Nicki's Central West End Guide
an urban news journal based in St. Louis, MO
It’s window displays all the way at Barrett Barrera Projects which has launched its 3rd Annual Holiday Blow-up at 4739 McPherson Avenue, and two doors east at projects+gallery, 4733 McPherson Avenue. The galleries have been closed to visitors because of the pandemic, so to see the windows filled with over-the-top holiday decorations is a joyful…
The 11th Annual CWE Window Walk, which took place Saturday, December 5, shared center stage with St. Louis Shakespeare Festival and Painted Black STL’s A Walking Xmas Carol. It couldn’t have been a more delightful pairing. Organizers were thrilled at the turnout and enthusiastic response to what had been planned against the backdrop of the…
Cheri Hoffman, above, acknowledged that the pandemic “profoundly affected my work early on and now—the materials, the scale and the content. After settling in during the lock down, I often worked at my dining table and sometimes in front of the news, just to endure it. I set up with gouache, ink and watercolor, tore…