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Thanks to a grant from the Regional Arts Commission, the West End Arts Council, which is co-chaired by Roy Roncal and Andy Cross, were able to assist in bringing Bob Quinn, a distinguished film maker and photographer to St. Louis. Quinn is a resident of Galway in Ireland, a sister city.
On Wednesday, May 15, the West End Arts Council, assisted by SDCC Executive Director Laure Porterfield, held a neighborhood reception for Quinn at Four Corners.
On a beautiful, rainfree evening, over 100 people looked at a sample of Quinn’s photographs and partook of various refreshments. Quinn showed one of his films, Poitin, about moonshiners on the Emerald Isle. Patrick Donelan, chair of Galway Sister Cities and a member of the board of the Regional Arts Commission, was in attendance with several colleagues.
He was pleased with Quinn’s visit because it inaugurates an exchange program between St. Louis and Galway. Neighborhood artist Bill Christman will visit the Galway Arts Festival in July, the first Missourian ever invited. Donelan grew up in Skinker DeBaliviere and was glad to return for this event.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, June 1996.
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