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A note from the owners of Schnarr’s, regarding COVID-19

Post author By Carolyn Hasenfratz Winkelmann
Post date March 17, 2020

A note from the owners of Schnarr’s, regarding COVID-19

To Our Valued Customers,

The health and well-being of our customers, employees, and communities is our top priority. We understand the growing concerns and uncertainty surrounding novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and our hearts go out to all who’ve been impacted. We are committed to being responsive to your needs as this situation evolves.

We are Open!

We’ve always been proud of the cleanliness of our stores, but considering the current situation, we have intensified our cleaning regimen. We care about preventing illness and we are keeping all public surfaces as germ-free as possible.

We are here for you!

We will continue to offer several ways to shop at Schnarr’s Hardware:

Shop at the store with expert help and customer service to get what you need and get you on your way.

Shop at: schnarrs.com for over 70,000 items that can be shipped to our store within a few days.

You can also call in your order and we will be happy to bring it to you in your car when you drive up. We want to make it as convenient as possible to get the products you need when you need it.

From our family we offer our deepest sympathies to those who have already been affected. Schnarr’s Hardware is here to serve you. Our sole purpose is simple – we exist to help others throughout the community.

Frank & Kathy Blair

Owners of Schnarr’s Hardware

Update

We have temporarily altered our store hours to allow team members to self-isolate if they wish. Until further notice, both stores will be open from 9am-5pm Monday-Saturday. The Ladue store will be closed on Sundays. Webster will remain open on Sunday from 11am-4pm.

Both stores are offering order pickup. for more information, call us or go to www.schnarrs.com/order-pickup

We value your continued support as this situation evolves.

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Exploring Where Art and Science Meet at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Post author By Carolyn Hasenfratz Winkelmann
Post date March 1, 2018
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Exploring Where Art and Science Meet at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

by Carolyn Hasenfratz

The Arts and the Sciences were more closely interconnected with each other at earlier times in human history than they are now. Although I’m a trained artist, not a trained scientist, I have had a layperson’s interest in science since before I even started first grade. I enjoy microscopic and close-up images of things like cells, rock crystal structures, lichens, moss, mold and more. In earth science classes, I was inspired by dendritic patterns, astronomy subjects and maps. Imagery influenced by those things has come up in my artwork from time to time for many years. Venture Cafe Night: 39N recently hosted an event at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center with the theme Science of Creativity – I had to check that out. I also submitted some of my science-inspired art journal pages for a slide show. Venture Café St. Louis is a nonprofit organization dedicated to “connecting innovators to make things happen” by sponsoring events and 39 North is a district promoting “academic and corporate AgTech research and innovation”. Venture Cafe events are kind of like a mini-convention and happy hour where you can attend activities and presentations while mingling with interesting people.

In the cafe guests were given coloring pages and blank mini canvases to color and draw science imagery. A slide show of beautiful close-ups of structures from plants and animals was there to view for inspiration.

In the theater after presentations about microscopic art and business funding, there was another slide show on view with artwork that different artists and scientists had submitted ahead of time. Organizers had prepared two slides with three of my art journal pages on each. They did a great job selecting pages that looked good together. It was pretty cool to see my images projected at such a large size!

My art journal pages were made with pencils, markers, pens and collage work. What do they mean? I like to work in my art journal as a stress-relief activity so when making some of these pages I was thinking about the effects of stress on the human body and mind. Sometimes I don’t have to think at all, just play with the colors and shapes – that is a very relaxing and restorative activity that I enjoy very much.

Here is a link to the complete slide show so you can see the other artists’ work:
Art X Science

More photos of the event are in a Venture Cafe Facebook album:
Venture Cafe Night: 39N – February 20, 2018

In 2017 I went on a tour of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center with other volunteers from the Litzinger Road Ecology Center. We toured greenhouses and areas where experiments are conducted and stored.

Of special interest to me being so into the visuals of science was a look into the microscopy lab and a gallery of images that were probably made for science reasons but double as stunning and amazing visual art.