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Special Pop Up Event! Sneak Peek at “Art Along the Rivers: A Bicentennial Celebration”
Online Presentation by Beth Rudin, St. Louis Art Museum
This is a special pop-up sneak peek into the St. Louis Art Museum’s current main exhibition, Art Along the Rivers: A Bicentennial Celebration. SLAM Arts Specialist Beth Rubin will be sharing an overview of the exhibit, and will highlight a few of the remarkable objects displayed in the collection.
Frederick Oakes Sylvester, American, 1869–1915; “The Mississippi at Elsah," 1903; oil on canvas; 30 1/8 x 45 1/16 inches; Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George Schriever 2021.103; Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri—Columbia. The painting will be on display at the St. Louis Art Museum as part of "Art Along the Rivers."
Time and Place
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
7:00 pm
Special Pop-Up Online Presentation by Beth Rubin, Cultural Arts/Museum Consultant at St. Louis Art Museum
Hosted by the St. Louis Art Museum on Zoom as a special collaboration with Missouri River Relief and Greenway Network
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
- 7 p.m. presentation
- The presentation will be hosted on Zoom. Click here to register.
- Download flier (PDF – includes registration link)
This is a special pop-up sneak peek into the St. Louis Art Museum’s current main exhibition, Art Along the Rivers: A Bicentennial Celebration. The exhibit will be closing on January 9, 2022. We are hoping by sharing this sneak peek, that many of you will chose to visit the actual exhibit before it closes.
SLAM Arts Specialist Beth Rubin will be sharing an overview of the exhibit, and will highlight a few of the remarkable objects displayed in the collection.
In conjunction with the 200th anniversary of Missouri’s statehood, Art Along the Rivers: A Bicentennial Celebration explores the remarkable artwork produced and collected over 1,000 years in the region surrounding St. Louis. The exhibition presents more than 150 objects from Missouri as far north as Hannibal, west to Hermann, and south through the Old Mines area. It also encompasses the Illinois region along the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, from Cairo north through Carbondale and Alton. Although the region that has shaped the exhibition’s objects is small, it has played an outsize role in the history of North America due to the confluence of powerful rivers and major trails and routes within its borders.
Art Along the Rivers includes a surprising range of objects that vary widely in medium, function, and the prominence of their makers. For example, it brings together Mississippian sculpture, Osage textiles, architectural drawings for iconic landmarks, musical instruments, German and Creole furniture, African American decorative arts, prize-winning paintings from the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, and contemporary artists’ responses to these historic objects. While at first these works might appear to have few connections, the exhibition arranges them by theme rather than by culture or chronology to establish dialogues around the region’s geography, raw materials, and pressing social issues.
Click here to register on Zoom
Resources & Links
- “Art Along the Rivers” Exhibit page
- VIDEO – “A Deep Dive into Art Along the Rivers: A Bicentennial Celebration”
- ARTICLE – “10 must-see pieces in St. Louis Art Museum’s ‘Art Along the Rivers'” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch – by Jane Henderson, Oct. 12, 2021
- PODCAST – “‘Art Along the Rivers’ celebrates centuries of art at the confluence” – St. Louis On The Air – St. Louis Public Radio – by Sarah Fenske, Oct 1, 2021
The views and opinions expressed by our presenters do not necessarily reflect the view or policies of Missouri River Relief, the Big Muddy Speaker Series or any of the partners that support this public forum. The Big Muddy Speaker Series believes that hearing diverse perspectives is a crucial building block for an informed public.
