ICMA IN ST. LOUIS
STUDY EVENT FOR THE NATURE OF THINGS: MEDIEVAL ART AND ECOLOGY, 1100-1550
In-person at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis Art Museum, and other venues
Friday 28 July 2023
10am - 3:30pm
Saturday 29 July 2023
9am-2pm
Register HERE
The International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA), the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, and the St. Louis Art Museum invite ICMA members to a study weekend organized around the exhibition The Nature of Things: Medieval Art and Ecology, 1100-1550, curated by Heather Alexis Smith at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation. Please see below for a detailed itinerary and registration link.
FRIDAY 28 JULY 2023
Due to capacity restrictions, we can accommodate only 15 people from 10am-3:30pm for the day's events.
10am
Curator-led tour and discussion of The Nature of Things: Medieval Art and Ecology, 1100-1550 at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation. Click HERE for more information
12:30pm
Lunch provided by the Pulitzer Arts Foundation
2pm-3:30pm
Due to capacity limitations, a rotation of these two events at the St. Louis Art Museum:
A close look at medieval objects in the Museum's art study room
A tour of the medieval galleries
Late afternoon/evening
The St. Louis Art Museum is open until 9pm on Fridays. Guests will have the opportunity to enjoy the museum and the special exhibition Action/Abstraction Redefined: Modern Native Art, 1940s–1970s. More information about the exhibition can be found HERE.
An optional and casual group dinner after the museum can be planned, depending on interest (guests pay their own way).
SATURDAY 29 JULY 2023
9am
Tour of the Central Reform Congregation and their newly installed mosaic (info HERE)
10am
Tour of Cahokia, the archaeological site of a pre-Columbian Indigenous city (which existed c. 1050–1350 CE) directly across the Mississippi River from what is now called St. Louis, the ancestral lands of the Osage, Missouri and Illini people. https://cahokiamounds.org/
12pm
Picnic lunch at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Park provided by the ICMA
1pm
Cathedral Basilica and Mosaic Museum, completed in 1907.
2pm
Drinks provided by the ICMA
Accommodations
For those traveling to St. Louis, we've reserved a small block of king suite rooms at The Royal Sonesta Chase Park Plaza St. Louis (website HERE). The rate is about $195 per night with tax and includes a king bed and a queen-sized sleeper couch in each room. On the registration form, please let us know if you want this option and we will send the discount code.
Carpooling
On the registration form, we ask that you indicate if you need transportation between sites or able to offer a ride to a colleague.
Guests
While Friday is limited to 15 people because of capacity restrictions, guests can join for Saturday events. There may be a nominal fee for guests to help cover picnic lunch and tours. The St. Louis Art Museum is free to all; they can join you at the museum Friday evening after our tour/study room visit. The Pulitzer Arts Foundation is also free to all.
Any questions, please email icma@medievalart.org
This event is organized by Maggie Crosland, Ryan Frisinger, Sherry Lindquist, and Heather Alexis Smith.
Register HERE