September
26, 2015

Laumeier Sculpture Park’s Carts + Cocktails

Story by Colleen Doherty

Photos by Colleen Doherty

Laumeier Sculpture Park's Carts + Cocktails

at Laumeier Sculpture Park benefiting Laumeier Sculpture Park's presentation of temporary exhibitions, education programs and public events at 6:00 PM

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More than 150 guests attended Laumeier Sculpture Park’s Annual Carts + Cocktails fundraiser, Saturday, September 26, 2015. Carts + Cocktails, a progressive party as unique as Laumeier itself, invites attendees to cruise through the Park in golf carts and visit several stations. The event’s proceeds support Laumeier’s presentation of temporary exhibitions, education programs, and public events.

The guests began their journey at the Ferring Family Foundation Museum Lawn, sipping cocktails by Square One Brewery & Distillery and watching a special dance performance in the trees surrounding the lawn featuring Holly Seitz Marchant and David Marchant. Next, they traveled to Beverly Pepper, Cromlech Glen, 1985 where they savored creative treats by Butler’s Pantry and enjoyed live music from the Bottoms Up Blues Gang. The final stop occurred at the Adam Aronson Fine Arts Center to hear the Well Hungarians and participate in a silent auction that included experiences in the Park and throughout the St. Louis Community.

Laumeier Sculpture Park reflects a living laboratory where artists and audiences explore the relationship between contemporary art and the natural environment. Founded in 1976, Laumeier constitutes one of the first and largest dedicated sculpture parks in the country, making it an institution of international significance as well as a unique complement to the cultural landscape of the St. Louis region. Laumeier, a nonprofit, accredited art museum, operates in partnership with St. Louis County Parks. Programs are supported by the University of Missouri-St. Louis, the Regional Arts Commission, Missouri Arts Council and the Arts and Education Council of St. Louis. Laumeier presents 60 works of large-scale outdoor sculpture in a 105-acre park available free to the public year-round, and serves 300,000 patrons annually through temporary exhibitions, education programs, public events and sculpture conservation.

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Event Info

  • Event Chairs:

    Adrian and Jamey Edgerton

  • Executive Director:

    and Chief Curator, Marilu Knode

  • Committee Members:

    Adrienne D. Davis, Rhonda Hamm-Niebrugge, Maureen and Rick Jennings, Nancy and Ken Kranzberg, Helen Lee, Ramsey Maune, Margaret McDonald, Meredith McKinley and Jeff Winzerling, Wes Morgan, Suzanne Sierra, Kelly Weber, Susan and Rob Werremeyer

  • Staff:

    Melanie Baker, Membership & Museum Services Coordinator, Rick Fouts, Controller, Lauren Kistner, Marketing & Communications Manager, Nick Lang, Operations Supervisor, Sara Matthew, Special Events Manager, Karen Mullen, Curator of Education, Liz Murphy, Public Programs Manager, Julia Norton, Administrative & Volunteer Coordinator, Michelle Siegel, Development Officer, Sarah Thomas, Special Events Coordinator, Dana Turkovic, Curator of Exhibitions, Joy Wright, Librarian

  • Sponsors:

    Media Partner-Sauce Magazine

  • Attendance:

    150+ Guests

  • Attire:

    Casual party attire with flat shoes recommended.

  • Ticket Prices:

    $150 Member Ticket; $175 Individual Ticket; $250 Patron Ticket

  • Donors:

    In-Kind: Butler’s Pantry, Ironman Sound Industries, Square One Brewery & Distillery, Gateway Golf Cars Ltd., Brea Photography, Contemporary Productions, Midwest Valet Parking

  • Steering Committee:

    ST. LOUIS COUNTY COUNCIL - Steve Stenger, St. Louis County Executive, Hazel Erby, Representative, District 1, Sam Page, Representative, District 2, Colleen Wasinger, Representative, District 3, Michael O’Mara, Representative, District 4, Pat Dolan, Representative, District 5, Kevin O’Leary, Representative, District 6, Mark Harder, Representative, District 7; LAUMEIER INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL - Joe Baker, Palos Verdes Art Center, Expert in contemporary art, contemporary Native American artistic practice, community collaboration; Susan Cahan, PhD, Associate Dean for the Arts, Yale College, New Haven, Expert in diversity in contemporary artistic practice; Mark Coetzee, Executive Director and Chief Curator, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art, Cape Town, South Africa; Silvia Karman Cubiña, Director, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Expert in contemporary art, Latin American art; Laurie Ann Farrell, Director of Exhibitions, Savannah College of Art and Design Expert in contemporary African art; Maris Gillette, PhD, E. Desmond Lee Professor of Museum Studies and Community History, Director, Museum Studies Program, University of Missouri-St. Louis; T. Kelly Mason, Artist, Los Angeles, Expert in the language of painting through sculpture and light; Elizabeth Smith, Executive Director, Curatorial Affairs, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Expert in contemporary art and architecture; Mats Stjernstedt, Director, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Expert in contemporary global art; Kim Yasuda Co-Director, University of California Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA), Professor, University of California-Santa Barbara, Expert in temporary architecture, definitions of landscape

  • Board of Directors:

    David Schlafly, Board Chair, Joan Abrahamson, Jonathan Aronson, Susan Barrett, William Bolster, Carmon Colangelo, Adrienne D. Davis, Jamey Edgerton, Alison Ferring, Aaron Fields, Sam Foxman, Gary Hoemann, Sanjay Jain, James Kolker, Kenneth Kranzberg, Nancy Kranzberg, Ramsey Maune, Margaret McDonald, Helen Lee, Kiku Obata, Dorte Probstein, Suzanne Sierra, Mary Ann Srenco, Mike Walsh, Susan Werremeyer, Gary Wolff, Patricia Wycoff,; Ex-Offcio: Gary Bess, Director, St. Louis County Parks, Barb Flunker, Docent Co-Chair, Marilu Knode, Wes Morgan, Docent Co-Chair, Patricia Zahn, Des Lee Collaborative Vision, University of Missouri-St. Louis; Barbara Eagleton, Emerita, Barbara Gervais, Emerita, Lawrence Mooney, Emerius, Ken Steinback, Emeritus, Sissy Thomas, Emerita, John Wuest, Emeritus