Drop-in guided tour led by artist Juan William Chávez and master gardener Kiersten Torrez on the connections between art, ecology and land stewardship, using the museum's ancient Mesoamerican works.
Juan William Chávez and Kiersten Torrez are leading a collection tour at the Saint Louis Art Museum on Friday, November 20, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. It's called Art in the Living Landscape, and it's the first of a two-part series. The two of them will walk you through the museum's galleries, focusing on the connections between visual art, ecology, and land stewardship.
They're drawing on ancient Mesoamerican works from the museum's collection to talk about how art can prompt reflection on the communal use of land, and how nurturing a caring relationship with nature can feed creativity. It's not just a tour of the objects; they'll be discussing the pieces that inspire their own artistic and social practices. Since this is the first of two, you can catch just this one or come back for the second—they're separate sessions, and you're welcome to do both.
The two leading the tour bring their own hands-on backgrounds to the conversation: Juan William Chávez is an artist and a beekeeper, and Kiersten Torrez is a master gardener and fiber artist. That mix of art and working with the land is exactly what the tour is about, so it makes sense that they're the ones guiding it.
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Logistically, the group gathers at the welcome desk in Sculpture Hall. Places are offered on a first-come, first-served basis, so if you're planning to go, it's worth arriving a bit early to make sure you get a spot. The tour runs from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM on Friday, November 20, at the Saint Louis Art Museum, One Fine Arts Drive, Forest Park, St. Louis, MO 63110-1380.
