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VIP Tour with Peat Wollaeger

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This unique experience was curated for the art and chess lover! Join St. Louis artist, Peat EYEZ Wollaeger and World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF) Chief Curator, Shannon Bailey for a private tour of Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit. You and the guests in your party will have the opportunity to play a chess game on Peat's featured chess set made specifically for Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit. This experience also includes lunch with Peat and Shannon, a great opportunity to ask the experts about art, chess, history and hear Peat's personal Keith Haring stories. To wrap up your visit, each member of your party will receive a Keith Haring/WCHOF giftbag.

Mutually agreed upon date between Monday, December 7, 2020 - May 14, 2021.

To arrange: please contact Lauren Stewart at (314) 795-8829 or [email protected].

About Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit:

Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit features artwork by Haring, a world-renowned pop artist known for his art that proliferated in the New York subway system during the early 1980s. The exhibition includes a never-before-seen private collection of Haring's works and photographs of the artist, bespoke street art chess sets from Purling London and newly-commissioned pieces by Saint Louis artists, all paying homage to the late pop culture icon.

About the Artist, Peat EYEZ Wollaeger:

A stenSOUL artist known globally for colorful stencil portraits, large scale murals and his signature EYEZ waking up in-animate objects on the Street.

Peat incorporates his stencils and art in various short Time-lapsed Films helping his audience understand the stencil process, and his creative passion to wake up this world.

Instagram @eyez

About the Chief Curator, Shannon Bailey:

Shannon Bailey is Chief Curator at the World Chess Hall of Fame. Prior to working at the World Chess Hall of Fame, Shannon served as the Director of Institutional Giving at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. Prior to that she was the Director Art Galleries at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. In addition to her museum work, Shannon has taught art history classes at several universities, including Cleveland State University, Stephen F. Austin State University, and Saint Louis University. Shannon holds a Master of Arts in Art History and Museum Studies from the Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Museum of Art joint program and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Museum Studies from Juniata College.

Donated By Peat EYEZ Wollaeger and the World Chess Hall of Fame