I am very happy to announce that two of my paintings, All the Tilled Fields Expand Before Me and Altadena Swap Meet, have been selected for exhibition in Art Saint Louis 40, the gallery's 40th annual all media, all subjects/themes, all styles, all techniques exhibition highlighting the work of our region's finest visual artists. Visit Art Saint Louis online.
For this year's show, 700 artworks in all media were submitted by 192 St. Louis regional artists for consideration by Juror Sherry Leedy from which she selected artworks by 69 artists for our exhibition.
This year's multi-media exhibit includes original artworks in ceramics, collage, digital media, drawing, handmade paper, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, textiles, and wood. View Art Saint Louis Facebook album for this exhibit which will include images of all of the artworks that will be featured in the show.
Awards for this exhibition will be selected by Guest Awards Judge Jacquelyn Lewis-Harris. Awards will be announced at the opening reception November 2 around 6:15 p.m.
Awards for this exhibition will be selected by Guest Awards Judge Jacquelyn Lewis-Harris. Awards will be announced at the opening reception November 2 around 6:15 p.m.
Art St. Louis 40, The Exhibition is presented at Art Saint Louis November 2-December 19, 2024. A free public reception is held for this exhibit on Saturday, November 2 from 5-7 p.m. with announcements, a brief Awards Judge Gallery Talk, and Awards presentation at 6:15 p.m. Complimentary beverages will be served.
Art Saint Louis is free & open to the public six days a week. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m.-3 p.m. through December 14. Closed November 28-30 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Dates and hours subject to change. The Gallery is closed Sundays, most holidays, and between shows. Gallery is currently closed until November 2.
About the juror: Sherry Leedy established Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art in 1985. As the first and longest running contemporary art gallery in the Crossroads Arts District, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art was instrumental in the creation and revitalization of the Crossroads Arts District in Kansas City.
Since the gallery opened, Leedy has curated hundreds of solo and group exhibitions that have set a standard of excellence. The gallery is an important resource for private collectors, public institutions, and corporations. The gallery has placed over 150 works of art in museum collections and gallery artists are represented in over 100 museums worldwide.
Sherry Leedy holds a M.F.A. degree from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, and a B.F.A. from the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri. She continues her commitment to her own art at her studio in Kansas City. Leedy's work is in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA; The Nerman Museum for Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS; The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO; Sprint Corporation, Leawood, KS; First National Bank, Columbia, MO; and AT&T, Kansas City, MO among others.