Museum and Gallery Information

THE ARTHUR AND HELEN BAER VISUAL ART GALLERIES
The Baer Visual Arts Galleries is located in the Centene Center for Arts and Education and is open 10 - 3 weekdays.

The Arthur and Helen Baer Visual Arts Galleries exhibits works or projects produced by Arts and Education Council funded organizations.

 

BRUNO DAVID GALLERY
The gallery is open free to the public and the hours are 10 AM to 5 PM Wednesday through Saturday and by appointment.

Buzz Spector Shelf Live: Selected Work
Front Room: Shawn Burkard: Phantasmagoria
Project Room: Beverly Fishman: Pharmako - Xanadu
Media Room: Maya Escobar: el es frida kahlo
January 22 to March 6

Bruno David Gallery is pleased to present an introductory exhibit of the art of Buzz Spector. “SHELF LIFE: selected work” includes photographs, drawings, collages, and bookworks created over the past ten years. A fully illustrated catalogue with writings by Buzz Spector and friends will accompany the exhibition.

 

CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS

Sean Landers: 1991-1994,Improbable History
January 22 to April 11

The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis presents the first survey of the early work of New York-based Sean Landers. Since the 1990s, Landers’ work has been one of the most captivating enterprises in contemporary art, as a practice that has long gamed sincere attempt to map the boundaries of human-nature and the self. This exhibition proposes that Landers’ formative body of work, produced from 1991-1994, was one that defined the artist, the persona, and the conceptual conceits that he has cultivated and enriched over the course of his twenty-year career.

 

CRAFT ALLIANCE IN GRAND CENTER
Located in the new Big Brothers Big Sisters building right next to the Fox Theatre, Craft Alliance will be part of the Kranzberg Arts Center.

Tim Curtis: See How My Mind Works
January 29 to April 18

“Writing requires collaboration with the reader and both are private acts. But encountering someone’s private thoughts in a public space changes the dynamic,” states artist Tim Curtis. In See How My Mind Works, Tim Curtis explores the use of language and text in concert with visual art. He presents an ever-evolving body of work utilizing text on chalkboards that function as object within a fine art context. The walls of the gallery will be blanketed with handmade chalkboards from floor to ceiling. The visual sensation of multiple chalkboards will surround the viewer with the voices of Tim’s internal dialogue.

 

GREENBERG VAN DOREN GALLERY
A member of the Art Dealers Association of America, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery specializes in modern and contemporary masters.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY RELIGIOUS ART (MOCRA)
Saint Louis University's Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA) is the world's first museum of interfaith contemporary art. MOCRA, officially opened in 1993, is dedicated to the ongoing dialogue between contemporary artists and the world's faith traditions.

Good Friday
February 2 to April 25

An encore presentation of one of MOCRA's best-attended exhibitions. Good Friday brings together work by over 30 artists who use the events of the day of Jesus' death to reflect on profound themes such as suffering, compassion, and unconditional love.

 

PORTFOLIO GALLERY AND EDUCATION CENTER
Portfolio Gallery and Education Center presents and educates in the area of visual arts, focusing on the African-American visual artists at the local, regional and national level.

PACE FRAMING/PSTL WINDOW GALLERY
The PSTL Window Gallery is located within Pace Framing and is open 10 - 5 Tuesday through Saturday.

Chris Seebeck: New Work
January 22 to February 27

This exhibition will feature several attempts at completing a commission requested by a friend more than two years ago. Over the course of the last two years many false starts have been made and each one has either been abandoned out of frustration or simply set aside in favor of another, seemingly better idea. In a quest for closure, a final blitz will be made to flesh out each of the unfinished pieces so that a final commission piece can be selected from the work presented in the show.

-Peter Pranschke

 

THE PULITZER FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts seeks to foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of the relationship between contemporary art and architecture. Through its exhibitions and its collaborative programs with other cultural and educational institutions, the Foundation serves artists, architects, scholars, students, and members of the general public.

Urban Alchemy/Gordon Matta-Clark
October 30 to June 5

Trained as an architect, Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978) used neglected structures slated for demolition as his raw material, carving out sections of buildings with a chainsaw. In this way, he revealed their hidden construction, provided new ways of perceiving space, and created metaphors for the human condition. When wrecking balls knocked down his sculpted buildings, little remained, which is partially why the artist creatively documented his own work with photography, film, and video.

 

SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART (SLUMA)
The Saint Louis University Museum of Art (SLUMA) enriches the aesthetic component of a SLU education through the display of diverse cultural worlds and the sponsorship of educational programs related to the arts.

Master Drawings
Long Term Display

Drawings are immediate. They are often less than perfect, sometimes showing changes of mind. Others are preparatory, the first step to a final work which will be realized in oil, marble or bronze. It is in proximity to the artist and to the process of creation that makes drawings attractive. There is no intermediary in these works, whether machine and press, or committee for that matter. From the artist's eye to the paper before us, drawings whether incomplete or finished, evoke a quality something like that of a relic of old, touched and handled, seen and shaped, by one whose talent we celebrate.

 

SCHMIDT CONTEMPORARY ART
The gallery is open free to the public and the hours are Noon - 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday; 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Saturday and by appointment.

THE HISTORIC SAMUEL CUPPLES HOUSE
In 1888, wealthy St. Louis entrepreneur Samuel Cupples commissioned the prominent architect
Thomas Annan to design a magnificent mansion that would speak of Cupples' business success.
The house contains an extensive art collection of American and European paintings, religious artwork and decorative art.

The Eleanor Turshin Glass Collection
Part of the Cupples House Permanent Collection

Eleanor operated a jewelry factory that dealt mostly in precious metals. While traveling extensively to sell her products, she became interested in antiques, but most specifically, Eleanor became intrigued with glass. She went on to buy additional pieces that she knew would contribute to the value of her collection.

 

THE SHELDON ART GALLERIES
The Sheldon Art Galleries, located in the Emerson Galleries building, features rotating exhibits in six galleries, including photography, architecture, St. Louis artists and collections, jazz history and children's art. Artwork is also featured in The Sheldon's sculpture garden, visible from both the atrium lobby and the connecting glass bridge.

Kuna Mola: Maintaining Tradition Amid Change
February 19 to May 8

This exhibition, from the collection of Joyce Cheney, features over 60 exquisite examples of Molas made by Kuna women in Panama in the latter part of the 20th century. Mola is the word for both the traditional decorated panels and the blouses into which they are incorporated. Mola designs evolved from Kuna body painting. By the late 19th century, Kuna women began to wear cotton chemises and painted their undergarments instead of their bodies. As imported cloth became available in the early 20th century, women began sewing the designs onto blouses.

 

Uncovering the Path to Freedom - Photographs of Underground Railroad Sites by William Earle Williams
February 19 to May 15

William Earle Williams has been photographing Underground Railroad sites for more than 25 years. His photography career began while he was an undergraduate at Hamilton College. In 2001, he discovered Hamilton's abolitionist history, and took a special interest in Underground Railroad sites in that part of New York State. In 2003, Williams received an artist's residency at Light Work, in Syracuse, New York, which provided him with the opportunity to make an extended document of sites in Central Upstate New York. In that same year, Williams received a Guggenheim Fellowship, which enabled him to do extensive research on additional sites around the country.

 

The Jesuit Influence on Baroque Architecture
February 19 to May 15

This exhibition of over 35 photographs and accompanying texts provides an overview of some of the most glorious Baroque and Baroque-inspired churches found in Italy, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Austria, and the United States. A collaborative project, the photographs were taken by John William Nagel and the descriptive texts were written by St. Louis University art historian Maurice McNamee, S.J. between 1990 and 2006.

 

Nothin' but the Blues: Art by Area Students
February 19 to August 14

Organized as a companion to the Legends of St. Louis Blues Music exhibit in the History of Jazz Gallery, this exhibit celebrates the rich legacy of blues music through vibrant works of art in many media.

 

Barry Leibman: The Mahler Suite
February 19 to May 29

Organized as a companion to the Legends of St. Louis Blues Music exhibit in the History of Jazz Gallery, this exhibit celebrates the rich legacy of blues music through vibrant works of art in many media.

 

Legends of St. Louis Blues Music
September 25 to August 28

This exhibition uncovers important St. Louis musicians, songs and blue music styles that have influenced our musical heritage, including jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock and roll, hip hop and a continually evolving blues tradition. The St. Louis blues tradition has shaped the music of artists from Clark Terry, Miles Davis and Ike and Tina Turner to Johnnie Johnson, Chuck Berry and Nelly. The exhibition is curated and researched by Kevin Belford and organized by The Sheldon Art Galleries.

 

VAUGHN CULTURAL CENTER
Vaughn Cultural Center (VCC) is a forum for African American art, exhibiting regional and national artists and providing a venue for local poets and published writers.