ARTS IN ACTION STAGE

In cooperation with the annual Saint Louis Art Fair held in downtown Clayton, Missouri each September, Art Saint Louis curates, organizes and supervises two days of live demonstrations by regional artists for the Arts in Action Stage.

2008 Saint Louis Art Fair

For the past 14 years, Art Saint Louis has participated in the annual Saint Louis Art Fair by presenting the Arts in Action stage. This year's free program feautured two days of live art demonstrations by both Art Saint Louis member artists as well as artists featured in SLAF.

Once again, Art Saint Louis presented the Arts in Action stage at this year's 15th annual Saint Louis Art Fair, presented September 5-7, 2008. Thank you to all of our wonderful Art Saint Louis artists as well as the SLAF artists who presented unique demonstrations. Participating artists from this year's event are listed below.

At the 2008 Saint Louis Art Fair: (top left) painter Terrell Carter; (top right) ceramic sculptor Laurie Blaes; (lower left) the crowd watches glassblower Erin Taylor;

(lower right) up close & personal with wood artist Steve Malavolta of Albuquerque, NM. Photographs by Robin Hirsch.

 2008 Arts in Action Demonstration Schedule

Saturday, September 6, 2008

10-11 a.m.  Jimsong King, Ceramics

11 a.m.-12 p.m. ASL member artist M. J. Goerke, handmade books

12-1 p.m.  Cali Hobgood-Lemme, Photography

1-2 p.m.  Lena Echelle, Jewelry

2-3 p.m.  Michael Kopald, Painting

3-5 p.m  ASL member artists Marlene Lewis & Henryk Ptasiewicz, Painting

5-7 p.m.  Jim Ibur, Ceramics  

Sunday, September 7, 2008

12-1 p.m. Steve Malavolta, Wood

1-2 p.m.  ASL member artist Terrell Carter, Painting

2-3 p.m.  ASL member artist Erin Taylor, Glass

3-4 p.m.  ASL member artist Laurie Blaes, Ceramics, Sculpture

Artists interested in presenting a one-hour (paid) demo for the 2009 Saint Louis Art Fair should contact ASL Executive Director Dion Dion at 314/241-4810, 1# or dion@artstlouis.org.

The Saint Louis Art Fair is a free annual event presented by St. Louis Cultural Festivals. To learn more, visit: www.saintlouisartfair.com or phone 314/863-0278.