The artists were selected from 20 applicants by a jury of five artists who had participated in the program. This will be the seventh group sent to Mainz. This year, that event, which opens Wednesday and continues through next Saturday, includes the museum's celebration of its 10th anniversary. Jefferson St. It will include cake, music and a display of 10 new quilts recently added to the museum collection. Another public event is a quilt auction on Friday.
Admission is free.
Donations of quilts and related items will be accepted through Thursday. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Extended hours this week in honor of the quilt show are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and next Sunday and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Art tripping A rare chance to see Zimbabwean stone sculptures, some weighing 6,000 pounds, will occur when an exhibition opens Saturday at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis. The works are on loan from the Chapungu Sculpture Park in Harare, Zimbabwe.