Freeform Embroidery by Michael Schwartz Exhibition Dates: November 2019 through August 2020 Location: Terminal 2, Post-Security, near gate E10 Schwartz of University City, Missouri, is a retired middle school art teacher. He is exhibiting 13 framed embroidery works that showcase an art style that began after embroidering a baby quilt for his first grandson. He […]
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From Mud to Music
From Mud to Music by the Sheldon Art Galleries’ Hartenberger World Music Collection Exhibition Dates: November 2018 through May 2019 Location: the Lambert Gallery The Mud to Music exhibition displayed musical instruments composed of clay and porcelain from the Sheldon Art Galleries’ Hartenberger World Music Collection. These instruments, used in all parts of the world […]
Funk Muffins
Funk Muffins by William Rimel Location: Pre Security, Terminal 1, Ticketing Lounge Will Rimel’s Funk Muffins collection is based on children’s toys and figurines. Inspired by the designer artist-made toy movement, Rimel found a perfect outlet for creativity which reflects his unique worldview. The artist explains “everyone can relate to toys… I can take ideas […]
Girls with Fruit, Vol. 2
Girls with Fruit, Vol. 2 by Tiffany J. Sutton Location: T2 Concourse East Wall In The Girls with Fruits, vol. 2 collection, photographer Tiffany J. Sutton references mythological stories, medical knowledge, and art historical imagery when she selects a specific fruit symbolic of her subjects’ essence. In creating narratives about women regardless of their ethnicity, […]
Glass Prairie
Glass Prairie by Lindsay Obermeyer Exhibition Dates: through December 2019 Location: Ticketing level of Terminal 1 Glass Prairie features more than a dozen glass beaded flowers that mimic the real native prairie flowers of Missouri. Obermeyer says her works invites visitors to see the beautiful aspect of our native, natural landscape. Her creations are made […]
Artifacts of Empire
Artifacts of Empire by Ria Unson Exhibition Dates: January 2025 Location: Kling Family Gallery East, Terminal 1, Lower Level Artifacts of Empire is a collection that embodies the idea of narratives as both instruments and products of empire and explores how imperialism and capitalism shape the evolution of culture and identity. Unson is particularly interested […]
Dreamscapes
Dreamscapes by Allison Sissom Exhibition Dates: September 2023 through September 2024 Location: Terminal 1 Light Boxes For her Dreamscapes series, Allison Sissom uses the process of collage to find novel connections that form new narratives. Sourcing images from second-hand children’s books and nature photography, Sissom weaves intimate moments into impossible dream-like scenes. Delicately cutting out […]
Elemental
Elemental by Dee Levang Exhibition Dates: Now through October 2024 Location: Pre-security, Lower Level A Concourse Wall These modernistic circular weavings embody Levang’s innovative approach to fiber art. Constructed with a nontraditional warping technique she developed, the pieces are assiduously and repeatedly cut, knotted, and woven onto a monofilament matrix attached to a circular form. […]
Flyover Country
Flyover Country by Timothy Meehan Exhibition Dates: Sept 2023 through Sept 2024 Location: Post-Security, near gates E34 and 36 Determined to reimagine the notion that St. Louis is “fly-over country,” this Midwest native found inspiration at the St. Louis Lambert International Airport. This painting depicts a from the airplane window when flying back home. In […]
Homesick
Homesick by Amy Bautz Exhibition Dates: Sept 2023 through Sept 2024 Location: Post-Security, near gates E34 and 36 This series of paintings are based on locations in the artist’s hometown of St. Louis. They are meditations on place, longing, homesickness, nostalgia, and time-sickness. Instead of a title, each piece is identified by its closest street. […]