A Brief Survey of Chair Design from the St. Louis Art Museum Decorative Arts Collection
Terry Suhre provides an illustrated analysis of chair design as represented in the St. Louis Art Museum Decorative Arts Collection. Suhre is director of Gallery 210 and research professor of art at UMSL.
"Over the last 150 years the evolution of the chair has paralleled developments in architecture and technology and reflected the changing needs and concerns of society to such an extent that it can be seen to encapsulate the history of design" (1000 Chairs; Taschen 25).
Location: Gallery 210, Telecommunity Center (west of the North Campus MetroLink stop – park in MSC Garage North).
Dance, Race, and Class: Gitana Productions Preview
Cecilia Nadal, founder and executive director of Gitana Productions, and cast members of “Muddy River” discuss how we can explore race and class relations through dance, and they give us an inside view of their May dance production.
The Harlem Renaissance: 1890-1940
Bobby Norfolk, internationally known story performer and teaching artist, celebrates the artistic achievements of the African American community that exploded out of the Harlem sector of Manhattan in the early 1900s. Recreating literature, music and poetry by such legends as Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston, Norfolk brings to life the excitement of the cultural awakening that was the Harlem Renaissance. We also preview the 2012 St. Louis Storytelling Festival, which runs May 2–5, 2012.
Monday Noon Series
