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 Mary McGuire, featuring fall florals! Mary 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.
Enjoy a complimentary tour of Crown Jewels: Donation Highlights and Paws and Pawns: Exploring Animal Chess Sets with Artist Sophie Binder! Sophie will discuss her intricately designed chessboard featured in Paws & Pawns, her experiences as an illustrator, and her “field study” project. Refreshments are provided.
Sophie Binder is a freelance designer native of France. She has worked as a designer in France, Italy, and the United States for over 30 years, including projects worldwide. Sophie’s work has also brought her close to conservation, not-for-profit organizations, and the outdoor industry. She self-published a book about her adventure in 2013, The World, Two Wheels and a Sketchbook, and has done illustrations for four other books for French publisher PRIVAT.
Wednesday, March 5 – 12:00 pm
Join us for an evening of drawing inspired by the exhibition PINNED! A Designer Chess Challenge and Saint Louis fashion history. Artist Juan William Chávez is back by popular demand, this time with a focus on contour drawings. We’ll start with some quick drawing exercises in the gallery, and then explore shape, color, and pattern as we draw from a shoe still life in the studio. Juan William Chávez is an artist and cultural activist. He is the founder and director of Northside Workshop, a non-profit art space dedicated to addressing cultural and community issues in North Saint Louis. Chávez also teaches Conceptual Drawing, Digital Drawing, and Artists Working in the Public Realm courses at Webster University.
*Free for World Chess Hall of Fame members.
Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments are provided.
For more information or to reserve a spot please email:
[email protected].
Metered on-street parking is available, as well as paid lots adjacent to
Kingside Diner and at the Schlafly branch of the St. Louis Public Library.
Wednesday, Nov 8 – 6:30 pm
Join us for a complimentary lecture as part of Clash for the Crown: Celebrating Chess Champions by renowned chess historian IM John Donaldson. Listen as he tells little-known stories behind artifacts related to legendary world chess champions and women’s world chess champions.
IM John Donaldson joined the Tacoma Chess Club in the fall of 1972, inspired by the Fischer-Spassky match. An international master, with two grandmaster norms, Donaldson has captained the U.S. Chess Olympiad team on 14 occasions. He is the author of over 40 books on chess, including Bobby Fischer and His World.
Sunday, Jul 21 – 1:00 pm
