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The 51st Annual St. James Court Art Show will be held October 5, 6 & 7. This year marks the third time in four years the Art Show has been ranked the #1 Fine Art Show in the country by Sunshine Artist Magazine.  Previously the show has attracted over 275,000 people and has featured 700 artists in its three square block show site.  This year the St. James Court Art Show will enhance the patron’s experience by bringing in technology and an interactive recycled art station.

AT&T, a major sponsor of the Art Show, is bringing the AT&T Experience tent. It is a high-tech interactive play land for consumers showcasing AT&T product and services demonstrations, including wireless phones and ring tone downloads, plasma televisions, High-Speed Internet connections, online gaming, personalized event e-photos and more.

Go Green! As an effort to raise environmental awareness, the Green Team from Whole Foods Market will lead a series of educational and fun eco-art projects for kids of all ages. Participants will learn how to creatively reuse post-consumer waste (regular household items that are often thrown away) as art materials. Reusing these items saves landfill space and the energy and natural resources needed to produce new materials. Recycling art projects encourage creative thinking and problem solving as kids are challenged to use non-traditional art materials. Also, some of the trash destined for landfills is more interesting than art materials available for purchase at the local supply store.

Marguerite (Marty) Rice, a Louisville native was chosen as the 2007 St. James Court Art Show poster artist. She was awarded $1,000 for her winning design at the Kick Off and Poster Unveiling on September 14.  Come meet Marty Rice at the show in booth SJ-227, directly west of the fountain. She will sign and number limited edition prints of the poster for $50. Open editions will be available for $25. Rice’s image will also be featured on tote bags, note cards and postcards for sale at the poster booth.

Selected from among 40 entries, Marty’s playful image reflects the crowd enjoying a beautiful fall day on St. James Court.  “It’s an image that makes you smile and think of all the great art you have bought at St. James!” said Margue Esrock, Show Director. Marguerite attended the Art Center School located at the University of Louisville in 1961. While raising her two children in Chicago, her illustrations appeared in magazines and two solely-illustrated children’s books. Upon returning to Louisville in 1980, she became a fashion illustrator for Stewart’s department store. In 1983, continued her career as Creative Artist for the Advertising Department of The Courier-Journal. She retired as Senior Artist in 2005, her 22 years spanning a period of change from pen-and-ink and t-squares to Quark Xpress® and Photoshop®.

The St James Court Fountain is featured on the cover of the 2007 – 2008 Greater Louisville Companion edition of the AT&T Real Yellow Pages directory, which is the smaller, more portable version of the traditional print directory. Delivery of the directory begins this week and continues for approximately four weeks. 

This year marks the 51st Annual St. James Court Art Show, but before the show even begins artists are in town helping local schools.  This year is the 4th annual Visiting Artist Day.  The art show has partnered with Norton Healthcare and Jefferson County Public Schools to bring 14-plus artists into 14 elementary schools.

The artists will be meeting with 5th graders to give them a hands-on approach to understanding art.  Not only will this be helping the children prepare for spring testing it will benefit children at Kosair Children’s Hospital. 

Some of the art the children make will be given to patients at the children’s hospital. "There is an important connection between art and healing," said Lynnie Meyer, R.N., MSN, Chief Development Officer for Norton Healthcare. "We see it in programs such as music therapy and expressive therapy supported by the Norton Healthcare Foundation and Children's Hospital Foundation. The St. James Court Art Show showcases the work of artists like those who tirelessly help our patients and we are proud and honored to be a part of this wonderful event."

Visiting Artist Day takes place on Wednesday, October 3, 2007.  The fourteen elementary schools participating in this program are: Bloom, Brown, Byck, Camp Taylor, Chancey, Chenoweth, Cochran, Coleridge-Taylor, Farmer, Goldsmith, Maupin, Price, Stopher and Wilkerson.  The time is from 10AM to 3PM.

Sponsors for the 2007 St. James Court Art Show are: AT&T, AT&T The Real Yellow Pages, Digital Business Solutions, Korbel Champagne, Kosair Charities, Panera Bread Company, Norton Healthcare, Whole Foods Market, Councilman Unseld, Grolsch Beer, TARC, PARC,  Lite 106.9, Oldies 103.1, Louisville Magazine, WAVE 3 TV, Yellow Ambulance, Fortress Network, Interspace Computers, CASA, Convenient Medical Care, Insuramax, Louisville Convention & Visitor’s Bureau, Old Louisville Chamber of Commerce, Jefferson County Public Schools, Holiday Inn Southwest.