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St. Louis Maker meets Maker. Craft Alliance Artists-In-Residence craft limited edition beer steins to match UCBC brews.

Today, there are so many different portals to communication and ways of introducing who we are and what we stand for.

Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design’s annual Makers Ball celebrates the beauty of craft and the joy of making. The event includes live artist demonstrations, silent and live auctions, dinner, and music.

This biennial juried exhibition represents the quality work created by artists who have been inspired in the studios of Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design.

Fidencio Martinez-Perez's current work examines immigration, the drug war, and socio­economic issues affecting Mexico. In his work, Fidencio manipulates newspaper cuttings, maps, paper, and painting surfaces to refer to the crafts and customs taught to him as a toddler in Oaxaca – ones used to celebrate festivals and mourn the dead. For Martinez these techniques are a way to reconnect with a time and place no longer present.