State of the Arts
June 2007
June 2007
This edition of State of the Arts comes from the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center



Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis
Our cameras follow The Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis as the directors, cast and crew mount a major production of Much Ado About Nothing in the group's three-week summer festival in Forest Park.		Ansel Adams "Reverence for Life
Michael Adams, the son of renowned photographer Ansel Adams, discusses his father's art, career and life in an exhibit of rarely seen photographs at the Kemper Art Museum at Washington University.		Chapungo-Missouri Botanical Garden
An impressive exhibit of stone sculptures by African Shona artists is displayed in the beautiful setting of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Artists discuss the process of creating by deletion and the relationship of their work to nature.		Bach Society of St. Louis
The conductor of the Bach Society and several of the group's singers talk about creating magnificent music and the contributions of vocal music to the region's arts community.
Second City Lit Mag
The editors of this small, high quality literary magazine reveal how they select stories for publication, who they are and how they hope to promote the written word among St. Louis audiences. 		Javier Mendoza
Javier Mendoza, one of St. Louis's favorite performers, talks about his great relationship with his audience and the influences that formed his style of Latin music.		Portfolio Gallery
Gallery director Robert Powell discusses his relationship to art. Powell is a mentor to young, emerging African-American artists; his goal is to provide exhibition opportunities for new artists.