CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - The Edward Bernard Gallery will host a meet and greet with Mexican artist Ricardo Motilla on Thursday, July 12 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Motilla was born on December 10, 1951 in the city of San Luis Potosi, SLP, Mexico, and currently lives and has his studio-workshop in the cd. Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.He studied at the bachelor's degree in architecture at the School of Architecture at the University of Guanajuato (19701975). It is self-taught painter and sculptor, with a career in this field since 1970 to date.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - The Southeast Missouri Arts Council will be hosting a reception for local mixed-media artists Rochelle Steffen and Elizabeth Thomas.

The show will be Friday, June 1 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and will be on display until June 30. It will feature solo exhibits by both artists.

Steffen, a local artist and a member of the Visual Arts Cooperative, focuses her creative energy on producing sculptural and three-dimensional pieces from ‘found’ objects. These ‘found’ objects often come from Steffen’s personal excursions, and walks, and include pieces of driftwood, old toys, old metal pieces and other items that she recycles in her work. Specifically, Steffen will be displaying a variety of ‘Modifieds’, which are toys that she has deconstructed into sculptural pieces.  

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - The Southeast Missouri Arts Council will present pieces of children's artwork from the 12 Annual Children's Arts Festival to members of the City Council on Monday, May 21 at 7 p.m.

These visual art pieces, by children from each of the nine local elementary schools, will be on display in the Council Chamber at City Hall for the next year.

Introduced in the year 2000, the Children’s Arts Festival was developed as a way to showcase what local arts teachers, and their students, are doing in their classrooms.

This year’s show, held in February, was juried and displayed pieces from students in the third grade through eighth grade. The top eight entries in each age group were featured in a booklet produced specifically for the event.