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TRUMPETING CONGRATS!

Meet Donna, Ellie and Pearl, the Saint Louis Zoo’s preeminent pachyderms, all three of which celebrated their individual golden jubilees late last year, as related in this delightful feature by Andrea Smith, LN’s digital editor and staff writer.

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Innovation Hub Health Notes Movers & Shakers Crossword Puzzle FEATURE: Zoo “Golden Girls”

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Arts & Culture

Design & Décor HGTV LENSES LOCALLY With her program, “Call the Closer,” which has showcased metro area properties since last November, Lauren Risley spotlights her love of rehabbing and renovating on HGTV, as LN regular Alecia Humphreys details.

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The Trio Grooming & Glamour Landscape FEATURE: Call the Closer

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Local Eats Show & Tell Off the Menu FEATURE: Kemper Art Museum

MULTIVERSE MARVEL Washington University’s Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum opens a hallucinatory exhibition titled “Chitra Ganesh: Dreaming in Multiverse,” which curator Meredith Malone discusses with Bryan A. Hollerbach, LN copy editor and staff writer.

In an exhibition spanning more than 200 years, explore stunning works of art on stone at the Saint Louis Art Museum. Learn more on Page 8. Pictured: School of Fontainebleau, possibly Lucas de Heere, Netherlandish, 1534-1584; “The Minions of Henry III, 1570”; oil on slate; 87⁄8 x 87⁄8 inches; Milwaukee Art Museum, gift of the Women’s Exchange; photographer credit: John R. Glembin.

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When I was a kid, my parents would surprise me every now and then by waking me up on Saturday mornings and telling me to get dressed because we were going to the zoo for the day. There was nothing more thrilling to me – and there still isn’t to this day – than watching the elephants at the Saint Louis Zoo.

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Starting on Page 21, LN digital editor and staff writer Andrea Smith shines a light on the zoo’s “Golden Girls” – the three elephants that reached the milestone birthday of 50 this year. Read on to find out more about these beauties’ distinct personalities – and how the zoo celebrated their big day.

Speaking of reasons to celebrate, St. Louis is officially on the HGTV map with “Call the Closer.” Starting on Page 36, LN contributor Alecia Humphreys speaks with host and metro area Realtor Lauren Risley about how the show came to be and what the experience has been like.

If you’re looking for more of an escape from reality in your entertainment these days, flip to Page 59, where LN copy editor and staff writer Bryan A. Hollerbach previews the new exhibition “Chitra Ganesh: Dreaming in Multiverse,” newly on display at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.

Wishing you many zoo (or whatever it is that makes you happy) days in your future,

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LN Online Acclaimed Emmy-winning sports commentator Bob Costas will turn 70 years old in March, and he’s not slowing down a bit. He’ll work a full schedule of games for MLB Network, and he has rejoined HBO with his “Back on the Record” program.

Costas has come a long way from when he arrived in St. Louis as a 22-year-old to broadcast Spirits of St. Louis games in the ABA on KMOX radio. At laduenews.com, read his interview with LN sports expert Frank Cusumano.

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hile stone may be the oldest artistic material we know, during the Renaissance, artists returned to using it as the base to depict religious and mythological scenes, as well as portraiture and landscapes. Now an upcoming Saint Louis Art Museum exhibition will display these detailed depictions, featuring 22 different types of stone and spanning more than 200 years.

Judith Mann, curator of European art until 1800, had acquired Cavaliere d’Arpino’s “Perseus Rescuing Andromeda,” a painting on lapis lazuli, and, through research on its history, learned about the practice beginning in Rome during the Renaissance.

“When I was trying to learn more about the practice, I contacted some major scholars of 16th- and 17th-century painting, a number of whom told me they had never heard of [it],” Mann says. “It was then that I realized an exhibition was warranted, one that covered more of Europe and included a full range of the various types of stone that were used.”

“Paintings on Stone: Science and the Sacred 1530-1800” will open on Sunday, Feb. 20, and feature roughly 75 paintings – some painted on both sides of the stone. While religious scenes make up the majority of the exhibition, visitors will also view depictions of historical events,

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portraits and still life as the movement progresses from the Renaissance into the Baroque and Rococo periods.

“I think visitors will be struck by the wide variety of subjects and styles, and the fact that so many artists painted on dark stones to provide backgrounds that read as darkened interiors or night scenes,” adds Mann. “Visitors will also enjoy looking closely to discern what is paint and what is the bare unpainted stone, since many of the stone surfaces that were used had linear patterns and patches of color.”

The exhibition rewards close inspection. Because most of the stones artists worked with are small, the paintings will be displayed in cases, to allow visitors to get close and observe the outstanding details of the painting and the stones themselves.

“I do believe that this exhibition will be a visually stunning treat for our visitors,” research assistant Andrea Miller concludes. “Based on the rigorous scholarship, in our 320-page accompanying catalog, [it] will be a great resource for generations of art historians to come.”

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Above: Francesco Salviati (Francesco de’Rossi), Italian, 1510–1563; “Portrait of Roberto di Filippo di Filippo Strozzi”, possibly 1550s; oil on red and black African marble; tondo: 5 1/8 inches; Private Collection, Paris

Above: Antonio Tempesta, Italian, 1555–1630; “Annunciation to the Virgin Mary”, after 1600; oil on alabaster; 12 x 8 7/8 inches; Pajelu Collection, Europe Left: Cavaliere D’Arpino (Giuseppe Cesari), Italian, 1568–1640; “Perseus Rescuing Andromeda”, c.1593–94; oil on lapis lazuli; 7 15/16 × 6 1/8 × 1/4 inches; Saint Louis Art Museum, Museum Purchase 1:2000

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INNOVATION HUB

THE FUTURE OF PFIZER

By Brittany Nay | Photo courtesy of Pfizer Inc.

St. Louis scientists at global biotech company Pfizer played a crucial role in creating its COVID-19 vaccine. LN recently spoke with Justin Sperry, site lead at the company’s research and development facility in Chesterfield and vice president of transformational technology for biotherapeutics and vaccines, to learn more about Pfizer’s innovative response to the pandemic.

Describe your site’s role in creating Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.

The St. Louis site was responsible for two key activities during the COVID-19 vaccine development: one involving the manufacturing of a key starting material, and the other in developing the testing strategies for the entire vaccine process.

What innovative steps have been taken to meet the growing demand for your work?

First and foremost, we prioritized the wellbeing of our colleagues. Without their hard work, dedication to our mission and relentless efforts, our innovative medicines would not reach patients in need.

A key aspect of our success over the last few years has been to expand our workforce

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through the hiring of highly skilled scientists from the region. Our regional universities and colleagues have done an excellent job training the next generation of creative, innovative and hardworking scientists.

Pfizer continues to invest in core technologies for manufacturing, testing and digital initiatives.

These investments build upon our state-of-the-art foundation in biological medicines and vaccines, allow our colleagues to remain flexible in their work and provide unique ways to collaborate across our entire network.

How have staffing and hours risen in response to the pandemic?

Currently, we have around 750 employees on-site, but at the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020, that number was around 600. We hired many new scientists and support staff over the last two years to keep up with [the] workload. We have exceeded capacity [at] our new site!

Other disease did not stop during the pandemic, [so] it was critically important to keep our diverse clinical programs moving forward, while also delivering many aspects of the COVID-19 vaccine.

We accomplished this through great teamwork and

collaboration, and a tremendous amount of hard work by our people. It is critically important to hire people that not only enjoy the ever-changing landscape of science, but also appreciate and are energized to work on highly effective teams.

We provided colleagues completely flexible work hours, as they were all balancing their own home situations, too. In general, hours increased for most colleagues, as we were trying to address not only the vaccine development but [also] continuing the progress of other medicines in the portfolio. Many nights, weekends and holidays were worked in order to progress this enormous effort.

What is your site currently working on?

In addition to the many other biological medicines for oncology, inflammation, rare disease and vaccines in the portfolio, the St. Louis site works on our RNA platform of technologies and products. We continue to support the approved vaccine, along with the current clinical program for an RNA flu vaccine. An omicronspecific vaccine [has started] clinical trials.

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hours – the graduate certificate is 12 credit hours,” Godlewski notes. “Tuition costs are lower than typical undergraduate and graduate degree rates, and more than 70 percent of students receive some form of financial aid.” The graduate certificate includes courses on medical cannabis history, pharmacology, health implications and management, and law and compliance issues.

“Since this program is taught by industryexpert faculty, students are introduced to multiple areas within the medical cannabis industry to get not only a medical view but also

a holistic view,” Godlewski says. “Successful program graduates will also provide support to patients and the medical cannabis industry with expertise regarding the science and clinical effects of the cannabis plant. We expect our students to expand upon existing scientific and clinical research on cannabis and contribute to the development of well-informed medical cannabis policy.”

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In 2020, the university launched an online undergraduate certificate program in cannabis science and operations through the School for Professional Studies. Since then, more than 300 students from 35 states and Puerto Rico have enrolled to learn about the cultivation, growth and production of cannabis, as well as the pharmacological properties of the drug. “This program prepares students to play a leadership role in managing a dispensary, manufacturing or cultivation facility, along with the legal knowledge of compliance issues and the logistics of shipping and manufacturing products,” says Stacy Godlewski, cannabis science program director.

In January, the SPS introduced a second certificate program in the medical cannabis field.

The graduate certificate in medical cannabis science and therapeutic management “prepares health care professionals to accurately inform their patients about the benefits of medical cannabis,” Godlewski says. “This program also helps professionals who regularly come in contact with people who use medical cannabis to understand its therapeutic benefits.”

Students take eight-week online courses, which include lectures by instructors and industry guests, weekly reading assignments from texts and journals, online discussions, quizzes and weekly projects, all culminating in a final project. “The CSO program is 16 credit

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heri Glantz is a special education teacher by profession, a music teacher by happenstance and an author by the necessity to express her feelings.

Her interest in special education started when she was in high school. While volunteering in the special education classroom, she fell in love with the students whose lives would impact her own. “I saw that progress was slow, yet each small step was a victory,” she recalls. “I saw determined students that others had given up on. But most of all, I saw what they could do – not what they couldn’t.”

Having dedicated her career to special education, she adds: “I loved finding innovative ways for the students to learn, rather than relying on conventional methods.”

Raised in Houston, Glantz graduated from the University of TexasAustin in 1983, and received her master’s of education in curriculum and instruction in 1994 from National Louis University. In between, she earned additional teaching certifications and took classes in psychology.

Glantz was a teacher in the St. Louis Special School District from 1987 to 1998, and from 2001 to 2013, she taught music at the Shirlee Green Preschool at Congregation Shaare Emeth. “It was impossible to have a bad day when you spent it teaching songs and movement to preschoolers,” she says with a smile.

Business-savvy and community-minded, Glantz served for 15 years as an elected official on the Ladue School District Board of Education, including three years as its president. During her tenure, numerous improvements were made in the district. “We reacquired the former West Ladue Junior High School property, on which we built a brand-new earlychildhood center,” she elaborates. “We retrofitted the existing building on that campus to become the district’s Fifth Grade Center to alleviate overcrowding at the elementary schools. Ladue High School was also expanded and renovated to meet today’s educational standards, along with a new turf football field complete with lights and grandstand.”

A born leader, Glantz has served as chair of the Jewish Women’s Society, president of the Creve Coeur Neighborhood Watch, co-vice president of the Ladue Middle School Parent Association and vice president of Spoede School’s Parent Association, and also served on the advisory committee that helped bring Best Buddies to Missouri. She was a docent at the Saint Louis Zoo for four years and served unofficially as the first lady of Creve Coeur during the nine years her husband, Barry, was mayor. The fun-loving couple has been married for 35 years and has four children, including a bonus daughter, and a grandson. “I love being with the kids and our little ‘grandcookie’ – they fill my heart,” she says.

A lifelong writer, Glantz, in 2017, founded Cre8ive Writes, which offers personalized compositions for all occasions. She’s also the author of two books: G.I.F.T.E.D. Love and FLY! An internationally bestselling book, “FLY! conveys the delicate balance between holding on and letting go,” Glantz says. “I often write about topics that evoke emotion and to which people can relate. I do, at times, write wickedly humorous pieces, but those do not make their way to Facebook and are strictly reserved for people who already know that side of me!”

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DENISE

ELLIE with her baby Priya

Age isn’t irr-elephant at the Saint Louis Zoo.

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eaching the milestone birthday of 50 calls for celebration – especially for an elephant.

The three “Golden Girls” of the Saint Louis Zoo marked this landmark occasion in the summer of 2021 by tearing into large, decorative gift boxes with their trunks and enjoying the hay, leafy vegetation and popcorn surprise inside, as well as some flavored ice treats.

Beloved members of the zoo’s elephant family, Pearl, Donna and Ellie have surpassed the 47.5year median life expectancy for female Asian elephants under human care, according to the zoo.

“Evidence suggests that Asian elephants typically live into their mid-50s, but there is not enough consistent data available on wild Asian elephants to accurately estimate their lifespan,” according to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute.

The Washington, D.C.-based institute classifies Asian elephants as endangered, noting that “research on wild endangered Asian elephants is difficult and sparse, and zoo elephants are valuable sources of knowledge.”

In a blog post by Saint Louis Zoo keeper Becky Heisler, the elephant caretaker with nearly two decades of experience describes the specialized care these elder animals require.

“These ‘Golden Girls’ are in need of increased support due to their age,” Heisler says. “Just like many people, they require geriatric care throughout the day.”

The Saint Louis Zoo is accredited by the nonprofit Association of Zoos and Aquariums, making it “a facility dedicated to providing excellent care for animals … and a better future for all living things,” according to the association.

Biannual physical exams with the zoo’s Animal Health and Nutrition teams ensure a given elephant’s eyes, teeth, feet and general movement are in good health and allow for reassessment of medications and supplements. Throughout the year, the team analyzes each of the elephants’ body conditions to maintain good fitness and healthy weights, which are supported by voluntary daily exercise and tailored diets.

“The elephant care team that I am a part of helps them focus on stretching and staying limber through activities like yoga for elephants,” Heisler details. “Since joint health and mobility are so important, we design exercise routines to make sure they are able to perform movements properly with no discomfort.”

Keepers also tend to the elephants’

environment in River’s Edge.

“As foot problems can occur in older elephants, we condition the soil of the habitats to create a softer walking surface and provide checkups on their feet,” Heisler explains. “To help provide these girls’ exceptional dental care, we offer a variety of plant material to browse on … We also help grow and maintain a lush natural environment, so that each elephant develops their own favorite way to enjoy the River’s Edge.”

Zoo visitors might assume the elephants share identical characteristics, but the keepers recognize physical traits and personality quirks unique to each animal.

Pearl, the first elephant to give birth at the zoo, “has the most captivating golden eyes and likes to spend time with her granddaughters,” Heisler conveys. “A good problem-solver, she loves challenging puzzle feeders filled with special treats.

“Donna has distinctive, flappy ears that are always moving!” Heisler continues. “She is very conversational (oh, the stories she tells with her rumbles!) and enjoys making sounds with her trunk on various objects (a sort of ‘thunk, thunk, thunk’). A fantastic auntie, she used to spar with a much younger Raja, [Pearl’s daughter]. Nowadays, she helps teach Raja’s kids manners, such as sharing food and respecting elders. It’s important for young elephants to learn how to live well in a social group of dominant females, and Donna is a great teacher!”

Meanwhile, Ellie, the tallest and the mother of three, “has a calm demeanor and does life by her own schedule,” Heisler says. She’s often found lounging in one of the pools under the waterfall or pruning the trees.

“Scientific studies on zoo elephant welfare suggest elephants experience the highest level of well-being when they live in a multigenerational family,” Heisler affirms. “We provide this exact type of social environment for our elephants and give them the opportunity to spend time with the younger individuals.”

They’re also allowed moments of “me time,” should they choose to disengage from the other elephants.

“Sometimes, these older ladies prefer some time away from the energetic youngsters – we can all relate to that!” Heisler says. In these moments, keepers might offer a bath or pedicure – the sort of spa treatment clearly suitable for the likes of a Golden Girl.

Saint Louis Zoo, 1 Government Drive, St. Louis, 314-781-0900, stlzoo.org

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Health BEAT FAST FACTS • Ketamine is an NMDA receptor antagonist and AMPA receptor stimulator that stimulates the formation of new receptors and synapses and helps to rebalance neurotransmitters in the body, like glutamate and glycine.

• Ketamine has been shown to improve the quality of life of those with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, among other conditions.

• Ketamine treatments at InVita Health and Wellness are roughly 45 minutes for mental health and 3-4 hours for chronic pain.

• After a series of infusions, patients may go from several weeks to several months without the need for a booster.

• InVita Health and Wellness also offers NAD+ – more formally, the critical coenzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide – which helps with memory, cognition, pain, immunity boosting, substance abuse and withdrawal, weight loss, and improved energy.

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By Maggie Peters | Photo by Christina Kling-Garrett

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aving worked in anesthesia for more than a decade, Dr. Sara Franco, DNAP, CRNA and her partner Dr. Hans Schlecht, DO had spent the last few years moving toward an opioid-free drug for patients’ mental health and chronic pain disorders that didn’t result in narcotics addiction while providing longer-lasting relief. With their use of ketamine, an aesthetic medication, in clinical practice, Franco began to research using ketamine in similar clinics across the United States.

“We wanted to help people – we wanted to use a drug we were familiar with,” she explains. “I did more research and found that it was being used for mental health disorders and chronic pain – depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, ADHD [and more.]”

InVita Health and Wellness, started by Franco, looks at the whole person – serving both as a place of treatment for these and other chronic physical and mental conditions and as a full-service spa that includes hormone replacement therapy, hair restoration and other aesthetic features. Ketamine and other nonnarcotic drugs are offered as part of these therapies, depending on what the patient is looking for.

“There is a physician on staff here,” Franco says. “We do everything very safely, and we customize the plan to the patient. We have treatment options for patients with chronic conditions to improve the quality of their life, [and] we have IV therapy such as immune boosts and detox, as well.”

The specific ketamine treatment is provided for patients who have found traditional antidepressants aren’t working. “We like to do infusions twice a week for three weeks or three times a week for two weeks, on average,” Franco adds. “This is what we’ve found to be affective. We space it out depending on what the patient needs.”

InVita Health and Wellness was started by professionals in anesthetics, and that professionalism carries over into your treatment so you can rest assured that whatever treatment you’re looking for will be handled safely, with your comfort as the top priority.

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He is and has been a professional news contributor regarding numerous security questions and current issues, including but not limited to terrorism.

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Camps available for students in Pre-K through 12th grade with the option to participate in multiple camps.

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SUMMER CAMP SPOTLIGHT

By Maggie Peters

CHAMINADE SUMMER CAMPS

COMMUNITY SCHOOL SUMMER CAMPS

You’ll find a camp for every interest from basketball and coding to band and organizational camp and more!

Chaminade’s camps offer activities boys and girls will enjoy – academically, athletically and artistically.

Also new this year is Camp Chaminade – a one-week residential camp for boys in the fifth through eighth grades includes athletics, STEM, arts and leadership activities.

Play, learn and create on Community School’s beautiful 18-acre campus this summer! Camps are available for children age 3 through eighth grade and include full- and half-day options.

Choose from dozens of activities led by the school’s experienced faculty and partners from STAGES, COCA, Little Medical School, HI-NRG and more. Camps have limited enrollment, so register today!

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Your summer adventure awaits at MICDS! Three camps – Pegasus, Rams Sports Camps and Eliot Summer Academy, now featuring the Global Online Academy – offer a variety of activities for children in kindergarten though 12th grade. Campers will explore unique learning opportunities, academic and enrichment courses, sports and hobbies to ensure that brains and bodies are active.

They’ll be eager to return each day.

Whether you love to perform, create, run, dance, compete or do everything in between, Ursuline Academy has a summer camp for you! Ursuline is proud to announce partnerships with YMCA, COCA, Saint Louis Chess Club and Mad Science summer camps in addition to its UA Athletic camps. Camps run from May 31 to Aug. 12 and are available for children and teens with the option to participate in multiple camps. Register today!

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Home décor designers expand on the concept of rustic refinement and bring a fresh, modern spirit to rural retreats.

Ralph Lauren’s magnificent Straton 12-light, double-tier chandelier retains a natural bone finish and comes with or without antiqued crystal details. (kdrshowrooms.com)

Thibaut presents the Salem wing chair in Anasazi, a woven fabric pattern from the new Sierra collection which features InsideOut high-performance fabrics. (greatcoverupdesign.com)

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“Quail in the Wilderness” is an original work on paper by artist Kitty Williams, who used an oil stick and acrylic stain on rice paper to create a layered effect. (luckyfishgallery.com)

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yan Wood – a fitness instructor and half of the power couple behind Woodberry Co. – says that business is on a mission: “If we can eliminate at least one plastic bottle from someone’s shower, we’re making an impact.”

That ambition – a root value of the luxury soap brand born in December 2019 – stems from what was once a hobby of his significant other, Dr. Bary Klevene, an emergency room physician.

“Whenever we’d go somewhere, instead of wine, we would bring soap,” Wood says. “Those people we were gifting started asking for it.

Eventually, we were, like, ‘Wait – you have to pay for this!’”

“They were, like, ‘I need a dozen or two to start!’” Klevene adds.

The demand was enough to convince the couple to launch Woodberry Co. Sustainability was important, as were choosing ethically made ingredients and always being transparent about the process of how Wood and Klevene make their highly valued products.

“We don’t use any animal products,” Wood says.

“Everything is vegan.”

Woodberry Co. prides itself on offering luxury soaps that are 99.6 percent natural, according to Wood. That remaining percentage is due to one ingredient, mica, which is a mineral used to add sparkle to some of the soaps’ designs.

Because mica is often unethically mined, Wood and Klevene have chosen to use a lab-made version. The couple also uses palm oil, but only

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when it is RSPO-certified (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil), ensuring that their products are entirely traceable. Their products don’t use synthetic fragrances, either.

“Each oil does its own thing,” Wood says. “We had to figure out the exact formulation to make all those things the right percentage, which Bary is really good at.”

Klevene most enjoys problem-solving by focusing on increasing efficiency, boosting production and improving packaging, among other responsibilities. “I do the technical side of making the product, making Ryan’s job easier,” he says.

Wood’s favorite part is meeting the people who use Woodberry Co.’s luxury soaps.

“I’ve had a couple of people reach out and say they’ve been battling depression, and

[that] they’ve been having a really hard time getting up the energy or desire to shower,” he shares. “Having something to look forward to, more than just a regular shower, has encouraged them. Those messages are really touching. I didn’t have any idea it would affect people like that – that it would help them with their struggles.”

Woodberry Co. currently carries body soap and sustainable soap dishes, sold online at woodberrysoap.com, Dierbergs Markets, Urban Matter and, during the summertime, Tower Grove Farmers’ Market. A face soap bar and foam shave soap are currently in development, with plans to later create shampoo and conditioner bars.

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CLASSIC HERBS

By Pat Raven, Ph.D., with Julie Hess

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he earliest daffodils are starting to stick their little green noses out and will be blooming very soon.

Their cheeriness brightens the late winter gloom and lets us know spring is just around the corner.

Soon, garden centers will open again, and the fever of spring planting can begin. After finishing winter cleanup, I find it helpful to pick one particular project, new or a redo, to focus on and savor. This year, it will be the renewal and expansion of my herb garden.

My first herb garden at this house was a tiny 18-inchwide, 9-foot-long strip. It lies in blasting full sun, and irrigation does not reach it well. That makes it the perfect spot for dry-loving Mediterranean climate herbs, such as savory, sage and thyme. It is above a retaining wall right along the front walkway – premier viewing at eye level – and now is filled with old, tired, woody, ordinary herbs. It will get a complete makeover this spring, with existing plants transplanted elsewhere, soil excavated and replaced, and a new suite of more interesting herb cultivars installed. To add excitement, I’m planning on using a variety of fancy-leaved sages and inter-planting them with some heavy blooming salvia varieties and globe onions. Since it’s not much more than a window box-sized space, alliums will contribute some vertical interest. I will use harmonious colors like lavender, purple, cream, gold and a touch of red or rose to complement the sage foliages. Small projects like this are great for beginning gardeners – done in a day and complete with rapid rewards.

Because we use a lot of fresh herbs in our kitchen, my “former” vegetable garden will be converted into an herb farm and cutting garden this spring. After three years of fighting off deer and a groundhog that destroyed everything in one night last year, I am simply going with the plants that they really don’t like: strongly aromatic herbs and fuzzy or bitter flowers. My current herb inventory is about two dozen types that range from the littlest creeping thymes to the giant rhubarb. That will likely expand to about 40 or even 45 varieties with the new additions.

I’ve been reviewing the St. Louis Herb Society plant sale list from 2021 online in preparation for this year’s event. It will take place at the Missouri Botanical Garden on April 28 for members only, with April 29 open to the public – and April 30 if stock remains. Become a garden member to shop early and get a discount. For answers to questions, email tstlherbsociety@gmail.com or visit stlouisherbsociety.org.

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SOLD

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Lights, Camera,

Renovate!

By Alecia Humphreys | Photos by emily Powley

St. LouiS iS officiaLLy an HGtV deStination tHankS to tHe new SHow “caLL tHe cLoSer.”

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auren Risley never really dreamed of being on TV. A few years ago, she just started making YouTube videos to market her real estate business in St. Louis.

Fast-forward to today, and that autodidactic approach to marketing has led to the launch of Risley’s own HGTV show. In “Call the Closer,” Risley helps house-hunters who are hung up on not being able to find the right fit – and then shows them how, if their dream home doesn’t exist, she can create it for them.

“What a cool opportunity, right?” Risley says. “This is really nothing I ever imagined doing in my wildest dreams.

Back in 2017, I was hearing in the real estate world that you should start marketing by video versus photos on social media, so I asked a friend of mine who does videography to make some YouTube videos. We did a YouTube channel, and it was pretty small; it wasn’t anything crazy. But a local production company, Coolfire, saw the videos and reached out.”

Lauren Risley’s Recommendations for Easy Home Updates Revamp HaRdwaRe “So your kitchen cabinet pulls, your vanity pulls in the bathroom and your faucets (kitchen and bathroom) – changing those out can literally face-lift your entire house. I change mine probably every two to three years.”

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…if we can’t find what you’re looking for, we will find you something that checks most of the boxes, and then I will manage the project and renovate the property to make it check all the boxes.” – LaurEN rISELY

Risley says that at first, she was apprehensive, but then she had a change of heart. “[The Coolfire representative] said, ‘If the show doesn’t get picked up, which it probably won’t – the odds are against us, typically – I’ll sign over all the rights to everything that we filmed, we will edit it for you, and you can use it for your marketing,’” Risley recalls. “And truly, that’s all I thought it was going to be.

Then, one day, he said, ‘Hey, can you stop by the office? I wanted to chat with you about something,’ and I walked in and Steve [Luebbert], the producer, and Jeff [Keane], the founder and CEO of Coolfire, were standing there with a bottle of Champagne with tears in their eyes (they’ll deny that, but that is a true story). He popped a bottle of Champagne and said that we had gotten picked up by HGTV. It was pretty surreal. It still is.”

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“If you have any built-in bookshelves or any alcoves in your house, find a cool geometric-pattern wallpaper, and put it on the wall behind the bookshelf. Or I’ve done this quite a bit: Wallpaper on the ceiling in a powder room or behind the vanity [running up on] the ceiling in a powder room is a really, really cool look.”

Replace ligHtS “If I’m renovating cool houses, and then I come back to mine and am like, ugh, then I go online and buy new light fixtures. A week later, my house has a face-lift!”

Risley, who grew up in St. Charles, entered the real estate industry nearly eight years after working in finance.

“I did mergers and acquisitions, so I sold privately owned companies,” Risley explains. “I learned a ton, met a lot of really cool people, but realized I can’t be out of town four days a week every week, if I’m going to have a personal life at all, and that I loved what I did but it wasn’t my passion.

So, I just decided to do real estate full time.”

However, home renovation wasn’t necessarily a new endeavor for Risley.

“I have always loved real estate,” Risley says. “I bought my first house at 19. I had a friend who rehabbed houses, and he showed me the ropes and how to do different projects. In my early 20s, I started rehabbing houses.”

That passion for rehabbing properties is a key component to her show, “Call the Closer.” “‘Call the Closer’ is really, if we’re being honest, [about] picky homebuyers – whether they’re picky by choice or situation,” Risley says. “They come to me, and we find out what has kept them in the perpetual house-hunting stage and hear what they want and help find a solution. A majority

of the time, that’s them realizing your perfect house isn’t out there; we’re gonna have to make it. And most people work; they have a full-time job, and managing a renovation is pretty much a full-time job. So as a Realtor, it was nice to offer that concierge service where, if we can’t find what you’re looking for, we will find you something that checks most of the boxes, and then I will manage the project and renovate the property to make it check all the boxes.”

Such boxes include creating an open floor plan, an incredible master suite or a kitchen update. All of these projects and more are showcased in the first season of the show, which debuted on the network last November and was filmed throughout the metro area, including in Kirkwood and Ladue.

“I absolutely loved filming, and it’s such a cool experience and amazing opportunity,” Risley says.

“I’d be happy to do more, but at the same time, it’s so nice to be able to get back to what I love doing and what brought the show to me in the first place, [which includes] being face to face with clients, helping clients sell their house and meeting new people. What makes me good at it is, I love it.”

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Making Rainbows The twin sisters behind Local Foreign’s handmade home goods and accessories are just getting started.

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macramé rainbow and a framed print with a quote about strong women hang in Tiara Martinez and Ciara Martin’s Wentzville art studio – a dedicated room in Martin’s home where the twin sisters-turned-business partners create and strategize for their small business, Local Foreign.

Martinez and Martin began “shipping rainbows” – handmade, yarn wall hangings like the one in their studio – to friends and family in early 2020 with the intention to brighten someone’s day in a socially distanced way, Martinez says. As word spread of their talent, requests to order these rainbows poured in, and so Martin’s Local Foreign Etsy shop, which previously sold vintage goods, transformed into a fiber art shop.

“We really dived in head-first when the pandemic started,” Martinez says. “We had nothing to do. We were home. We’re both Virgos – we don’t know how to sit still!”

Today, Local Foreign not only sells rainbow wall hangings, but also a variety of eco-conscious home goods and accessories on Etsy, through Instagram and at pop-up shops across the metro area. As described in the business’ written description, products feature

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“’60s lovesick shades … bright hues like confetti cake and early 2000s pop music, foggy romantic colors like a Monet painting or a first kiss. Something to fit every complex and unique mood and personality.”

Martinez and Martin have recently taken up knitting and plan to add more apparel or “slow fashion” to their shop this month, along with screen prints displaying inspiring quotes or phrases.

The sisters describe their business as an inevitable endeavor. They grew up inspired by their entrepreneurial mother, the former owner of the Bookcase Basketcase bookstore in St. Charles, and their great grandmother, who owned a hat shop on Cherokee Street before financial woes during the Great Depression shut the business down.

Martin says she learned valuable lessons about operating a small business through opening the bookstore with her mom, but it was actually her own daughter who motivated the creation of Local Foreign’s signature rainbow item.

“I made one for my daughter initially,” Martin reflects. “I had randomly stumbled across a Pinterest [post] and was like, ‘That’s really cute. I could make that.’”

Although many moms fancy Local Foreign’s heirloom décor for their nurseries or children’s rooms, Martin says the majority of their customers are adults buying for themselves.

“We [all] want to live somewhere that looks really fun and cute,” Martin expresses. “We want to have decorations that [are] kind of set apart from the typical

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‘live, laugh, love’ signs. Let’s put rainbows in adult homes, in adult spaces. Adults deserve a little bit of … ” “A little bit of fun décor as a treat,” adds Martinez, finishing her sister’s sentence.

Over the last year, Local Foreign’s rainbows were surpassed in popularity by its macramé uterus wall hangings, earrings, keychains and ornaments – symbols of female empowerment. “Our biggest supporters are other women,” Martinez explains.

“The women in our lives have been the reason that we’re successful,” Martin adds.

Because Local Foreign developed within an environment of supportive women, including fellow female entrepreneurs across the metro area, “women supporting women” has become the foundation of the sisters’ business. Martinez says they value “community over competition” and have even hosted workshops to share their craft.

“It’s super cathartic for us,” Martin says. “The way it really empowered us, simply making rainbows – it changed our lives. Maybe it’ll change yours.”

Local Foreign’s next collaboration on the calendar is a pop-up from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12, at Dharma + Dwell, a womenowned shop in Webster Groves specializing in zero-waste home goods. For more product and pop-up shop updates, follow @shoplocalforeign on Instagram.

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hen a Town and Country homeowner started to feel that her ornate, Tuscan-inspired home felt dark and oppressive, she began to look into a redesign that better suited her personal aesthetic. Seeking to create a bright and open space – from the floorplan to the finishes – she turned to Karr Bick as a team that could handle it all.

Karr Bick has long been known for creating nothing ordinary in their kitchen, bath and wherever space designs. With the recent addition of in-house interior design services, offered alongside their construction and remodeling services, Karr Bick is now a unique, one-stop-shop for metro area residents With the ability to make all selections and plans from the Karr Bick showroom, it was easy for designer Wendy Kuhn to create a new floor plan for the first floor. Karr Bick co-owner Todd Rausch

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managed installation and execution, and interior designer Ashley Obradovits handled details such as furniture, paint colors and window dressing.

“We have several different teams, and it works really well because everyone is in the building with us,” explains co-owner Jenny Rausch. “If a designer has a question, she can go to the construction department. It makes it less painful for the consumer; they can basically hand us the house.”

“I think that with the addition of the interior design and having our own construction team that is dedicated to high quality, it’s a great opportunity for people to come to Karr Bick and have us take care of the whole project,” Kuhn adds. “That’s something I can be proud of and feel good recommending to my existing clients.”

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Town and Country abode. By pulling out the ornate stone hood on the range wall and replacing it with open shelving, the Karr Bick team created the clean lines the client desired, and the addition of a brass statement piece, found by Obradovits, tied together the open-concept floor plan.

“Ashley has been a go-getter since day one – really positive attitude,” Kuhn says. “She took that bright feel and made it coordinate throughout the house; all the colors, furniture and fixtures flowed together. She works her magic to find the accessories so the client doesn’t have to worry about that, and she makes it look great.”

As one of the first projects in which all areas of Karr Bick were engaged, this particular redesign also provided an opportunity to see how well they worked together as a full team. “It was a huge project and was extremely successful,” Todd Rausch confirms.

Every space Karr Bick designs is as one-of-a-kind as the client.

“We don’t have ‘our style’; we want to help you discover what you love, not what we love,” Jenny Rausch says. She adds that the designers, as well as the construction and installation teams, specialize in solving problems quickly and efficiently to ease the burden on the homeowner.

For those interested in joining the Karr Bick family, Jenny Rausch adds that the company makes a point of hiring people over skills and has a substantial mentor and training program. “Everything is about solving complex issues, and you have to be intelligent and driven and want to face problems,” she says.

“Everyone we have here that is successful didn’t come in with all of the necessary skills, but they were highly intelligent and wanted to learn.”

“Our client knew she wanted Karr Bick [because] we can be trusted to handle everything from design to installation and make things looks great” Kuhn concludes. However you’re looking to redesign your home in 2022, you can trust Karr Bick to have everything that you need.

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he Independence Center hosted its 14th annual Dancing With the St. Louis Stars fundraising event on Jan. 15 at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis in Clayton. The event featured five couples – pairings of metro area leaders and professional dancers – performing to raise money for the sponsoring nonprofit organization. Organizers filmed the performances and program with a minimal in-person audience, allowing ample supporters to attend the gala via livestream and cast votes online for their favorite couple. After all votes were cast, Independence Center member George Brooks and his partner, Hanna Pierce of Body and Dance Convergence, were crowned the Crowd Favorite. Kevin Travers, CEO of Premium Retail Services, and Pierce won the title of Dance Champion. The Dance MVP went to Abbey Eilermann, the owner of Daily Disco, who raised $180,500 through her participation, with Body and Dance Convergence’s Robert McKenney. The event raised more than $740,800 in total to support the center’s mission to “provide all the services and resources a person with a chronic mental illness needs, to … gain the independence to live a healthy, quality life.”

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t T-N-T Wieners on the Delmar Loop in University City, visitors can order hot dogs, nachos and fries – now with delta-8 THC (more formally, tetrahydrocannabinol) available on the side, if desired.

The eatery recently came under new ownership, which added nano delta-8 THC supplements and beverages to its menu. For Jamal Lewis and Amber Rodgers, who took over this past July, the product rollout constitutes just one step toward a dream of conceptualizing a business featuring foods infused with THC and CBD (cannabidiol).

“To sum it up, we’re offering more than just food – we’re offering a great experience,” Lewis says. “With the delta-8 supplements and infusions, we’re trying to bring the comfort back to comfort food by helping people relieve depression, anxiety and stress. Here, you can have food that can bring you more comfort than just filling up your belly.”

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Lewis previously explored similar ideas as a co-owner of the now-shuttered Fried – a cannabis-themed eatery in downtown St. Louis that featured CBD-infused dipping sauces.

When he and Rodgers noted that T-N-T Wieners was for sale by its previous owner, they saw an opportunity to delve deeper into these themes.

The cuisine consists of American classics – or what you would get at the ballpark or at family get-togethers, according to the owners. The Backyard BBQ dog, for instance, comes topped with baked beans, bacon, coleslaw, jalapeños, French’s fried onions, spicy mustard and barbecue sauce. Of-age visitors also can take their meal to the next level by making their own Delta Dog. The supplements come in 0.2-milliliter (10-milligram) syringes, which can be purchased to insert directly into any sauce or food by the consumer.

“Delta-8 THC is THC extracted from the legal recreational hemp plant,” Lewis explains. “It’s

concentrated into a solution that gets you a buzz. You have to be 21 or older to consume and purchase it. It’s a legal way of infusing food before we can get there in Missouri.”

In addition to a roster of nearly a dozen specialty dogs inherited from the previous ownership, the duo is continually developing new items for their menu, such as breakfast corn dogs and gourmet hot dogs – like the 82nd Street, which features Red Hot Riplets sauce and was named after the University City street where Lewis grew up.

“We’re bringing a new, fresh energy to Delmar,” Rodgers says. “We have a lot of innovative, cool and quirky ideas. Anybody that likes fun food should come by.”

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n January 2020, the St. Louis Theater Circle announced its nominations for the eighth annual St. Louis Theater Circle Awards, which were to be held that March. With the rapid expansion of COVID-19, however, that live ceremony was canceled.

Members of the Theater Circle (including me, representing Ladue News, and reviewers for numerous other local media outlets) thought the event would not take place. However, HEC-TV stepped forward, and in April 2020, it presented a virtual version of the awards on its Facebook page, website and YouTube channel with great success.

With the continued onslaught of the pandemic and the resultant cancellation of most local theatrical productions in 2020, there was no ceremony by the Theater Circle last year. However, as the pandemic eased a bit, theater returned to a “new normal” in May 2021.

When we considered whether we could hold our ninth annual ceremony in 2022, we looked once again at an in-person event, which would take place at the Loretto-Hilton Center, home of The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. We planned

to honor the best in local theater for work done in the first three months of 2020, before the pandemic essentially shut down theater, and the last eight months of 2021, when local companies resumed offering presentations on local stages.

Once again, though, it was decided that an in-person ceremony could not be safely held.

Instead, HEC-TV has agreed to create its own production. The arts and education channel is planning to stream a virtual version of the ceremony at 7 p.m. on March 28 on its website and YouTube channel.

In a normal year, the Theater Circle considers between 110 and 130 productions by local professional theater groups and opera companies as its mission “to honor outstanding achievements in St. Louis professional theater.”

Due to the pandemic, however, for the years 2020 and 2021, we have approximately 75 shows to consider for both of those years combined.

Still, we’re looking forward to bringing the ninth annual awards ceremony to an audience of theater artists, patrons of the many fine companies that perform professionally on local

stages and other interested viewers.

For this year’s ceremony, the Theater Circle has also revised the categories of its acting awards to be more inclusive. Those categories now are based on genders of the characters in the scripts rather than on the genders of the performers. For example, the category formerly titled “Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy” now is termed “Outstanding Lead Performer in a Comedy, Female or Non-Binary Role.”

As with our previous awards ceremonies, there are categories for comedies, dramas, musicals and operas in both performing and technical areas. The Rep and The Muny lead all companies in number of nominations for this year’s awards.

To view the streaming ceremony of the ninth annual St. Louis Theater Circle Awards on March 28, visit hecmedia.org or facebook.com/hectv.

A complete list of nominees is available on the Theater Circle’s Facebook page.

We hope you’ll join us as we salute the best in local professional theater for the years 2020 and 2021.

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Take It to the Tropics Hate cold weather? Step 1: Simply refuse to accept your Midwestern location. Step 2: Pretend that you are on a beach somewhere, toes in the water, seat in the sand, with bright drinks and food on hand at: Taha’a Twisted Tiki. A Tiki bar with great vibes and fun, fruity drinks. Need we say more? stltiki.bar Yellowbelly. Fresh, bright dishes, curated cocktails and an aesthetically pleasing ambience? Check. yellowbellystl.com Narwhals’s Crafted. A bonus of drinking frozen cocktails in the winter: They won’t melt as fast! narwhalscrafted.com

Succumb to the Cozy Fully embrace the opportunity to bundle up in your favorite sweater, settle in and stuff your face with some comfort food at: Fox and Hounds. What’s cozier than an English pub complete with a roaring fireplace? cheshirestl.com/dining/fox-and-hounds Russell’s on Macklind. Farm-to-table food, a dessert counter that’s to die-for and a rustic feel make this south St. Louis spot a must in the winter. macklind.russellscafe.com Charlie Gitto’s on the Hill. Pasta is the mascot dish of winter, and The Hill has the best in the biz. charliegittos.com/on-the-hill

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By Bryan A. Hollerbach | Artwork photos courtesy of the artist; Hales, London and New York; and Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco. © Chitra Ganesh | Museum exterior photos courtesy of Joshua White/JWPictures.com

Still from “Adventures of the White Beryl,” 2018. Digital animation with sound, 2:10 min.

Chitra Ganesh’s new solo exhibition at the Mildred lane KeMper art MuseuM borrows inspiration froM indian CoMiC art.

“Urgency,” 2020, archival digital print, 165.7 x 114.3 cm

“Yellow Cloud Dreaming,” 2021, LightJet print on archival paper, 45 x 63.5 cm

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pening on Friday, Feb. 18, at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, “Chitra Ganesh: Dreaming in Multiverse” showcases nonlinear tableaux inspired, in part, by Anant Pai’s long-running Indian comic book series Amar Chitra Katha, which means “Immortal Picture Stories.”

The free exhibition on Washington University in St. Louis’ Danforth Campus comprises 13 digital prints and select video animation, and runs till July 25.

“I met Chitra last year and was immediately taken with the way she mixes myth and science fiction, interweaving the deep past and the far future to “When a Girl Is Terrified She Might Run. For Her Life,” 2021, LightJet print on grapple with our present moment of archival paper, 46.9 x 59.6 cm sociopolitical turbulence,” says Meredith of the body, predominantly femme-presenting, Malone, the Kemper’s curator, who proposed while engaging themes central to both mythology the exhibition. “Her work has been described as and science fiction, including cycles of birth and drawing-based, but she also works in collage, death, injustice, the circularity of time and the end painting, photography, wall drawings and, as you’ll of the world.” see in this exhibition, prints and animations.

Calling Ganesh’s work “exciting and dynamic,” “Chitra’s practice is informed by regular travels to Malone also cites the artist’s ongoing involvement India, with particular interest in Indian film, music with marginalized communities, both past and popular culture. Combined with her upbringing and present. in New York City, these influences yield a distinct Malone further explains that Ganesh “shares perspective, which is borne out in the artwork with artists such as [American pop artists through her mixing of South Asian iconography, Roy] Lichtenstein and [Andy] Warhol a larger surrealism, science fiction, queer theory, comics, interest in visual languages of pop culture and Bollywood posters and video games.” everyday life. Her particular use of the comic “Dreaming” inclines toward the oneiric, even form is inspired by Amar Chitra Katha … [, which] the nightmarish, recalling perhaps nothing so includes tales of epic myth, folklore and history of much as psychedelic underground comics of the the South Asian subcontinent. … ” late 1960s and early ’70s.

Often, Ganesh focuses on “reflection, Like the undergrounds, “Dreaming” – Ganesh’s regeneration and desire,” Malone says. “Her first solo Midwestern museum exhibition – comic works offer multiple points of entry for embraces a progressive aesthetic. “Her practice viewers, starting with their visual dynamism and is imbued with a feminist and queer sensibility, recognizable format. Most viewers understand offering multiple and heterogeneous positions the visual grammar of comics; certain shapes within the epic, lucid worlds she creates,” Malone signify speech, others suggest interior thought states of the artist. or a third-person narrative. For viewers familiar “In the prints and animations on view at the with [Amar Chitra Katha], particularly audiences Kemper, Ganesh represents multiple iterations in India and its diaspora who grew up reading these comics, Ganesh’s work also taps into a collective memory.”

Works on display at the Kemper, Malone notes, were “largely completed during COVID-19 lockdowns, and the artist has talked about how the comic form is uniquely suited to represent this time of rupture, isolation and uncertainty. The comic form is fundamentally about different parts being

“Battle With Myself,” 2021, LightJet print on archival paper, 38.1 x 70.8 cm

fragmented while remaining connected as a whole. The form is also well-equipped to convey the immediacy and process of interiority unfolding. This is underscored by the artist’s inclusion of her own experimental, poetic texts that often convey moments of interior thoughts or ideas about dreaming.”

By way of example, in one work, Ganesh depicts a woman recoiling from a cavernous maw edged with giant fangs. “In another quadrant, instructions are whispered from up above: ‘Watch that pit in your stomach turn into a black rose,’” reads the caption to that panel.

Finally, Malone offers an overview of the “Dreaming” raison d’être. “This exhibition reflects the artist’s dedication to making worlds that are tied to culture and history, yet unbound by the limitations and repressions of contemporary reality,” she says.

“Double Pool Dream,” 2021, LightJet print on archival paper, 78.4 x 58.7 cm

“In a moment where everything feels like it is constantly changing and being upended, Ganesh invites viewers to consider alternate, speculative narratives focused around iconic women protagonists that challenge conventions of gender, sexuality and power, as well as how we see the world more broadly.

“Her work offers a space of reflection for all of us who are grappling with the transformative potential this moment holds.”

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