Artist of the Month:
Virgene Tyrrell

"Mosaics are my passion. I have been creating them for over 20 years. I love using my own photographs as inspiration, but also doing contemporary pieces, suns, sunflowers and the occasional whimsical animal like the giraffe I’m currently working on. My suns have been shown as transition pieces 7 times on CBS Sunday Morning. My mosaics have been in galleries in Minnesota, Texas, Kansas and now Missouri. My husband, Charlie, and I are happy to make St Louis our home and enjoy being close to our grandchildren. You can find me on Facebook, instagram, Etsy and on my blog as MosaicsbyVirgene".
January Gallery Art Show
 Did the word inspire a visual or did the visual inspire words? The synergy between words and visuals leads to thought provoking art in any medium.
First Place: Kerry Kirkland, The Vervet
Second Place: Sally Vikman, Spiral Tapestry
Third Place: Debbie Kindschuh, Wyoming Sky
Honorable Mention: Judith Shimamoto, Acadia National Park
Honorable Mention: Linda Wilmes, Dixon Hauling
Honorable Mention: Linda Wilmes, Conversation with Grandpa
Honorable Mention: Marianna Hoeber, Golden Moments
Honorable Mention: Rhonda Schrum, Pareidolia
Honorable Mention: Lois Jacobs, Emma Never Knew
January East and West Gallery Shows
Meet Susan Burkhart:

“A lifelong passion to create has pulled me in many different directions. I see a new craft or technique and think 'I can do that'. This show reflects the 'rabbit hole' of my life, where I have worked with many materials and in a myriad of ways to fulfill this weird need to create. I am primarily a scroll saw woodworker and a jeweler, which encompasses many different techniques and media. I also quilt, block print, make cards, do cross stitch, and dabble in ice dying. I teach copper smithing and other jewelry classes at the gallery.”
Meet Debbie Kindschuh:
 "As a professional photographer, I often desire a more hands-on-approach to my art, so I turn to my brushes and paint either one of my nature photographs or an image that I see while I'm out in nature. My medium is oil, acrylics, handmade paper collages, and assemblage art. This series features impressionist style paintings of water lilies, flowers, collages and photos inspired by my travels to Japan.” It also includes a traditional wedding kimono and other Japanese artifacts.

Looking Ahead...
February and March Gallery Shows
8th Annual "Spanning the Generations" Gallery Art Shows
CALL FOR ARTISTS
AYUSA - Academic Year in the USA

A foreign exchange student nonprofit organization
Coming...this April
Foreign Exchange Student Presentations
Your help is needed!!!

Crossroads Arts Council has teamed up with AYUSA to host a foreign exchange student presentation. Students from 10 countries will share their culture. We need to fill our walls with images from the following countries:
Italy, Japan, Palestine, Lebanon, Germany, France, Suriname, Sierra Leone. Netherlands and South Korea. If you have photos or items from any of these countries, please contact Gigi and offer to help these students decorate their space.

Dardenne Prairie City Hall: 6 month display, art displayed amongst the halls of Dardenne City Hall, open to the public, art may be priced for sale. Drop off date is 6-27 & 6-28, 1-3 & 6-8. Contact: georgannakrumlinde@gmail.com

Wentzville City Hall: 6 week display, 12' linear wall space, art may be priced for sale.

WREC - Wentzville's New Rec Center: 6 week display opportunities, private display or group display. Great foot traffic, art may be priced for sale. Apply here: art_display_application.php

Progress Park - 6 week displays for community arts (art classes, school arts, homeschool arts, art clubs, etc), Apply here: art_display_application.php and contact Debbie @ debbie.kindschuh@gmail.com
Do you have a special talent that you'd like to share and earn some money?

Want to teach an art class?
Upcoming Art Classes:

  • Copper Foil Weaving, Mon. Jan. 9th, 10-1, contact Susan
  • Crafting for a Cause: Tues. Jan. 10th, 1-3, contact Laura
  • Rough Writers: Tues. Jan. 10th, 7pm, contact Deborah
  • Neurographic Art Class: Sun. Jan. 15th, 2-4 or 4-6, contact Debbie
  • Beginning Metal Smithing, Thurs. Jan. 19th, 10am-1pm, contact Susan
  • Quick Start Tapestry, Fri. Jan. 20th, Jan. 27th & Feb. 3rd, 3-5 pm, contact Sally
  • Beginning Weaving on a Harness Loom, Fri. Jan. 20th, 1-3, contact Sally
  • Beginning Weaving on a Harness Loom, Fri. Jan. 27th, 1-3, contact Sally
  • Tapestry Weaving Salon, Fri. Feb. 3rd, 1-3 pm, contact Sally
  • Quilting Class: Mon. Feb. 6th, 6-8pm, contact Gigi
  • Combining Shrink Art & Metal, Tues. Feb. 14th & Feb. 21st, 9am - 12 pm, contact Susan
  • Crafting for a Cause: Tues. Feb. 14th, 1-3, contact Laura
  • Rough Writers: Tues. Feb. 14th, 7pm, contact Deborah
  • Quilting Class: Mon. Feb. 20th, 6-8pm, contact Gigi
  • File Folder Junk Journal: Sat. Feb. 25th and Sun. Feb. 26th, 12:30 - 3:30 pm, contact Nancy
  • Tapestry Weaving Salon, Fri. March 3rd, 1-3 pm, contact Sally

Check our website for class details.
A HUGE
THANK YOU to all of our new members!
Prorated membership is $15.
Annual membership sign up
begins in April.
Full year membership is $30.

Next member meeting is February 2nd, 6-8 pm at the Green Lantern Senior Center, 506 S Linn Ave.

Click here to join: (prorated membership will need to be mailed or taken to gallery).
Looking ahead:
Gallery space is still available for private or group showings.

Curators are needed for the following art shows:
May - "Anything Goes",
August - "The 3 R's: Reuse, Repurpose Recycle", October "Art Without a Canvas",
and November "Steampunk".

Contact georgannakrumlinde@gmail.com for a copy of Curator Responsibilities Document

Want to Sponsor a Show?
Your sponsorship pays for the judge's fee and prize money.
Upcoming Events -
Check our website for further details.


  • February 2023 - "Adult Spanning the Generations" Art Show - Curator Laura Birk

  • March 2023 - "HS Student Spanning the Generations" Art Show - Curator Debbie Kindschuh
  • East Gallery - Crystal Wing's Timberland High School students

  • April 2023 - "Foreign Exchange Students - Art, Food and Culture" - Curator Georganna Krumlinde

  • May 2023 - "Anything Goes" East Gallery Show - curator needed
  • West and Main Gallery - AJ Mincher - Graphic Artist

refer to Gallery schedule below for
2023 Themed Gallery Shows
Crafting for a Cause

Please join us this month, Tuesday Jan 10th from 1-3 pm, as we make greeting cards for cancer patients.

All supplies are provided.

Contact Laura
Enter a drawing to
WIN A QUILT


Crossroads Arts Council 

We’re giving away a quilt in December of 2023. The quilt was made by Millie Bloomer and donated to us by Mary Pearson.  

The first time you visit our galleries in 2023, you write your name next to a number in the record book. You put your number on a slip of paper and put it in the jar.

Each time after that, you only need to put your number on a slip of paper and put it in the jar.

You can put a slip of paper in the jar for each time:

You attend a reception.
You act as a docent.
You take a class.
You teach a class.
You make a purchase from one of our galleries.
You curate a show.
You sponsor a show.
You attend a member meeting,
You serve on a committee.
You volunteer at a CAC event or booth (Quilt Show, Arts and Ales, Sunset Market, Fall Festival, Wentzville Days).

Drawing will be held at the reception of our December 2023 show - Artistic Gifts Under $100.
Help us bring more creativity into our community. Spread the word......


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