Spilling the Beans about the "Beans"
July 23rd, 2010
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City-Wide Open Studios kicked off with a Preview Party on Tuesday, July 20th. Guests started filing in at 6pm sharp and were surrounded by work from over 150 participating artists, and we soon had 720 people joining in on the fun. The colorful, unique pieces lined the walls of the contemporary, and several of the artists were on hand to directly speak with the guests about the pieces they were presenting. St. Louis art fanatics mingled with the artists and each other, and shared their thoughts on the pieces they were seeing. Oh, and you also might have noticed the Pi Pizza Truck and ice cream truck parked outside the museum – they were a little hard to miss. Party goers were more than excited about the trucks, and soon the courtyard was filled with people happily eating and drinking beer from Schlafly. As one party guest was finishing up his beer, he high-fived his friend, happily shouting, “The Contemporary can throw one heck of a party!”

In the past few weeks, the TMS team benefited greatly from the expertise of CAMSTL’s Graphic Designer Bruce Burton, Director of Finance and Administration Mary Walters and development team Allison Chao, Emily Klimek and Caron House. Outside input from guests Jessica Baran, Assistant Director of White Flag Projects, and Rachel Craft, Emily Augsburger and Courtney Henson from the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts gave insight into how other organizations operate and connect with audiences in new and unique ways. A big thanks to all Teen Museum Studies’ guests over the course of the program – without your help, we still would not know how to organize a budget, get an in-kind donation, document incoming art work, effectively advertise or plan a successful public program to reach out to our community.






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