Ste. Genevieve Art Guild

A non-profit organization, we are a growing, inclusive group of fine
artists and arts enthusiasts.  We are committed to the arts, as well as
the history and legacy of the creative spirits who have lived and worked
in this area before us.

We welcome new members who are participating artists from any fine
arts discipline and those who consider themselves patrons of the arts.
 We have thespians, musicians, photographers, and graphic artists
among our practicing members.  We have teachers, business people
and laborers among our patrons.

You might say, the visual arts and Ste Genevieve have always been
together with the native Americans who once populated this area and,
more recently, since the early 1800's with the arrival of John James
Audubon.

From 1930 to 1940, the Ste Genevieve Art Colony and Summer School
of Art significantly contributed to twentieth century American art history
combining regionalism, social realism and others schools to produce
a distinctive body of art, here in the midwest.

The charm of our small town, along the banks of the Mississippi River,
appealed to such visual artists as Jessie Beard Rickly, Amie Schweig,
Bernard Peters, Thomas Hart Benton, Martyl, Joe Jones, Matthew
Zeigler, Roscoe Misselhorn, Charles Rhinehart & others, who all found
it a wonderful place to paint.

Today's Ste Genevieve Art Guild continues to uphold this tradition.  We
encourage creativity and emerging talent through our annual events,
monthly meetings, educational demos and scholarship fund.  We
strive to develop activities and programs to enhance the Guild
membership and surrounding communities.

Our connection to the
Ste. Genevieve Artist Colony of the 1930s and
1940s is highlighted each year in our annual
Promenade des Art.
Ste. Genevieve Art Guild
"...open to all persons interested in the arts."
STE GENEVIEVE ART WALK
Open Studio and Gallery Walk
PRODUCED BY THE ARTIST-OWNED STUDIOS AND
GALLERIES OF STE GENEVIEVE
PROMENADE DES ARTS
Thomas Hart Benton
October 9 - 11, 2010
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CHRISTMAS ART SHOW
December 4 & 5, 2010
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