STATE OF THE ARTS: JUNE 2010

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State of the Arts: June 2010

This edition of State of the Arts comes from the Citygarden.

SEGMENT DESCRIPTION: A video tour of this urban oasis, a new downtown attraction.
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION: A bio profile of internationally-acclaimed opera star Christine Brewer who is anything but an opera diva.
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION: The Artists in Training program of Opera Theater of St. Louis nurtures young artists to their fullest potential.
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION: The new executive director of the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival talks about his vision for the organization, now in its tenth year.
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION: Three emerging artists receive a major exhibition as winners of a competition sponsored by the Contemporary Art Museum.
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION: A profile of creative visionary Joe Edwards whose renovation and restoration projects make the Loop an area hotspot.
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION: Bradd Young is a rising star in the world of rap and R & B who believes in giving back to his community. Meanwhile Lil Bud E is a recent high school graduate who landed a recording contract based on a rap he wrote in high school and posted on You Tube.
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION: A major recording label based in St. Louis brings talented jazz artists front and center--and this company is a family operation.
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION: An update on the closing of St. Louis' only classical music station.
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION: One of St. Louis' premier dance companies announces its new season.
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION: Food--in the form of a sweet butter cream confection--as art.
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION: Artisans and craftspeople who create authentic colonial Windsor chairs the old fashioned way--with no power tools.
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION: A music video by Alex Fees and Robert Garcia illustrates an arrangement by folk singing duo Symmetry, who are glad to tell you they aren't from here.