Art at Home: Colored Pencil Blending
Apr 6, 2020
Local artist Cecily Fergeson, one of CAM’s recurring teaching artists for our monthly Stroller Tour and Morning Play Date series, shares a virtual colored pencil blending tutorial that kids and adults alike can practice at home! Have you ever wondered the best way to choose your colors before starting…
Art at Home: Blind Contour Drawing
Apr 5, 2020
Running out of Saturday night social distancing ideas? Natalie, one of CAM’s Visitor Services Associates, shares a great way to stay entertained—blind contour drawing!
Watch the video below to see Natalie’s simple tutorial, then grab your quarantine partner (or your pet, or a plant!), keep your eyes…
Art at Home: Paper Collage
Mar 31, 2020
Derek Fordjour’s paintings were created from years of experimentation. The artist developed his unique process using humble materials, chosen for their affordability: charcoal, newspaper, cardboard, foil. To make his paintings, the artist begins by creating a base layer of tiled colored cardboard on canvas. He then wraps the canvas in…
Artist Notes from a Pandemic: Stephanie Syjuco
Mar 31, 2020
Not long into our phone conversation, Stephanie Syjuco tells me: “My parents are in the Philippines, a developing country that’s going to be hit very hard. Working on my own artwork, right now, it feels rather insignificant. This sounds like a harsh way to say it, but that’s…
Pining for penguins? Missing your museum? St. Louis attractions reach out online
Mar 30, 2020 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Art at Home: The Thirsty Bird Flip-book
Mar 26, 2020
Currently on view on CAM’s facade is Marina Zurkow: The Thirsty Bird. On one side of this split screen video, viewers witness the seemingly eternal motion of an oil pump jack (known colloquially as a “thirsty bird”), and on the other side, a range of archetypal figures drinking from a…
Portraits that capture three decades of black culture
Mar 24, 2020 / Huck
Artist Notes from a Pandemic: Liz Johnson Artur
Mar 24, 2020
Liz Johnson Artur takes photographs of people as a means toward connection. As viewers of the photographs, we connect with the people in the pictures. These connections are powerful—one human being, a group of human beings, linked to each other in the space of a museum. A…