August 6, 2021

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CONTENTS Front & Center

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PASTA WITH PEP For LN readers with healthy appetites, Amanda Elliott, the chef-owner of Columbia’s Beet Box, presents a scrumptious-sounding recipe for penne with vodka sauce.

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Kids MD Health Notes Healthy Appetite Crossword Puzzle FEATURE: Back to School

Gatherings & Goodwill

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Design & Décor HOME, SWEET HOME LN fave Bethany Christo chats with the mother-and-daughter entrepreneurial team behind the new St. Louis-based online boutique Elysia Home, whose wares focus on “creative comforts” in entertaining, resting, working, decorating and wearing.

On the Cover

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Promise Community Homes

Arts & Culture

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The Trio On Trend

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Design Elements

A VISUAL DIALOGUE

FEATURE: Elysia Home

Clayton’s Bruno David Gallery has been running an exhibition seeking to bridge the divide between abstract and figurative art.

FEATURE: Mod Co.

60 Local Eats 61 Arts Speak 62 Ready Readers

63 FEATURE: Local Ballet Film

64 FEATURE: “Bilingual: Abstract & Figurative”

On Aug. 28, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will be hosting its Saints Gala at Busch Stadium, presented by Centene Charitable Foundation. Learn more about the event and St. Jude’s lifesaving mission starting on Page 10. Photo by Christina Kling-Garrett.

Your Life in Bloom

“At The Gatesworth, every day is a celebration of us. Every decision—from food to programs and events—is ours to make. Whether it’s a special occasion dinner at one of the three on-site restaurants or a spontaneous lunch in the garden— the choice is ours. We’re enjoying a full, vibrant, colorful life at The Gatesworth.”

— Bob & Mary Kay, Residents of The Gatesworth

Now welcoming new residents.

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The Gatesworth is committed to equal housing opportunity and does not discriminate in housing and services because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.

LADUE NEWS General Manager Susan Eckert seckert@laduenews.com E V O R A W O M E N’S H E A LT H

EDITORIAL Editor-in-Chief Emily Adams | eadams@laduenews.com Copy Editor & Staff Writer Bryan A. Hollerbach | bhollerbach@laduenews.com Digital Editor & Staff Writer Andrea Smith | asmith@laduenews.com

Ensure your second half of life is just as healthy as your first

Staff Writer Amanda Dahl | adahl@laduenews.com Contributing Writers Bethany Christo, Amanda Elliott, Dr. Joseph Kahn, Connie Mitchell, Brittany Nay, Sheila Oliveri, Nancy Robinson, Mabel Suen, Katie Yeadon Contributing Photographers Christina Kling-Garrett, Bryan Schraier

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

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Pencils have been sharpened, backpacks have been filled and masks matching that perfect first-day-of-school outfit have been purchased.

As families prepare for yet another school year full of challenges due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, metro area schools and nonprofits are, too.

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Starting on Page 23, LN contributor Brittany Nay shares some of the most innovative programs launching locally to help students overcome a wide array of obstacles this school year.

On Page 14, LN pediatric health columnist Dr. Joseph Kahn shares his recommendations heading into this academic year, and on Page 16, LN regular Connie Mitchell gives a COVID-19 research update from experts at Washington University in St. Louis.

And for those select adults who miss schoolsupply shopping each year as summer comes to a close (is that just me?), flip to Page 45 and Page 52, where LN’s Bethany Christo interviews the leaders of two of the metro area’s chicest new home décor boutiques – perfect for decking out your pandemic-era home office with bold, modern and locally inspired accessories.

Wishing all metro area students, parents, teachers and administrators a happy, healthy and successful school year,

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ON THE COVER St. Jude Children’S reSearCh hoSpital

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By Maggie Peters | Photos by Christina Kling-Garrett

ince opening its doors in 1962, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has stayed true to its mission to treat and defeat childhood cancer, while ensuring families never recieve a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food.

“We believe that all a family should have to worry about is helping their child live,” explains Allison Newton, Market Director for ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “St. Jude has helped to increase the childhood cancer survival rates from 20 percent to more than 80 percent.”

The hospital treats not only acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common form of childhood cancer, but also other lifethreatening pediatric conditions, including immunodeficiency diseases, blood disorders and sickle cell disease.

St. Jude is leading the way in how the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancers. St. Jude freely shares the discoveries it makes, so that doctors and scientists around the world can use that knowledge to save thousands more lives.

Newton explains, “We’re taking St. Jude to the world. Ninety percent of young cancer patients live in low- and middle-income countries with an estimated cure rate of only 20 percent. We are

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trying to change that.”

One way St. Jude looks to support its lifesaving research is through fundraising initiatives. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, organized by major childhood cancer organizations nationally, and St. Jude will be kicking off the related festivities with its Saints Gala presented by Centene Charitable Foundation on August 28.

“Throughout September, there will be several ways for the St. Louis community to get involved,” Newton explains. “We will be wrapping up Childhood Cancer Awareness Month with the St. Jude Walk/Run at Ballpark Village on Sept. 25, and on the same day, there will be a St. Jude Walk/Run at Hammons Field in Springfield, Missouri.”

The Saints Gala name plays on St. Louis, St. Jude and the Saints Candles line created by majority St. Louis Cardinals owners Bill and Ira DeWitt, the proceeds of which benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The DeWitts are honorary co-chairs for the Saints Gala, alongside former Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith and his fiancée, Yolonda Lankford.

“Bill and I are honored to play a part in the inaugural Saints Gala in St. Louis this summer,” says Ira DeWitt. “We have been partnering

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with St. Jude through the sales of our candle line, and this gala is an exciting and meaningful way to further engage the St. Louis community with the important and lifesaving mission of St. Jude.”

Guests will receive star treatment, from the gold-carpet entrance to the cocktail hour and dinner on the surface of Busch Stadium.

There, the first-ever St. Jude Mission Experience will be unveiled; a 3D sculpture experience that brings St. Jude patient artwork to life.

Special speakers will include a St. Jude survivor from St. Louis who is now a physician at St. Jude. Additionally, there will be an auction that includes a seven-day wine experience for four in Tuscany, Italy, with a St. Louis native host and a VIP experience to watch the Inspiration4 spacecraft launch.

The goal of this fundraising event is to raise $1.5 million. There will be a fireworks display when the goal is reached, followed by an afterparty on the warning track. For those who can’t attend in person, these offerings can be bid on online.

“This Saints Gala weaves the powerful mission of St. Jude with the rich tradition of the St. Louis Cardinals,” Gala Chair Katie Marischen confirms. “Guests will experience a star-studded evening, the likes of which our city has never seen – all right in the heart of Busch Stadium!”

ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 680 Craig Road, No.300, St. Louis, 314-925-5600, stjude.org

We’re taking St. Jude to the World. ninety percent of young cancer patientS live in loWand middle-income countrieS With an eStimated cure rate of only 20 percent.

We are trying to change that.”

– Allison Newton

WHAT/WHERE/WHEN the Saints Gala Busch Stadium, 700 Clark Ave. St. Louis Aug. 28, 2021, 6 p.m.

Presented by Centene Charitable Foundation and co-sponsored by Renaissance Financial, Clayco Inc., Vee-Jay Cement, the Joyce Aboussie Charitable Foundation and Stifel, this gala lets guests experience an extravagant night on the diamond of Busch Stadium! Enjoy cocktails, dinner and after-party entertainment while supporting the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Register online at stjude.org/thesaintsgala.

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Back to School

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KIDS MD

Kids and the COVID-19 Vaccine

By Dr. Joseph Kahn

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he Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine – which I myself received in January – is now approved for children 12 and older and will soon be approved, likely by Emergency Use Authorization, for children between the ages of 2 and 11. EUA is used during a public health emergency and means that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have determined that the vaccine is both safe and effective.

Especially with school starting soon, my professional recommendation is, if your children are eligible for the vaccine, they should get it.

I often hear people say kids don’t get sick with COVID-19, so they shouldn’t get the vaccine. Although most children don’t get severely ill, the vaccine prevents your child from unknowingly spreading COVID-19 to others who may not be able to get the vaccine, such as the immunocompromised and babies.

You and everyone around your child are safer if he or she is vaccinated, and he or she is safer if you are vaccinated, as well. At this time, available vaccines are effective against the delta variant currently prevalent in Missouri. However, if our community doesn’t reach herd immunity soon, it is possible another variant could arise that is resistant to the vaccine.

COVID-19 can cause illness, severe conditions such as multisystem inflammatory disease, long-term complications and death in both adults and children. Just like pertussis (whooping cough), polio, meningitis and many other previously common childhood illnesses, COVID-19 can be prevented with a vaccine.

Side effects of that vaccine are similar in children to those in adults – temporary pain at the injection site, muscle aches, headache and a mild fever.

Although your child might be able to attend school and participate in sports and other activities whether or not he or she is vaccinated against COVID-19, it’s safer for everyone if he or she is indeed vaccinated.

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Dr. Joseph Kahn is president of Mercy Kids (mercykids.org), an expansive network of pediatric care dedicated to meeting the needs of every child, every day.

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HEALTH NOTES

Local Research at Work

By Connie Mitchell

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s COVID-19 cases again increase across much of the nation, researchers continue to study the efficacy of existing COVID-19 vaccines. At Washington University in St. Louis, a team of researchers recently published data in the journal Nature indicating a strong and long-lasting immune response for the Pfizer vaccine, which was the vaccine studied.

In particular, the team found that lymph nodes in vaccinated people continue to churn out cells that make antibodies against the virus.

Within the lymph nodes, structures known as germinal centers generate these antibodyproducing cells.

Once created by the germinal centers, “cells with the best antibodies get feedback to expand, improve and turn into either specialized antibodyproducing cells or memory B cells,” explains Jackson Turner, a postdoctoral researcher at

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Washington University School of Medicine. B cells are a type of white blood cells that produce the antibodies critical to immunity. “The antibodyproducing cells that come from germinal centers can survive for decades, maintaining protective antibody levels in the blood,” Turner continues.

Finding germinal centers at work for up to four months after receiving a vaccine, as the Washington University team discovered, is surprising. Dr. Rachel Presti, a Washington University infectious disease physician at BarnesJewish Hospital and a senior author of the study, notes: “From animal studies and prior work on influenza vaccine, we haven’t really seen germinal centers persist this long.”

Presti adds that this is among the first studies to look at how long germinal centers persist in the presence of a new antigen, like the virus’ spike protein. “Since the B cell response in the blood usually only lasts around three weeks, we didn’t

expect the germinal center response to last at least three months,” she says. “This is evidence of a really robust immune response. Your immune system uses germinal centers to perfect the antibodies so they can bind well and last as long as possible. The antibodies in the blood are the end result of the process, but the germinal center is where it is happening.”

While the team’s findings are encouraging, the study was small, and Presti says the team is planning to expand their work to consider other populations, such as immunocompromised individuals, and the effects of other COVID-19 vaccines.

“It’s very promising that these vaccines induce a strong response and has been really pivotal in helping us understand how the immune system works in response to vaccines,” she says. “We hope that these kinds of studies will help us to understand more in the future to make even better vaccines to protect against infections.”

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cinch to make, this penne with vodka sauce pairs well with grilled salmon or vegetables – but I sometimes enjoy a big bowl of it by itself. Use tofu cream cheese to lighten the recipe; also, omitting the Parmesan makes the dish vegan.

As another juicy tidbit, swapping fresh, summery heirloom tomatoes for canned San Marzano tomatoes adapts the dish for fall/winter recipe rotation.

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Serves | 6 to 8 | 1 lb penne 3 Tbsp olive oil 1 onion, small dice 6 cloves garlic, chopped s alt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste ½ tsp red chile flakes 2 Tbsp vodka 28 oz heirloom tomatoes or canned San Marzano tomatoes, crushed 1 Tbsp sugar 8 oz Tofutti cream cheese 3 cups shaved Parmesan, divided 1 cup chopped basil

| Preparation | Bring a pot of salted water to a boil; add penne and cook until al dente. Drain, rinse and set aside.

Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan set over medium heat, add oil, onion and garlic; season with salt and pepper. Sauté until onion is translucent, for approximately 5 minutes. Add red chile flakes, vodka and tomatoes; reduce heat to low, and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.

Add sugar, cream cheese and 2 cups of Parmesan; continue to simmer for 5 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed. Stir in basil. Pour sauce over cooked penne, and toss to combine. Top with remaining Parmesan, and serve immediately.

Amanda Elliott is the chef at Peachtree Catering (peachtreebanquet.com) in Columbia and authors the website Rustic Supper (rusticsupper.com), where she shares recipes centering on the idea of the communal table and embracing the heritage of food through travel. She also hosts a series of pop-up dinners in Columbia called Sunday Suppers.

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Metro area schools and nonprofits launch innovative initiatives to support students’ return to the classroom this fall.

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n response to the COVID-19 pandemic and top-of-mind social issues of 2020-21, metro area schools and education-focused nonprofits are launching innovative initiatives to support local students. From STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) programs to violence-prevention curricula to special-needs access and beyond, here are some of the strategies set to help springboard student success this school year.

EdHub STL Innovation nonprofit Venture Café St. Louis’ EdHub STL program supports local innovators closest to educational equity gaps in designing solutions that meet an urgent need for area students.

One such St. Louis innovation, ROSA, is tackling how educators s é St. Loui Venture Caf l, al Sm manage students’ emotions this r le Photo by Ty school year.

“The program launched in 2021 to help schools identify students experiencing mental health challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but is now expanding to track student emotions to improve emotional intelligence and to prevent emotional anxiety, depression and suicide this school year,” says Marcus Howard, Ph.D., EdHub STL’s expert-in-residence. innovationhallstl.org

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On Sunday, Oct. 24, Gateway to the Great Outdoors will host a Brain Teaser Bash in St. Louis’ Tower Grove Park to raise programming funds for the upcoming academic year at Saint Louis Public Schools.

Gateway, a nonprofit sharing the joys of nature and STEAM learning with kids across St. Louis, has planned mindchallenging STEAM puzzles, science experiments and more for the first-time event.

Funds will help Gateway continue empowering low-income students through STEAM and environmental education opportunities in St. Louis.

This fall, Metro Theater Company is returning to in-person touring of metro area schools with its signature violenceprevention program: Say Something, Do Something.

The interactive, immersive initiative uses participatory theater techniques to build critical thinking, decision-making and interpersonal skills to help students think about how to resolve conflicts without resorting to violence.

This year’s installment has been selected by the National Endowment for the Arts for one of 14 Research in the Arts grants in the U.S. As a result, classrooms participating in the fall will benefit from the program, as well as be part of a study that will potentially help young people across the country.

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Miriam At Miriam, students with learning differences who have not found success in a typical school environment are supported academically and socially in a judgment-free environment.

The K-12 educational organization provides an individualized curriculum, small class sizes, and integrated speech and occupational therapy for students who often have challenges such as learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism, anxiety and sensory-processing differences.

Additionally, Miriam offers private diagnostic testing, tutoring, therapies, counseling and a young-adult program through its Learning Center for ages 2 to 25, as well as a summer camp with academic and social-skills sessions. miriamstl.org

Missouri Historical Society Through a $2,500 grant from the Missouri Humanities Council, the Missouri Historical Society will debut new home-schooling and traditional pre-K to Grade 12 programs focusing on Native American history.

History Exploration Days, school field trips and teacher professional development programs will annually serve about 25,000 students and 200 educators.

“Native American voices and stories are often left out of historical narratives or are presented as a monolith and a relic of the past,” says Sarah Moldafsky, MHS K-12 programs coordinator. “We are seeking to change this perspective by presenting the diversity of Native American history in Missouri, bringing this history up to the present, and looking to the future.” mohistory.org

Oasis Institute To help bridge the educational gap caused by the pandemic among at-risk children in the metro area, Oasis Institute has expanded its intergenerational tutoring program for the fall semester.

The nonprofit educational organization has recruited thousands of volunteers aged 50 and older to serve as literacy tutors for students in kindergarten through third grade. Schools already participating in the program report upwards of 97 percent improvement in student reading levels.

“Students need extra help right now,” notes Mary Click, national intergenerational tutoring director. “This is an important moment in time where we can harness the experience and knowledge among our older adult population and bring one-on-one help to students in the classroom.” oasisnet.org

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The Next Step 2021 Scholarship Celebration Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel, 191 Westport Plaza, St. Louis Saturday, Oct. 2 at 6 P.M. Celebrate both current scholarship recipients and The Next Step alums at this annual dinner. Enjoy presentations and excellent raffle items. Learn more and register at nextstep21.givesmart.com.

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Education is an important step in rebuilding your life after hardship. The Next Step is there to assist those recovering from alcohol or substance abuse to receive that education through providing scholarships.

“Our mission is to provide tuition assistance to individuals who are active in a program of recovery and are pursuing an academic or vocational education that require financial assistance,” explains board president Darcy Glidewell. “There is more of a need for this than ever, as people are out of work and looking to return to school to further their career goals.”

In fact, The Next Step saw no decrease in applications during the height of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. “We were pleasantly surprised that our current recipients stayed in school, and we awarded 70 scholarships for the 2021-22 school year, 22 of which were new applicants,” Glidewell says. “These students didn’t put their education goals on hold; they’re driven individuals and want to pursue their degree.” Even during the shift to virtual learning, Glidewell says that The Next Step’s recipients excelled.

This dedication deserves celebration, and that is exactly what The Next Step plans to do at its 2021 scholarship dinner on Oct. 2. Although last year’s annual dinner was virtual only, this year The Next Step plans to host the event in person at the Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel while poised to pivot to a hybrid of inperson and virtual should guidelines change.

“The dinner this year will focus on the accomplishments and achievements of not only our current recipients but also our alumni,” Glidewell says.

“We’ll have several of our most successful alumni returning to join us and will also feature the journeys of three current students who want to share their stories.”

The event will also include three high-end raffle items: a 7-night stay at a Florida beach house; a fine dining package featuring seven of the metro area’s top restaurants; and a sports lover’s package that includes trips to see the Chiefs in Kansas City and the Blues in Chicago, plus tickets for Blues and Cardinals home games. Raffle tickets will also be offered for purchase online.

You can also support The Next Step by donating online or by helping the nonprofit get its name and services out to those in need. “People just don’t know, even others in the treatment and recovery field,” Glidewell says. “We really want people who may qualify to know about our scholarships and apply.”

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“We live in an amazing place where we have a lot of generous folks and ealth, hunger, hygiene. These rank among the highest companies that understand…we are on the frontlines for these kids,” he says. needs throughout the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

“We’ve never said ‘no’ to one child during this whole pandemic. That support has Care to Learn’s Greater St. Louis region continues been invaluable.” to deal with an unprecedented rise in children who He is excited to celebrate that community are going without these partnership at the upcoming, in-person fundraiser, basic human essentials A Night at the Sands Las Vegas, a sixties-style event – and founder Doug Pitt with thematic elements of the decade the Rat Pack discusses how the organization has kept a pulse ruled the town. on children in the community.

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“One of the biggest surprises we saw started “When you rally around something like Care to last summer,” he says. “We had kids out of school Learn, where you know your efforts are helping kids, [and] about seven out of every 10 kids who needed it makes that a win-win-win.”

Care to Learn assistance were brand new to the Black tie and creative dress are encouraged program. A 70 percent increase? The increase has at the fundraiser, with sponsorships beginning been monumental.” at $1,000. Stay up to date on event details at Care to Learn typically operates within its caretolearn.org/ratpack60s. partnering school district chapters by providing “We’re social creatures,” Pitt says, admitting to access to essentials like food, clothing, prescription pandemic fatigue. “That ability to get together, share eyeglasses and more through school staff. It’s often a glass of wine and have these conversations…It’s the teachers or bus drivers or people who work something that we as adults need for ourselves. It’s directly with area children that convey unmet needs one of the biggest, most fun events that I attend in to the nonprofit.

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“We take a lot of pride in running Care to Learn Care to Learn has 38 chapters in Missouri and like a business,” Pitt says. “We stay in our lane of five within the metro area at Bayless, Hazelwood, St. health, hunger and hygiene. We focus on…operating Charles, Warrenton and Wright City. In the coming in our schools. During the pandemic, sometimes year, the organization aims to add more chapters the rulebook gets thrown out.”

Denise Cage, director of Care to Learn greater st. Louis Region in the region to address the community’s need on a Care to Learn has expanded beyond its bigger level. relationships in Ferguson and North County to work with Mercy Health systems Pitt encourages people and companies to reach out, noting that Care to Learn in its new clinic, enabling the organization to feed 1,000 families in neighboring is always happy to pay a visit and help however possible as a partner. school districts.

He adds: “Right now, the need count is extremely high – and the need for funds “Kids were hurting,” Pitt expresses. “They needed help. So, we had to go off continues every day, so that we never have to say ‘no.’” script. At the end of the day, we were able to feed and help give supplies to a thousand families outside of our normal school chapters, three different times.”

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Ambella Home Collection’s Emperor petite sink chest in cadet blue is crafted from mahogany with French Regency gold details. It includes the Carrara marble top and porcelain sink bowl.

A broad range of finishes is offered. (ambellahome.com)

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Going Beyond the Usual Expectations!

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5 Webster Acres

848 S. Meramec Avenue

7728 Country Club

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9143 Lawn Avenue

14 Hillvale Drive

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8043 Watkins Avenue

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1033 North Drive WARSON WOODS

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16 Ridge Line Drive WARSON WOODS

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DESIGN ELEMENTS

Down the Rabbit Hole

By Andrea Smith | Photos courtesy of Nistenhaus Design

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he whimsical, vibrant interior design of this Clayton home has gained attention across the globe, with some calling it an “‘Alice in Wonderland’ mansion.”

The home was featured on the Zillow Gone Wild Instagram account followed by 1.2 million people when it was listed on the market with Kirkwood’s Tadlock Brueggemann Real Estate.

The interior designer, Michael Wyrock, says he drew inspiration from the client’s unique personal items and eclectic art collection. Wyrock is the owner and senior designer of Nistenhaus Design, a St. Louis architectural and interior design firm, and Warehaus by Nistenhaus.

“This property is such a good example of how we see our clients’ homes being an expression of them as individuals,” he describes. “The approach in this home is to bring excitement to the inhabitants of its rooms. When being met with so many examples of vibrant art and a rainbow of paint and fabrics, it’s hard for a visitor not to press on, room by room, to see what each has in store for them. So I guess in that respect, there is a

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story unfolding that keeps you guessing, much like a fairy tale.”

Bold color and exuberant patterns and textures define the living area shown here.

Wyrock points out the dazzling portrait of the late U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as one of the most intriguing pieces of art in this space.

“It is such a true expression of both the subjects’ larger-thanlife presence and the client’s love of fabulous execution of color and texture, wrapped up in a mixed-media piece for the ages,” Wyrock muses. “The piece was ceremoniously installed only weeks prior to the passing of RBG and in many ways will serve as a perpetual memorial of her legacy.”

The original work by metro area-based artist Zack Smithey features thousands of colorful

gems representing “RBG’s strength, personality and vibrancy,” according to Smithey’s website.

Wyrock acknowledges that the colors in this space might appear excessive to some, but says the success of an interior design depends on how it makes the homeowner feel.

“Colors that are personal to the inhabitants can have literal effects on the mood of the owner and change your days for the better,” he explains. “Many people can afford to be more daring in their design choices. If your choice can make you smile, it will also be something that will spark joy in others too, and [that’s] worth the risk!”

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Home

By Bethany Christo | Photos courtesy of Lexie Brush, Amy Schromm and Sutton Lasater Jewelry

Local e-commerce home goods company Elysia Home opened its virtual doors in May, welcoming consumers with colorful and unique ‘entertainware,’ jewelry, accessories and home décor.

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he origin story for the new St. Louis-based e-commerce site Elysia Home was born out of the universal pandemic-era reflection on the meaning of home.

“We spent over a year reflecting on what excites us about crafting a home, during a time when the importance of ‘home’ took on a whole new meaning,” the company’s website states.

Laura Schaubert, president of Elysia Home’s parent company, Williamson Home, used the period during which the home décor design-and-manufacturing firm closed down due to COVID-19 to reevaluate her passions and priorities. She approached her daughter, Mary Hayes, who was working in product development at Williamson at the time, to pitch her plan to pivot Hayes into a broader, more creative role: senior brand manager for Elysia Home, the new company and brand Schaubert was developing.

“This is a passion project of hers, in that her personal style doesn’t necessarily align with Williamson’s normal ware, with its neutral and farmhouse aesthetic,” Hayes says. “She wanted a more edgy, creative, rainbow-ofcolors design, which wasn’t really for big box stores.

“I didn’t know anything about marketing; I’d never worked with a web-development company before; I’ve never done wholesale buying before,” continues Hayes, who was on maternity leave at the time. “It’s very rare

in a job where someone tells you, ‘Here’s my creative vision; I’d like you to also have input and make it happen.’”

Launched in May, the e-commerce site’s wares reflect both the mother’s and the daughter’s individual styles and fall into the categories of entertainment (tinted glassware and retro centerpieces), rest (embroidered statement pillows, candles and sleep masks), work (desk accessories and tools for all of life’s to-dos), decorate (in-house designed wall art, vases and mirrors) and wear (“pins, rings and all the shiny things”). Hayes’ aesthetic is more bohemian and includes calming neutrals redolent of parent company Williamson, whereas Schaubert prefers all things bold, bright and fun. “Elysia Home is for people who are loud and colorful and like to entertain – and aren’t afraid to make that part of their home and personal style,” Hayes says.

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Elysia Home is for people who are loud and colorful and like to entertain – and aren’t afraid to make that part of their home and personal style.

– Mary Hayes

primarily (but not exclusively) female-led companies and seeks to find edgier, one-of-a-kind products for creativeminded women of all ages. She maintains a twin focus on selecting St. Louis-based makers who fit the company’s mission; Elysia Home currently features items from St. Louis’ Daily Disco, Golden Gems, Collections by Joya and Sutton Lasater Jewelry. A friend of Hayes owns the last-named and created a special evil-eye pendant necklace ($48) exclusively for Elysia Home.

Hayes calls out a pair of blue-and-white marble-and-pearl hoop earrings as a personal favorite, as well as a four-piece set of hand-blown dotted cocktail glasses for a home’s bar cart and

summer soirées.

In the near future, Hayes is planning a few harvest and holiday edits, a holiday gift guide and rotating, and seasonal Zodiac edits. Looking further out, however, the goal is for Elysia Home to make some of its own products to sell on the site.

“We don’t have potters or jewelers or glass blowers on staff, but we have a whole team of people who are trained and talented with designing and manufacturing their own home décor – wall art, mirrors, larger-scale home items,” Hayes says. “I think it would set us apart even more to have an assortment of things that were exclusive to us, designed by our team just for us.”

In the meantime, Elysia Home will offer all the creature comforts needed to feel right at home, no matter what the rest of this year might hold.

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Lovely

Lettering

By Bethany Christo Photos courtesy of Mod Co.

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Mod Co., as its name implies, is a trendy, sophisticated design and lettering studio for modern paper goods, accessories and apparel.

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xuding sleek sophistication and elegance, Mod Co. is “a graphic design and lettering studio that offers a collection of thoughtfully designed paper goods, accessories and apparel, as well as services such as small business branding and event stationery design,” according to owner and founder Meghan Ostermueller.

Ostermueller “wears many hats – literally and figuratively,” as she is the sole creator of Mod Co.’s handdrawn lettering, designs and digital creations that are printed onto the shop’s wares: St. Louis T-shirts and sweatshirts; city magnets, prints, pins, stickers and buttons; pint and stemless wine glasses; tote bags and ball caps; greeting cards; and more.

The designs are modern and minimalist, often with a typographical emphasis. Bestsellers include the Saint Louis Serif Sweatshirt, with its neutral color palette and retro typography, and the clean, playful pin collection sporting female-empowerment quips such as “Girls just wanna have fundamental rights.”

“I really enjoy Scandinavian design and the simplicity it reflects,” says Ostermueller, who is a selftaught lettering artist with a degree in graphic design from Ohio’s University of Dayton. “I also like pulling inspiration from architecture; I love working clean lines and textures into my pieces.”

Mod Co. goods can be found in person at a permanent display in Kirkwood’s RF Home Co. and at local pop-up events and markets including the Maplewood Market at Schlafly Bottleworks and the Tower Grove Farmers’ Market, as well as online via Etsy.

Judging from the pristine, professional and stylish display setups, as well as the rapport and support Ostermueller has with other prominent makers and artisans in the area, one would assume the studio is a long-established part of the creative small-business community. But Mod Co. was officially founded as recently as November 2019 – a few months before the retail world would undergo a drastic change.

Ostermueller was working full time as a designer on the product development team of a home décor company and, in May 2019, established Mod Co. as a side hustle. “I had been creating art prints and wedding stationery for friends and family in my free time and thought, ‘Why not turn this passion into something bigger?’” she says.

What started as a few small events each month escalated to attending classes, workshops and networking meetups with other female small-business owners, to a very successful winter 2019 season, and then eventually to Ostermueller’s official launch of Mod Co. as her full-time occupation. However, with the external turbulence that existed in 2020, Ostermueller put a renewed focus on work/life balance and prioritizing mindfulness.

Now, halfway into 2021, Ostermueller is stepping back from working full time for the studio as she takes on a new role on the creative team for a business specializing in screen printing and embroidery.

However, she’ll still be designing and creating new products for Mod Co. every season, and the studio’s merchandise will still be sold in-store at RF Home Co., online and at markets and pop-ups most weekends. Next up is Kirkwood’s Greentree Festival on Sept. 18 and 19 and Webster Groves Historical Society’s Christmas Market on Nov. 14.

Ostermueller knows she will always appreciate the freedom her small business has afforded her, no matter how involved she is. “I feel like I can finally have complete creative control over a brand I truly stand behind,” she says.

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Women in Real Estate

By Maggie Peters

Mary Beth Benes

COLDWELL BANKER REALTY – GUNDAKER 314-707-7761, marybethbenes.com

Mary Noel Donovan

JANET McAFEE REAL ESTATE 314-983-2102, marynoeldonovan.janetmcafee.com

A native of St. Louis, Mary Beth Benes has comprehensive real estate knowledge to rival anyone’s, and her expert advice on the area’s best schools and locations is invaluable. Benes assists in homebuilding, buying, selling and relocating and has earned a designation as the No. 1 agent in all of Coldwell Banker Realty – Gundaker.

Mary Noel Donovan loves working with buyers and ensuring her clients are in the best position to make a solid offer when they find the perfect house. In this sellers’ market, it’s essential to look at the competition in the area, evaluate what a house is worth and then make your offer accordingly.

Marcy Byrne

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Marcy Byrne was in retail sales and fashion merchandising for upscale specialty stores in Atlanta and Houston before taking some time off and moving to Colorado. That’s when she got her real estate license and got hooked. From there, she moved to St. Louis to work with her aunt at Janet McAfee.

Stephanie Connell

JANET McAFEE REAL ESTATE 314-265-4739, stephanieconnellstlhomes.com

“As our listing agent, Stephanie never stopped listening or being a strong advocate for our issues and positions, and seemed always able to bring a calm – and sane – sense as we worked through the selling process and getting our house sold. Without question, we would choose Stephanie to represent us again.”– Client Lee R.

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LAURA McCARTHY REAL ESTATE 314-956-0022 (direct), 314-725-5100 (office), lauramccarthy.com

Missy Fish wants to be your agent! She works to price and prep your home so it sells quickly and for the highest price. Or if you’re looking for a new home, Fish will craft an offer that gets the win for your favorite listing. And you just might have some fun along the way!

Susan Cox Holden

JANET McAFEE REAL ESTATE 314-503-3345, susan@susanholden.com

Susan Cox Holden has always been interested in people and homes, and her goal is helping buyers and sellers reach their goals. With expertise in people skills combined with an extremely high level of service concerning anything needed before and after the sale, Holden is always prepared.

Susan Johnston

JANET McAFEE REAL ESTATE 314-541-4149, susanjohnston@janetmcafee.com

“Our experience with Susan Johnston was simply incredible,” says a client. “When you love what you do, it shows. Susan is a true professional – passionate about helping people, and the eternal optimist. She is savvy in real estate with her knowledge of the area, market analysis, networking, diligence and attention to detail.”

Jill Malley

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Allie Rossini and Alison Schneider created their partnership to ensure complete coverage of their clients’ needs and are now happy to welcome Lauren Gillentine to the team. The bulk of their business comes from personal referrals from their loyal clientele, which is a testament to their integrity, hard work and charming personalities.

Elizabeth St. Cin

LAURA McCARTHY REAL ESTATE 314-412-4687 (direct), 314-725-5100 (office), lauramccarthy.com

Jill Malley has spent most of her 36 years in real estate as a top producer at Laura McCarthy. Her energy, enthusiasm and attention to detail have served her well in providing expertise to the success of buyers and sellers alike. Malley is passionate about volunteering and, in her downtime, enjoys hikes in nearby parks.

Elizabeth St. Cin has been a star performer for many years with Laura McCarthy. Not only is she a consistent top producer, but also she knows how to roll up her sleeves and get to work. Her advice is always expert, and her joy and generosity for people are inspiring.

Erin Mellow

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“At every step of our process, Erin was exceptional,” a client confirms. “She anticipated our needs and was always ready with a quick solution to any issue that we experienced. She has represented our family so far in four transactions. We will continue to recommend Erin to all friends and family.”

JANET McAFEE REAL ESTATE 816-769-7017, ajlatang@janetmcafee.com

Whether you are looking to buy your dream home or sell your current house, Ajla Tang will be by your side throughout the entire process. She believes that everyone deserves a catered approach. Real estate can be intimidating; luckily, you have Tang to be the expert in your corner.

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ON THE MARKET

By Maggie Peters

John Jackson Neighborhood Real Estate 314-965-4663, jjneighborhood.com Built in 2005, this fabulous French Colonial home features gorgeous views of the property’s green space from every room, a private mainfloor master suite and a lower-level rec room finished with the same high-quality touches as the main living spaces.

9797 LITZSINGER ROAD | LADUE

Keith R. Manzer Gladys Manion Real Estate 314-721-4755, 314-609-3155, gladysmanion.com Featuring six bedrooms, seven full and two half bathrooms, a five-car garage, two acres, and nearly 10,000 square of living space, this home has it all. Offered at $2,795,000, with an additional adjacent 2.4 +/- acre lot also available for $1,750,000.

15 THORNDELL DRIVE | RICHMOND HEIGHTS

Christy Thompson Janet McAfee Real Estate 314-974-6140, christythompsonrealestate.com This is one of the most charming homes in one of Richmond Heights’ most desired neighborhoods. Located in the Ladue School District, this 4-bedroom, 3½-bathroom home blends architectural charm and sleek, renovated finishes. Enjoy an updated kitchen, baths, a patio and a large two-car garage.

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Perfection is the standard throughout this home, with a magnificent gourmet kitchen, charming sitting areas and offices, fireplaces, a wine cellar, a home theater, an indoor sports court and a spectacular pool encompassed by manicured grounds. This is the home of a lifetime! $3,995,000

The listing closed on this gorgeous Ladue home! Just 14 days after it came on the public market, a buyer was presented a successful sale contract, which was negotiated and accepted. $4,162,500, closed on July 14.

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A unique marketplace, Emporium has been running one of the best malls in the metro area for more than 20 years! Stop by and explore some of the most distinctive furnishings and décor available.

The area’s premier destination for midcentury furnishings and décor, with 20 years of experience selling vintage furniture, lighting, accessories and décor. MoModerne also manages weekly estate sales in and outside of the area.

St. Louis Estate Buyers is a fullservice liquidation company, capable of conducting online and in-person estate sales and estate buyouts. With assistance from a certified appraiser on staff, you can have your estate cleaned out in three to four days.

Stop by St. Louis Estate Buyers’ West County Mall location, and shop an extensive collection of antiques, collectables, jewelry and more. The company also buy single items, collections and entire estates.

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ARTS & CULTURE

60 Local Eats 61 Arts Speak 62 Ready Readers 63 FEATURE: Ballet Film

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LOCAL EATS

CHEF MA’S

By Mabel Suen

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his past winter, the acclaimed go-to eatery Chef Ma’s Chinese Gourmet – which features takeout classics alongside a full menu of Cantonese-style cuisine – moved to larger quarters in Overland after shuttering its original Woodson Avenue location.

The relocation started in late February, with the full reopening effective May 1. The new space on Page Avenue lies just a few miles from the old one.

Chef Ma’s debuted in 2015 under chef Ying Jing Ma. Ma’s culinary journey began in Hong Kong, his birthplace; his subsequent career in hotels and restaurants took him to Singapore, Malaysia, Hawaii, California and, ultimately, the metro area, where he helmed the kitchen at University City’s Mandarin House for almost three years before leaving to launch his own place.

The recent move, as noted, gave Ma a bigger space in a good location. He now owns the

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1,000-square-foot property, which seats 80 – more than twice Chef Ma’s previous capacity of 35. The original restaurant occupied a former Taco Bell; the new one, a defunct Pizza Hut. Although the environs have changed, the menu of Chinese comfort food remains the same.

From it, guests can still choose from traditional items, including one of Ma’s personal favorites, golden yolk pumpkin shrimp: shrimp and squash coated in a light, crisp batter as a savory entrée.

Royal Empress Chicken – another of the chef ’s favorites, regularly seen on tables during staff meals – involves tender poached chicken and comes in both whole and half orders with a ginger dipping sauce and peanuts. Also available for sharing are wholesome hot pots like fish fillet stew, with cabbage, mixed organic mushrooms and chicken meatballs.

A popular vegetarian menu highlight, the

Lotus Veggies Delight, features lotus root and such mixed vegetables as carrots, shiitakes and snow peas in a white sauce. For fans of spice, meanwhile, Ma recommends twice-cooked pork; the caramelized pork belly dish comes with tofu strips and veggies in a sweet-and-spicy sauce.

On the menu’s flip side, Chef Ma’s offers classic chop suey-style dishes including appetizers, soups, entrées, fried rice and lo mein. Monday through Friday, the eatery also offers a lunch special featuring items like cashew chicken and beef with broccoli.

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ARTS SPEAK

A New Vision

By Bryan A. Hollerbach | Photo courtesy of the Saint Louis Art Museum

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he Saint Louis Art Museum recently named the first female director in its 142-year history: Min Jung Kim. Kim, who will officially rank as the museum’s Barbara B. Taylor Director, follows Brent R. Benjamin in that capacity, according to a June press release from the Forest Park institution.

Benjamin helmed the museum for 22 years.

Kim will be only its 11th director in the course of almost a century and a half.

Her predecessor retired on July 1, and till Kim assumes the directorship “later this summer,” according to the press release, Carolyn J. Schmidt, the museum’s deputy director and controller, will serve as interim director.

During almost three decades of museum service, the press release notes, Kim – who hails from Seoul, South Korea – previously served a

notably long stint at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the famed Frank Lloyd Wright-designed edifice in New York City’s Manhattan borough.

Immediately prior to accepting the position here, Kim served as director and CEO of Connecticut’s New Britain Museum of American Art. She also previously served at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University in East Lansing.

“The Saint Louis Art Museum is one of the most prestigious museums in the country, and I am deeply honored to be chosen to lead this great institution,” the press release quotes Kim as saying. “It has a premier collection, a long and distinguished history and a terrific and experienced staff.”

The press release further quotes Kim as saying: “I am excited to build upon the museum’s strong

foundational base, get to know and partner with the diverse communities of St. Louis and work with the talented team of the Saint Louis Art Museum in taking the institution to even greater heights.”

Preceding Kim’s appointment were both a four-month “listening project” involving manifold inputs and a global search.

Charles Lowenhaupt, museum board of commissioners president, is quoted in the press release as saying: “In Min Jung Kim we have found a director who is uniquely qualified to build on our rich tradition, provide a world view of art and culture, and enhance the relationship between our institution and our community in this next era for the Saint Louis Art Museum.”

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READY READERS

Sweet Summer Treats

By Sheila Oliveri

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ake the most of the dog days’ heat by enjoying some really cool treats – both edible and readable!

The Watermelon Seed from writer/illustrator Greg Pizzoli introduces readers to (of all things) a watermelon-loving crocodile.

The croc starts the story with a rhyming ode to the luscious fruit but soon suffers an unsettling accident when he swallows a seed!

Children of all ages should relate to the croc’s reaction: With eyes wide and imagination racing, he envisions a croc/melon metamorphosis beginning. First, the seed sprouts in his tummy, sending vines creeping from his ears. Then his belly bulges, and his skin turns from green to pink.

As his gut growls, the seed-swallower believes he feels the melon enlarging, evidenced by tummy rumbles and increased anxiety.

How does this harrowing tale end? Read Pizzoli’s book to learn the answer!

This month’s second fun read, Groovy Joe: Ice Cream & Dinosaurs, forms the first of three books

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in a series by writer Eric Litwin and artist Tom Lichtenheld.

Groovy Joe – a scruffy, flopeared, tail-wagging troubadour – can’t resist ice cream. In fact, he enjoys his favorite treat with a pal, strums his guitar and sings ice cream’s praises while dancing around the house.

Suddenly, though, the door crashes open, and an angry triceratops thunders into the room!

It stares at Joe’s ice cream – and then produces a spoon! Groovy Joe declares, “It’s awesome to share!” as the trio eat, sing and dance to Joe’s special ice cream song.

Amid their celebration, a T. rex rages onto the scene. Like the previous thunder lizard, however, he glares at the ice cream before also producing a spoon and joining the fun. The song and story continue as more prehistoric pals arrive, but the party woefully screeches to a halt when the

carton empties.

What happens next in this cool, colorful tale?

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From the Ballet to the

Big Screen

By Andrea Smith | photos courtesy of dancing fox pictures

With help from felloW Saint louiS Ballet dancerS and other metro area makerS, elliott Geolat’S film company Will produce The Ride, a film aBout a dancer Who makeS an unexpected, eye-openinG viSit to hiS hometoWn in the ozark mountainS.

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lliott Geolat, Saint Louis Ballet dancer and Dancing Fox Pictures owner, is finally sharing the story he’s wanted to tell for years.

With help from fellow SLB dancers and other metro area makers, Geolat’s film company will produce its first feature-length narrative dance film, The Ride, illustrating the story of a dancer who makes an unexpected, eye-opening visit to his rural hometown in the Ozark Mountains.

Geolat derives inspiration from his own past – his upbringing in St. Francois County, his acceptance into The Ballet Conservatory in St. Louis, and his journey to making a living as a dancer with SLB – as well as the humble beginnings of The Ride’s co-producer/ choreographer Matthew Dibble and cinematographer/ co-creator Christopher Gibbs.

“I make films about what I know,” Geolat says. “I come from a small town but managed – somehow – to become a ballet dancer, and that became my life.”

Although set in a fictional town, The Ride will showcase “beautiful, amazing, quirky places” not far from where Geolat grew up. Intermittent dance sequences filmed in the woods, in a bar, at a drive-in movie theater and in other locations in southwest Missouri will drive the narrative, “sometimes so seamlessly that it’s hard to see where the dancing begins and ends,” Geolat describes.

The Ride isn’t Geolat’s first film to direct, but it was the first project he dreamt up nearly 20 years ago. At that time, he began learning the ins and outs of the film industry, building collaborative relationships with other artists and researching how they might bring this idea to fruition.

Since forming Dancing Fox Pictures, Geolat and his team have completed numerous video projects for area arts organizations and other companies while expanding the company’s creative department that produces narrative and documentary shorts and features. Thus far, Dancing Fox Pictures has screened nine projects in film festivals across the globe.

Dancing Fox Pictures is poised to resume filming The Ride later this summer and into the winter, with hopes of a summer 2022 release. The film’s creators aim to unite local artists from diverse trades and support them financially through this project. Geolat notes that some ballet dancers are unemployed during the summer – during their company’s “offseason.”

“A lot of dancers have other jobs, but they’re not as busy [in the summer],” Geolat explains. “It’s sort of a frustrating time as a dancer, creatively and financially. There’s going to be choreographic scenes with dancers from the Big Muddy Dance Company and Saint Louis Ballet mixed together, as well as [dancers from] some other small companies in St. Louis. I think that really produces vibrant new work, and it’s a positive thing socially.”

More than two-thirds of the film’s budget is set aside for paying dancers and other local artists, while the rest will cover minimal production costs. In the upcoming months, anyone can contribute to these efforts by donating to the next Indiegogo online fundraising campaign, which Geolat expects will launch in August.

Updates can be found on The Ride’s Facebook page and the Dancing Fox Pictures website.

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Creators and Contributors of and to The Ride director: Elliott Geolat cinematographer & co-creator: Christopher Gibbs producers: Elliott Geolat and Matthew Dibble dance choreography: Elliott Geolat and Matthew Dibble cast: Dancers of Saint Louis Ballet, The Big Muddy Dance Company and others first ac: Amy Herchenroether key grip: Sigmund Mulnik Gaffer: Adrian Proleiko pa: Yavor Vesselinov original soundtrack: Troy Brenningmeyer

Figuring

Abstraction

By Bryan A. Hollerbach | photos courtesy of the artists and Bruno David Gallery

Bruno DaviD Gallery is currently seekinG to BriDGe the Gap Between two visions of visual art that previously woulD have vieweD each other as anathema.

Today we can appreciate how the historical conflicts between the languages of figuration and abstraction ultimately enabled artists of the present moment to be ‘bilingual’ in abstraction and figuration.”

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ocal devotees of visual art have a few weeks left to enjoy a thought-provoking group exhibition featuring more than five dozen creators at Clayton’s revered Bruno David Gallery: “Bilingual: Abstract & Figurative.”

The exhibition runs online till Aug. 29. As its title hints, it constitutes a dialogue between abstraction and figuration, two varieties of art that often have been considered conflicting.

The Illustrated Dictionary of Art Terms by Kimberley Reynolds with Richard Seddon states of representational art (“[o]ften used interchangeably with figurative”) that it “presents its subject in an immediately recognizable manner, though it may not be entirely realistic.”

That volume likewise defines abstract art as work “entirely independent of the natural world, although it may have had its origins in nature. Such a work is considered as an object in its own right and has no distinguishable subject matter.”

The gallery’s namesake succinctly reflects on the precepts underlying the exhibition and guiding his selections for it. “As the title suggests, with ‘Bilingual: Abstract & Figurative,’ I tried to show representational and abstract works, along with artists who do not [ordinarily] show with the gallery,” David says. “So this group exhibition is bilingual and invitational.”

Artists featured in the exhibition almost run the proverbial gamut from A to Z, from Ricky Allman to Bryant Worley, and include such Bruno David Gallery stalwarts as Bunny Burson, Chris Kahler and Thomas Sleet. The featured works include the following highlights:  From Carmon Colangelo comes the customarily seductive quasi-kineticism of Magic Mountain, and the estate of the beloved Leslie Laskey, who died in mid-June just two weeks before his 100th birthday, places his gorgeous, glyphic Living Room.  Andrea Stanislav’s Dispersion/White Horse almost explodes with visual energy, while James Austin Murray’s Volcano Class III shimmers with jet mystery.  With Ace for JLM, meanwhile, Heather Bennett contributes a portrait of an enigmatic brunette, and Peter Bolte contributes a pair of portraits, the first from the world of music, the second from the world of film (Trevor Dunn and Jean-Luc Godard).  Amy Nadler manages the neat feat of all but counterpoising herself via Firstling Study No. 32, whose black-and-white ethereality calls to mind Chinese calligraphy, and Firstling No. 23, whose gray weightiness makes one fear for the physical integrity of the stand beneath it.

The gallery’s press release on the exhibition includes a telling rumination on its topic. “The conventional art historical narrative of modern art presents a story of a contentious shift from figuration into nonobjective abstract art, creating a gap between the two,” states that release. “Only in the later part of the 20th century would this intellectual wound separating abstraction and figuration begin to mend, as artists emerged that embraced both.

“Today we can appreciate how the historical conflicts between the languages of figuration and abstraction ultimately enabled artists of the present moment to be ‘bilingual’ in abstraction and figuration.”

David, as a longtime art aficionado himself, sounds almost relieved that proponents of figurative art and proponents of abstract art may finally have achieved an aesthetic détente sufficient to power the metaphoric dialogue of “Bilingual.”

“As an art enthusiast and a part of the ‘art world’ since 1984, I’m always thankful for all artists to have the freedom to create without following the current ‘movement,’” he says. “It’s refreshing to see that art ‘movements’ are no longer a force, dictating what we should create, see, collect and show.”

Bruno David Gallery, 7513 Forsyth Blvd., St. Louis, brunodavidgallery.com, 314-696-2377

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