Native American Children’s Art Exhibit At the Foundry Art Centre
A Native American Children’s Art Exhibit will be on display Sunday, May 8 through Thursday, May 19 at the Foundry Art Centre, 520 North Main Center in Historic St. Charles. The exhibit in the Foundry’s Baue Children’s Gallery will feature artwork by Native American children, toddlers through preteens, from South Dakota and Arizona. The Callin’ Eagles Singers and Dancers, a student group from Arizona, will perform Native American dance at 1 p.m. and at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 15. For more information, call (636) 255-0270.
The Native American Children’s Art Exhibit was organized by St. Charles Community College, which invited Native American reservation schools to share their students’ art. As an incentive, each participating school was given $150 for art supplies. The program generated more than 100 pieces of original artwork, accompanied by biographies and narratives from the children.
The Callin’ Eagles Singers and Dancers is a group of dancers ages 5 through 15, from various tribes in Fort Defiance, Arizona. Using drums, songs and dances, the children view their performance as a source of healing the elders and “those who cannot dance.”
“This is a very positive exchange between cultures,” said Dee Miller, chairperson the for “Mentor Me” children’s exhibit at MOsaics Festival for the Arts, and one of the coordinators for the Native American exhibit at the Foundry. “It’s exciting to share such diversity with the St. Charles community.”
The Foundry Art Centre is a fine arts gallery overlooking the Missouri River at 520 North Main Center, in the Frenchtown district of Historic St. Charles. The Foundry features a Smithsonian-caliber art gallery hosting juried exhibitions plus 20 working artist studios where visitors can watch the creative process and buy art directly from the artists. This nonprofit organization also provides community meeting rooms, event space and a children’s art gallery. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon until 4 p.m. Admission is free, but donations are welcome. For more information, call (636) 255-0270 or visit
www.foundryartcentre.org.
