Program Type: Art Workshop

GET READY FOR A FUN, HANDS-ON CREATIVE CHALLENGE!

Join the World Chess Hall of Fame & Galleries, Saint Louis‘s premier cultural destination, for a unique and approachable hands-on workshop. This interactive, adult program is a highlight of the local calendar and a fun way to experience chess education through creative play.

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The Program: Poetic Device: Make a Printed Flexigon with Central Print

A Printmaking, Poetry, and Math-Fused Workshop

Join Central Print for a printmaking, poetry, and math-fused workshop inspired by Square Poem: The Bishop by Nkosi Nkululeko, currently on view at the World Chess Hall of Fame & Galleries. We will be making a flexigon—a folded book that opens up to reveal a new arrangement of words and images, allowing the artist to play with multiple meanings. Participants will create the book’s content by printing with an assortment of imagery and type from Central Print’s Collection.

All supplies for this self-led activity are included, and no chess experience is needed to join in!

The program has a $5 entry fee, but is FREE for World Chess Hall of Fame & Galleries Members! Learn more about becoming a member.

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The Exhibition: Reading Between the Lines: Chess and Literature

The Intersection of Strategy and Culture

This fun program is offered in connection with our current art exhibition, Reading Between the Lines: Chess and Literature. This exhibition explores how authors and artists have used chess as a metaphor for strategy, life, and conflict in their works. This event promotes chess education by demonstrating the link between strategic thinking, creative expression, and design.

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Current Exhibitions

While visiting the World Chess Hall of Fame & Galleries in Saint Louis, we also invite you to explore our other current exhibitions:

• Charles Houska: Master of Play
• Chess Variants: Transforming Tradition

Get in the holiday spirit and customize your own ornament! Ornaments look great on holiday decorations, gifts to others, and so much more. Bring some friends and have a great time with complimentary supplies and refreshments.

*20% discount for WCHOF members, students, seniors, and military personnel

Develop your art skills in this drawing class workshop with instructor Lauren Darling! Learn the art of form, shape, and more while sketching figures in the galleries. Supplies and complimentary refreshments will be provided.

*20% discount for WCHOF members, students, seniors, and military personnel

Craft your very own fabric garland using secondhand yarn and fabric! Inspired by fabric book covers in our exhibition, Reading Between the Lines: Chess and Literature, you’ll learn the snip-and-rip technique and a couple of knots to assemble your garland. Then, you’ll choose the fabric colors and patterns that best suit a holiday or celebration you have coming up. Take your garland home to decorate your front door, staircase, or mantel. Complimentary refreshments are provided by Brennan’s.

Perennial is a non-profit organization in St. Louis where you can take classes to learn creative ways to reuse materials. By reducing waste and crafting with salvaged materials, our community diverts more than 10,000 pounds from landfills yearly! Join us in our reuse studio, where you can try woodworking, stained glass, mosaics, sewing, dyeing, bookbinding, and more classes.

*20% discount for WCHOF members, students, seniors, and military personnel

Make animals from origami paper in a fun, hands-on workshop with the supplies provided. This workshop is complementary and fun for all ages!

Join us for an exciting workshop where you can create your own board game inspired by our current exhibition, Chess Variants: Transforming Tradition! All supplies will be provided, making it a fun activity for all ages!

*20% discount for WCHOF members, students, seniors, and military personnel

Join us for a fun pressed flower-making workshop, led by WCHOF’s Emily Billhartz, featuring fall florals! Emily will demonstrate how to press and assemble flowers and frame your masterpiece. It is fun for all ages, with complimentary supplies and refreshments.

*20% discount for WCHOF members, students, seniors, and military personnel

Meet local artist Justin King and make animal hand puppets and decorative masks out of cardboard! With artwork featured in Paws and Pawns: Exploring Animal Chess Sets, Justin will dive into his artistic process and demonstrate how to make your art! Complimentary and fun for all ages! Supplies provided.

St Louis-based multidisciplinary artist, Justin King is mainly known for his cardboard sculptures. His work blends his love of natural history with whimsical punches of color. Often using underutilized and sustainable materials, he lives and works out of his home in the historic Tower Grove neighborhood. King’s pieces are frequently available through the Houska Gallery.

Create and customize a journal to take home, and learn about journaling prompts with friends! Inspired by our exhibition, Reading Between the Lines: Chess and Literature, this fun workshop is complimented with provided supplies and complimentary refreshments by Brennan’s.

*20% discount for WCHOF members, students, seniors, and military personnel