Davide Prete–Lucky meeting at Laumeier Sculpture Park

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Architecture, interiors, furniture, sculpture and jewelry…Davide Prete does it all. The elegant simplicity of design links all the work in his impressive portfolio. I met Davide and his wife Juliette at the Laumeier Sculpture Park–96 acres of outdoor sculpture that rivals anywhere in the world. All three of us went there for a Fire Artists…

Joseph LaMarque: St. Louis Artist…His art career sprang from home training and he sees art as a part of everyday living.

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This conversation with Joseph LaMarque is the seventh in my series of profiles on African-American fine artists and leaders of cultural organizations in St. Louis which now include (in alphabetical order): Rene Dimanche Jr., Ron Himes, Joseph La Marque, Edna J. Patterson Petty, Robert Powell, Freida L. Wheaton, and Rochleigh Z. Wholfe for a total…