This Friday, August 7th, beat the heat downtown Cape Girardeau by enjoying the arts! Participating locations listed below will be open for the First Friday with the Arts evening from 5-9 pm unless otherwise stated.
Thank you to our First Friday with the Arts partners: Old Town Cape, Philanthropy, River Campus Art Gallery, the Rosemary Berkel & Harry L. Crisp Museum, Mississippi Mutts, Socials Café & Catering, Stev-Mark Inc, and The Wright Group.
The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri will host a reception for the students of Southeast Missouri State University’s 2015 Summer Art Academy. The show will be on display until August 29.
This year the Summer Art Academy featured an extensive list of workshop offerings from 14 local elementary and high school art teachers, and professors from the University. Classes included Children’s Ceramics, Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, as well as courses focused needle felting and monster-creating. Adult classes were also offered during the Academy, and pieces from these classes will be displayed during the exhibit as well.
In addition to the course offerings at the Southeast Missouri State University campus, coordinators of the Summer Art Academy also sponsored “Painting with the Elderly” at several local nursing homes. Residents of Chateau Girardeau, Jackson Manor, and Cape Heartland Rehab, participated in the workshops, and their work will be displayed during a month-long exhibit on the “Community Wall” at the Arts Council.
Further children’s artwork will be on display highlighting work created through the ArtReach program, an afterschool art program held for underserved students ages 6 – 15 at four different locations throughout Cape Girardeau. ArtReach is a partnership program between the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri and Southeast Missouri State University.
The Visual Arts Cooperative will also debut new works in their gallery space at the Arts Council, and window exhibitors for August are Brenda Seyer and Sarah Cochrane.
The Artist Studio will be featuring new paintings by Judy Barks-Westrich. Studio will be open from 11 to 9pm. Also scheduled a beginning “Acrylic Workshop” August 17, 18, 24 & 25 from 10am-1pm. For more info contact Judy – just a few spaces left!
Artisan Gifts features artisan made jewelry, ornaments, pottery and a wide variety of fine crafts. Porcelain Jewelry by Linda Bohnsack will be on display. For more information, call 270-2931.
Bilderbach’s Art Plaza
5 North Main Street
DazSpell Creations, Follow on Facebook
From Herbal Teas to Bath Bombs, Lotions, Balms & Salves, DazSpell Creations offers locally made, hand-crafted products created with organic and natural ingredients. Also available Tea Infusers, Spirit Dolls, Dream Catchers, Doggie Delights, Wall Art, and Local Artisans.
DazSpell will be re-opening in the front gallery in Bilderbach Art Plaza on Wednesday, August 5th! They are open Tues. – Sat. from 11am – 5pm and on First Fridays from 11am – 9pm.
Gallery of Inspiration, Gallery Page
Gallery of Inspiration will feature Artist Kelly Nigro during First Friday With The Arts. Kelly is an acrylic artist who will tell you in her own words, “I am legally blind and color blind.” She uses bold strokes and vivid colors in a lot of her paintings. Kelly’s whimsical paintings almost always have a story to tell, along with the sculpty creatures/objects she adds to her paintings which bring them to life. Drop in and meet Kelly at the Gallery of Inspiration. Who knows you just might want to add one of Kelly’s paintings to your children’s area or to your style of decor!
Painted Wren Art Gallery, Gallery Page
$1 donation to St. Jude Children Cancer Research Hospital will get any visitor to Painted Wren Art Gallery one minute of painting time on the motorcycle painting. 99 people have painted on it so far.
WESTRAY Studio, Gallery Page
Photography by Dr. Joel Ray and drawings by Jeanie Eddleman will be on display. New drawings and sandstone coasters are available. We can also personalize items with YOUR favorite photos. Stop by and check out our wide assortment of Cape County area memorabilia.
The BLack Door gallery is hosting Feminine Perspective8. Women artists will be exhibiting their art the months of July and August, featuring a variety of mediums as diverse as the artists. From granite, oil, acrylic, photography, printmaking to sculpture.
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