art Bus, visit communityartbus.org.

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Three Questions with St. Louis Classical Guitar Society’s Kevin Ginty

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Photo provided.

ast summer, Kevin Ginty moved

2018 stARTup Competition finalists announced

to St. Louis from Tallahassee, Florida to assume the role of

Executive Director of the St. Louis Classical Guitar Society (an A&E grantee). Happenings sat down with the Las Vegas native to learn more about his first year in the Lou, his commitment to arts education and what’s ahead for the 37-year-old organization.

What has been your impression of St. Louis since moving here last summer?

Before I came to St. Louis, I hadn’t really considered it much, but when my fiancé (now wife) and I visited, we fell in love with the city immediately. There is so much to offer here in terms of arts and culture, food and entertainment.

We really love St. Louis. A year later, my wife and I are still finding lots of exciting things to do and places to eat.

What’s your arts story?

I was fortunate enough to have guitar as an elective in my middle school,

Kevin Ginty

which led me to attend a performing arts high school. I was sort of naïve in thinking this was a common experience

classical guitar and the curriculum we

for high school students to be so

use to co-teach with the classroom

steeped in the arts. When I got to

music teacher at these schools. The

Florida, I saw the state of guitar and

classroom teacher can see how it

music education in public schools was

works and eventually run it themselves.

so different than what I had experi-

enced. I really felt inspired to do what-

getting these programs into the school

ever I could to help change that and

day. Right now, a majority of our

promote music education.

schools are after school programs,

The most exciting vision that I see is

which are great for different reasons.

What’s on the horizon for St. Louis

They provide an outlet for students

Classical Guitar Society?

to have something productive and

It’s an interesting time for us. I’m the

worthwhile to do after school, but our

first change in leadership they’ve had

curriculum is really in-depth. It has

in over 30 years. The biggest thing

nine levels, so working with the school

we are focusing on is expanding our

districts for it to be a graded course

education program.

during the school day would be the

We support 20 schools currently with teaching artists. We send a teaching artist who is knowledgeable about

big picture dream for us.

For more information about the St. Louis Classical Guitar Society, visit guitarstlouis.net.

Six entrepreneurs have been named finalists in the 2018 stARTup Competition, a partnership between the Arts and Education Council and the PNC Foundation.

The finalists are, in alphabetical order: Campfire, an organization that draws on storytelling, literary arts and narrative to provide tools and resources for everyday St. Louisans to share their stories; Connect the Arts, a web-based social and employment-oriented platform designed to empower and connect artists, arts organizations and arts supporters; Different Dynamics, a center for special music education based on a foundation of trained music educators working with students with special needs; The Makers Program, an entrepreneurship community for under-represented artists and makers of color; Tixxter, a tool that allows for customizable arts subscription package across participating arts organizations; and Who Raised You?, a listening collective that trains and partners with local residents in recording and sharing oral histories through digital media.

Finalists will present their ideas to the panel in early May. Winners receive resources and support needed to accelerate their idea for how to change the world through the arts in St. Louis, including seed funding from a cash pool of $20,000, a year of free space in A&E’s Centene Center for the Arts and mentoring from A&E staff and the competition panel.

For more information about the stARTup Competition, visit KeepArtHappening.org/stARTupCompetition.

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A&E NEWS:

Spring recap

Photo provided.

To date, 20 workplaces have hosted giving campaigns for the Arts and Education Council this year. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP celebrated the completion of their two-week campaign in March with a six-story ping pong drop. Contestants competed for tickets to the St. Louis Symphony, Fabulous Fox Theatre and St. Louis Blues.

St. Louis welcomes new artistic leadership program, fundraising, outreach and education programming, as well as collaborating with civic partners to develop the Washington Avenue creative district.

Andrew Jorgensen has been named OTSL’s fourth general director in the company’s 43-year history. He is currently the Director of Artistic Planning and Operations at Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center. Jorgensen will work closely with Timothy O’Leary during OTSL’s 2018 Festival season until O’Leary’s departure on July 1.

Kathleen Bibbins

Tom Ridgely will join Shakespeare Festival St. Louis as Executive Producer, a title that encompasses both artistic and executive leadership roles.

Ridgely, a Drama Desk-nominated director, producer and educator, currently serves as artistic director of Waterwell in New York, which he founded in 2002 with actor Arian Moayed. Ridgely assumes his duties May 21, in time for the 2018 Festival season.

Keep an eye on the Arts and Education Council’s blog for more information about these new leaders at KeepArtHappening.org/blog.

Tom Ridgely

Photo provided.

Photo by Jody Christopherson.

The St. Louis arts community leadership is shifting. Three Arts and Education Council (A&E) grantees, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL), Saint Louis Fashion Fund and Shakespeare Festival St. Louis recently named new leadership after extensive national and international searches.

Kathleen Bibbins, formerly an independent business consultant and Vice President at Maritz, was appointed Executive Director of the Saint Louis Fashion Fund in March. Bibbins will develop the Fashion Fund’s Incubator Photo provided.

On March 18, the Arts and Education Council welcomed more than 120 guests to Opera Tastings at the Centene Centene Center for the Arts. The program, produced by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (an A&E grantee), pairs bite-size performances with menu selections by local chefs. Food and drink for the March 18 event was provided by David Kirkland of Turn.

Andrew Jorgensen

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UPCOMING EVENTS:

Young Friends of the Arts Join A&E’s Young Friends of the Arts and Yoga Buzz at the Centene Center for the Arts on May 10 for rooftop yoga and an art show. Tickets ($20; $15 for YFA members) include yoga, food, drink and the art show.

For tickets and information about

other upcoming YFA events, visit KeepArtHappening.org/YoungFriends.

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