UPCOMING TRIP Wednesday, March 26, 2025 ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
The Saint Louis Art Museum and the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum
The Saint Louis Art Museum and the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum
We will travel by Peoria Charter Coach to several special exhibitions and the permanent collections on view at the Saint Louis Art Museum in historic Forest Park and the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum on the campus of Washington University.
Depart from Peoria at 7:00 AM, return approximately 7:00 PM -- itinerary and additional information provided to registrants.
Depart from Peoria at 7:00 AM, return approximately 7:00 PM -- itinerary and additional information provided to registrants.
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Exhibits at the Saint Louis Art Museum
Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery The Work of Art: The Federal Art Project, 1935-1943 Bolts of Color: Printed Textiles After World War II Manuel Mathieu: Pendulum Juane Quick-to-See Smith |
Exhibits at the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum
Reframing the 19th Century Let Us Feel Heartbreak: Contemporary Art and the Environment Artists in Exile: European Surrealists in the US After World War II Printmaking and the US Political Landscape, 1968-Present Technological Transformations: Experimentation & Photography Seeds: Containers of a World to Come |
COST $90 for members of Fine Arts Society, $100 for non-members of the Society
PAYMENT DUE BY March 7, 2025, non-refundable after March 12
includes round-trip coach fare, refreshments on coach in each direction; museum admissions and exhibition tours are free
LUNCH OPTIONS
1) Café at the Art Museum: limited menu of soup, salads, sandwiches, pastries and sweets; includes 2 vegan options
2) Panorama Restaurant at the Art Museum: seasonal menu of appetizers, entries, desserts, wine/beer
includes 4 vegetarian, 3 vegan, and 5 gluten-free options
reservations required, which we will make in advance; this will be the leisurely and more expensive option
3) Lakeside Café at the St. Louis Zoo: walk 0.3 miles for limited hand-held options
4) bring a sack lunch from home
QUESTIONS? contact Kristan H. McKinsey, FAS President
PAYMENT DUE BY March 7, 2025, non-refundable after March 12
includes round-trip coach fare, refreshments on coach in each direction; museum admissions and exhibition tours are free
LUNCH OPTIONS
1) Café at the Art Museum: limited menu of soup, salads, sandwiches, pastries and sweets; includes 2 vegan options
2) Panorama Restaurant at the Art Museum: seasonal menu of appetizers, entries, desserts, wine/beer
includes 4 vegetarian, 3 vegan, and 5 gluten-free options
reservations required, which we will make in advance; this will be the leisurely and more expensive option
3) Lakeside Café at the St. Louis Zoo: walk 0.3 miles for limited hand-held options
4) bring a sack lunch from home
QUESTIONS? contact Kristan H. McKinsey, FAS President
Martina Vigil, 1856-1916, and Florentino Montoya, 1858-1918, both San Ildefonso Pueblo; Storage Jar with Lid, circa 1905; clay and paint; 20 ½ x 26”; Courtesy of School for Advanced Research
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Dox Thrash, American, 1893–1965; Heave!, circa 1939; etching and aquatint: 8 3/8 x 9 7/8”; Saint Louis Art Museum, Gift of the Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration, 332:1932
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George Caleb Bingham (American, 1811–1879), Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers through the Cumberland Gap, 1851–52
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Fernand Léger (French, 1881-1955), Les belles cyclistes (The Women Cyclists), 1944
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PAST TRIP The Figge Art Museum and the Stanley Museum of Art March 2024
The February 2024 lecture on the new Stanley Museum of Art at the University of Iowa in Iowa City and their recently expanded collection of African art inspired members to have a look in person, with a stop at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport on the way.
Favorite exhibits and displays at the Figge Art Museum included a gallery of works on loan from the Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, AR (which we visited in 2019), architectural elements and furnishings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and Tradition Interrupted, a fascinating selection of 23 artworks created by 12 artists from around the world who believe that everyday objects have the power to evoke memories and emotions. But perhaps the biggest thrill was the 43rd Rock Island Art Guild Art Exhibition featuring a selection of works by artists living within 200 miles of the museum, with works by three Peoria-area artists including trip participant and FAS board member David Gregory!
Favorite exhibits and displays at the Figge Art Museum included a gallery of works on loan from the Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, AR (which we visited in 2019), architectural elements and furnishings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and Tradition Interrupted, a fascinating selection of 23 artworks created by 12 artists from around the world who believe that everyday objects have the power to evoke memories and emotions. But perhaps the biggest thrill was the 43rd Rock Island Art Guild Art Exhibition featuring a selection of works by artists living within 200 miles of the museum, with works by three Peoria-area artists including trip participant and FAS board member David Gregory!
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above: Faig Ahmed (Azerbaijani), Hal, 2016, wool; Courtesy of the artist right: David Gregory next to his watercolor Snowdrifts on display at the Figge Art Museum |
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PAST TRIP Art Institute of Chicago, January 2024
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A group of 32 Fine Arts Society members and potential future members enjoyed a curator-led tour of Canova: Sketching in Clay, the first exhibition to focus on Italian sculptor Antonio Canova’s lesser-known but unforgettable work in clay reveals how the artist developed his ideas—from the first brilliant spark of imagination to his laboriously finished statues. The FAS December 2023 lecture was on these works, but even seeing images of the small scale works projected onto the Peoria Riverfront Museum's Giant Screen Theatre did not compare to seeing the real things!! It was just stunning.
Most of the group also thoroughly enjoyed the beautiful finished sculptures by trailblazing French sculptor Camille Claudel who defied the expectations of her time to pursue original and powerful explorations of the human form. Claudel’s passionate and complicated relationship with her teacher, Auguste Rodin, and her forced confinement in a psychiatric institution for the final 30 years of her life is popularly known today, but her forward-thinking artworks have received less attention in the United States. This exhibition is the first comprehensive display of Claudel’s work in the United States in over 20 years and marks the 130th anniversary of the first public presentation of her sculpture in this country—at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Two other exhibits of particular interest were Picasso: Drawing from Life and Radical Clay: Contemporary Artists from Japan. The former brings into focus Picasso’s life and art as it intersected with a network of artists, dealers, printers, family members, and lovers. The many women with whom he had passionate and sometimes volatile relationships inspired him and are frequently represented in his art, as are several friends and family members. The latter celebrates 36 contemporary ceramic artists--all women-- through 40 stunning, virtuosic works. To close out the day, half of the group met under the Hartwell Memorial Window to meet Dr. Elizabeth McGoey, the AIC curator who lectured to FAS on this Tiffany masterpiece via Zoom during COVID. She pointed out several details of the window and explained more about the installation. And she piqued our interest for another trip this coming summer with a recitation of exhibitions opening over the next few months! |