Bolduc House Museum.

Making French Colonial American History Fun

The Bolduc House Museum is owned and operated by The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Missouri, a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization. Photographs of our collection are by Bruce Pendleton unless otherwise noted.

© 2010 by the Bolduc House Museum 

The Ste. Genevieve Downtown Art Walk happens monthly every fourth Friday from 6 to 9 PM. Featuring a different artist each month, we plan to introduce all sorts of genres to our visitors. Most of the artists make their work available for sale and when you purchase one of the pieces on display, a portion of the sale goes to support the work of the Bolduc House Museum. Are you an artist who is looking for a place to exhibit your work? Send a jpeg image of one of your pieces to Lesley at bolduchouse@sbcglobal.net. That action begins the conversation.
Text Box: Art Walk & Galleries Text Box: The Linden House Gallery— The long hallway gallery was the original front porch of this historic vertical log house that was built c. 1820. It is across Main Street from the Bolduc House and the LeMeilleur House and contains our offices, Museum Shop, Colonial Dames Parlor and Rozier Library. Text Box: This month— Rod Dierking’s exhibit is called “Faces and Places”. His photographs take the audience to India, Paris, as well as back in time to 1803 via Lewis & Clark re-enactors. Both of our galleries are filled with his colorful candid photos. Don’t miss this artist’s perspective and many of his prints are available for sale in our Museum Shop. His work will be on display through late September.

 

 

 

 

 

Faces and Places

By Rod Dierking

August 27 through late September

 
Text Box: Fourth Friday Art Walk— Friday, June 25, 2010—6:00-9:00 PM. Free Event—14 downtown galleries— Check us out and take time while you are here to browse our Museum Shop and taste the iced tea made from herbs out of our garden. Text Box: LeMeilleur Gallery— The area above the chair rail is for art. Below the chair rail is for children to explore through touch and play. This is a large rectangular gallery in the home built c. 1815 by Rene and Agathe Bolduc Le Meilleur. Agathe was the grand-daughter of Louis Bolduc, the man who built the Bolduc House across the fence. Text Box: Samples from our previous Art Walk exhibits— Text Box: Rosalie Brumfield’s “Night Bloomer” and other art quilts by local Ste. Genevieve County quilters were on display during January Text Box: Grant Kniffen’s “Making Salt” and other paintings with a regional history theme were on display during February. We are raising the funds to purchase “Making Salt” because it depicts one of Louis Bolduc’s sources of wealth. He made salt for sale in Upper Louisiana from the nearby Saline Creek. You can see Kniffen’s online gallery at his http://www.kniffenart.com. Text Box: In March, Bruce Pendleton’s photo art prints were on display. This print, “Clown 1” is part of a series of clowns. His photos are still available for sale at the Museum Shop. Mr. Pendleton is a retired commercial photographer who lives in Fairfax, Vermont. He contributed the month of November to make professional images of all the items in the Museum’s collection. Text Box: “Pressure” is just one of St. Louis based sculptor, Gary Mifflin’s baseball themed pieces. Each one portrays a baseball bat with a twist of humor. His exhibit at the Bolduc House Museum galleries was his first but look for his baseball bat art to be on display at a stadium near you in the years to come. You can see his online gallery at his http://www.baseballbatart.com. Text Box: October 8-10 Regional Visions: Thomas Hart Benton & the Sainte Genevieve Art Colony— Our LeMeilleur House Gallery will feature lithographs by Thomas Hart Benton on loan from the Saint Louis Mercantile Library. For more information click http://benton.typetching.com. Text Box: In June, Steve Easterwood of Dexter, MO, was our featured artist. His oil paintings mostly done as plein air pieces are framed in old-world style gold colored wood frames. You can see his art online at http://www.steveeasterwoodart.com. Text Box: In July, Printmaker Joe Lawlor of Kansas City, MO, was our featured artist. His prints and drawings, “Propagation of Circumstance” were inspired by architectural elements combining with nature.