Art Outside Artists Damage Fund

The annual Art Outside festival at Schlafly Bottleworks in Maplewood, MO is a celebration of local artists from in and nearby the St. Louis, MO area.  Early Sunday morning, a micro-cell with high winds and violent weather blew through, doing so much damage to the artists's booths that the final day of the festival was cancelled.

There were 66 local artists showing their work this weekend, and each of them experienced some level of damage to their tent and their art. Some less severe than others, some an almost total loss.  Some tents were lifted up off of Southwest Ave and found hundreds of feet away on Sarah Street, behind the brewery. 

Local news coverage of the damage: http://fox2now.com/2018/05/27/storm-damage-closes-schlaflys-art-outside-festival-in-maplewood/ 

We are raising funds to help offset at least a bit of the damage and loss the artists experienced, especially considering art fair season has officially begun.  The majority of these artists are start-ups and small businesses, and we know the amount of work and investment that has gone into their craft. The plan is to split the funds raised through this campaign evenly among all participating 2018 Art Outside Artists who wish to be included in the pool of recipients.

Additionally, we just confirmed that E-ZUP Instant Shelters  has generously offered a deeply discounted rate for participating artists who need to replace their tent.

Finally - donating here is not the only way to support these fantastic local artists. YOU CAN BUY THEIR ART! Many of them have online stores you can purchase from and many of them will be at other upcoming art fairs like the Webster Art Fair  next weekend. Learn more about all of these amazing artists by following the below links!

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St. Louis Artists from Art Outside 2018

A& M Accessories 

Allegra Frazier 

Amy Scherrer 

Anna Katz  

Anthony Borchardt 

Art by Tai 

B. Eugene Bauer 

Biggar and Shaw Design 

Bill McKenney 

Blue Mask Studio 

Carson Clayworks Company 

Cat Works 

Christiane’s Handcrafted Jewelry 

Christopher M. Lynch 

Christy Stark 

Den Smith Art 

Dennis Minner 

Erin Alice Art 

Erin Heaton Art 

Flair City Supply Co 

FletcherWorks 

Frye Pottery 

Golden Gems 

J & S Turnings 

JB Design and Illustration 

Jeane Vogel 

Jen Guss 

Jeremy Williams Woodturning 

Jimmy Liu 

Keltner’s Carvings 

Kenneth Franklin Photography 

Kevin Lin 

Key Rose Customs 

Kim Carr Photography 

Leigh Roberts 

Lisa Crisman 

Litterbugs 

Madi Sharp 

Marie Oberkirsch 

Mark Hurd 

Matthew Hemminghaus 

Mollie Chounard 

Neil R Brown 

Nick Nihira 

Paper Loft Creations 

Paul Trinklein and Jon Bernhardt 

Phillip Finder 

Ragtrader Vintage 

Rebecca A Brinkhorst

Renee Heyer-Starrett 

Riley Construction 

Sarah Shoot 

Sherwood Linders Luminaries 

Sleepy Kitty Arts 

Stefany Brown 

Stephanie Dukat Ceramics 

Susan Bostwick 

Theresa Hopkins 

UNeekBots 

Urban Sewing 

Vic Barr 

West Park Creative 

YellowTree 

Zak Pottery 

Zanne Avenue Jewelry 

Zoe Nicholson Fine Art 

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Additional Campaign Details

Who is managing this campaign?

Elle and Troika Brodsky live just a few houses down the street from Schlafly Bottleworks and were a couple of the neighbors helping clean up after the storm on Sunday morning. In addition to having a few friends with booths at this year's Art Outside, Troika is a long-time Maplewood resident who also worked for Schlafly Beer for 13 years and helped run Art Outside for many of those years. Elle currently runs the non-profit Yoga Buzz and Troika is the Executive Director of the St. Louis Brewers Guild and co-owner of Ices Plain & Fancy .

How will the funds be used and distributed?

Once the campaign has run its course (we dont have a set time limit - the plan is to simply make a call when momentum stalls out), the final total of donations recieved will be split evenly among all of the 2018 Art Outside artists who have not opted out of receiving funds. We have emailed a Google Form to all participating artists that gives them the option to opt out of receiving a share of funds if they would prefer to have their share benefit their fellow artists. The final even shares from this campaign will be paid out by check and mailed directly to these artists. All postage and logistics will be handled by Elle and Troika Brodsky.