BAC Exhibition Preview for Art Along the Rivers: A Bicentennial Celebration *FULL*

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Beaux Arts Council Members are invited to preview the exhibition on Thursday, September 30, or Monday, October 4, from 6 to 9 pm.

In conjunction with the 200th anniversary of Missouri’s statehood, Art Along the Rivers: A Bicentennial Celebration explores the remarkable artwork produced and collected over 1,000 years in the region surrounding St. Louis. This area constitutes one of the most significant confluences of transportation routes in the United States. Passing within a 150-mile radius of the city are three significant rivers—the Mississippi, the Missouri, and the Ohio—and the legendary Route 66. The exhibition will connect a range of objects produced or collected in Missouri, including paintings, sculptures, works on paper, furniture, ceramics, metalwork, and textiles.

The exhibition is cocurated by Melissa Wolfe, curator and head of the Department of American Art, and Amy Torbert, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Assistant Curator of American Art.