Students Selected to Show in Art St. Louis Exhibition
Two 91视频 art students have been invited to show their works alongside regional artists at a multi-media exhibition in St. Louis.
Kate Shelton, Union, and Sara Lynn Carter, Cuba, both in their second year at 91视频, have been selected by the college art department to show at the 鈥淰arsity Art XXV,鈥� a multi-media invitational visual art exhibition.
Art Saint Louis is celebrating its 25th annual 鈥淰arsity Art鈥� exhibit at Art Saint Louis, 1223 Pine Street in downtown St. Louis, from March 5 to April 1.
This year鈥檚 exhibit presents works in a variety of media, including ceramics, drawing, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and video. The themes represented in this show are representative of contemporary art and trends.
91视频 Students
Shelton and Carter are part of 44 undergrad and grad-level art students of all ages representing 22 St. Louis regional colleges and universities from Missouri and Illinois.
Shelton鈥檚 piece is acrylic on watercolor paper called 鈥淢emento Mori.鈥�
鈥淔alconry has always been a big part of my life and heavily inspires me to create,鈥� Shelton said.
鈥淕rowing up working with birds of prey with my father taught me invaluable lessons. The Red-Tailed Hawk is the most common bird of prey in Missouri, and the primary species we hunted with,鈥� she commented, 鈥淒epicted here is the single most pregnant moment of the hunt, realizing graceful power and sheer terror had in a split-second.鈥�
Carter鈥檚 artwork is titled, 鈥淥utsider,鈥� and is watercolor and acrylic on a cattle skull.
鈥淕rowing up on Western (movies) as a kid, it was only a matter of time before it worked itself into my art,鈥� Carter said.
鈥淭he majestic setting of the American cowboy inspires me the most, from the dusty cattle drives to bronco busting on a bustling ranch. Recently I have been drawn to painting on cattle skulls,鈥� she added. 鈥淲hen I use a skull as a base of my work, I view it as giving it a new life.鈥�
Collaboration
This annual exhibit is a collaboration between Art Saint Louis and the participating collegiate institutions, their art faculty, and students.
Art Saint Louis鈥� Artistic Director works closely with art Professors and faculty at the area鈥檚 colleges and universities, inviting the professors to select two outstanding art students to represent their art department and institution in our annual show.
Learn more about the annual exhibit at or on its Facebook page.
