PHOTOS BY MAATOLOGY
YOURS TRULY AT THE  REGIONAL ARTS COMMISION'S (RAC) BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
RACS' PRESIDENT/CEO VANESSA COOKSEY 
GREETING THE SOLD OUT CROWD

                     THE LINEUP OF ENTERTAINMENT
THE NEXT PHOTOS  BELOW ARE FROM THE FASHION SHOW PORTION OF THE PARTY PRESENTED BY  RUSTIC RICH, J STOCKINGS AND PROJECT RUNWAY AND STL NATIVE MICHAEL DRUMMOND. IT WAS CURATED BY YORO OF YORO STYLES AND HAIR STYLES BY WHISPER STYLE TEAM 
PERFORMER BETH BOMBARA OPENED THE PARTY
ATMOSPSHERE
ARTISTS PAINTING LIVE MURALS AT THE EVENT  INCLUDING VISUAL ARTIST STAN CHISHOLM WHO WAS AWARDED A RAC GRANT TO PAINT. 
CERAMIC VENDOR AT THE PARTY 
 MEMBERS OF THE COCA MUSICAL THEATRE GROUP
MEMBERS OF THE ST LOUIS DANCE THEATRE COMPANY 
MEMBERS OF CIRCUS HARMONY
DJ SHE BEATZ HELD IT DOWN WITH THE SOUNDS DURING THE PARTY 
MEMBERS OF DANCES OF INDIA 
THE RED AND BLACK BRASS BAND PERFORMED THE PROCESSIONAL AND RECESSIONAL AND PLAYED THE HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG TO CELEBRATE RAC'S 40TH BDAY CELEBRATION AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WALKED UP TO THE MAIN STAGE.
ST LOUIS MAYOR CARA SPENCER ADDRESSING THE CROWD AS MEMEBRS OF THE RAC LOOKS ON. 
THE FASHION SHOW TEAM 
JAZZ VOCALIST AND TRUMPETER LADY J HUSTON 
BELOW ARE MORE ATMOSPHERIC SHOTS
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ART AND PUBLIC ART INITIATIVES  ROSEANN WEISS AND GRANTS DIRECTOR ANN HAUBRICH ADDRESSES THE CROWD BEFORE PRESENTING THE NEXT ACT WHICH WAS........
2025 ST LOUIS POET LAUREATE AND RAC COMMUNITY ARTS TRAINING INSTITUTE PROGRAM LEAD 
PACIA ANDERSON 
ANDERSON WAS ACCOMPANIED BY BAND MEMBERS INCLUDING PERCUSSIONIST DAVID A.N. JACKSON (FAR RIGHT)

MEMBERS OF THE ST LOUIS IRISH ARTS
MEMBERS OF THE AFRIKY LOLO DANCE COMPANY
EDITORS NOTE. THIS EVENT WAS A WELL ATTENDED EVENT THAT WAS HELD AT MIDWAY WEST AT UNION STATION IN DOWNTOWN ST LOUIS ON THURSDAY AUGUST 28. MANY OF THE ARTS COMMUNITY CAME TO CELEBRATE THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF REGIONAL ARTS COMMISSION. THERE WERE ALSO MANY FOOD BUFFETS FOR PEOPLE TO PARTAKE DURING THE PARTY AND FREE MOCKTAILS TO CELEBRATE THE FESTIVITIES. ENTERTAINMENT WAS PROVIDED ON FOUR SEPARATE STAGES ON A CONSECUTIVE ROTATING SCHEDULE. YOURS TRULY WAS ALSO INTERVIEWED BY MAXI GLAMOUR WHO VIDEO'D PEOPLE IN THE CROWD ABOUT THE ARTS AND WISHING THE RAC A HAPPY BDAY!





































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