Make a night of it!

On the first Friday of every month, museums and galleries in Grand Center Arts District are free and open until 9:00pm. Discover the remarkable array of visual arts in St. Louis’s premier neighborhood for arts and culture while enjoying cocktails, conversation, and entertainment. Stick around for after party events, dinner or a show!

February Participating Locations

Angad Arts Hotel
3550 Samuel Shepard Dr. (Map)
Angad Arts Hotel presents our 13th biannual exhibition, proudly featuring 42 new works by 36 local and regional artists throughout our public spaces.

Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
3750 Washington Blvd. (Map)
First Friday: Sights and Sounds
Sights and Sounds, the last First Friday of the season, is a chance to get a last look at CAM’s current exhibitions before they close on Sunday, February 8. Enjoy music provided by DJ Slim and a series of performances and miniature ball hosted by SLU Vogue.


Metropolitan Artist Lofts

500 North Grand Blvd. (Map)
Open exhibit starting at 6:30 – 10:30 PM
Visual and performing arts of all disciplines

Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA)
3700 West Pine Blvd. (Map)
Continuum: Figuration and Abstraction 
Figurative works portray or reference the human body, often with a narrative element.


Pulitzer Arts Foundation

3716 Washington Ave (Map)
The museum is currently closed for installation. It will reopen on Friday, March 6 at 6 p.m. with the new exhibition.

The Sheldon
3648 Washington Ave. (Map)
We Each Hold Stories
This exhibition is a broad survey of the work being created by established and emerging Indigenous American artists today.

St. Louis University Museum of Art (SLUMA)
3663 Lindell Blvd. (Map)
Four floors of exhibits to see:
Judith and Adam Aronson Gallery (First Floor)
Modern and Contemporary Art (Second Floor)
Collection of the Western Jesuit Missions (Third Floor)
John and Ann MacLennan Collection of Asian Decorative Arts (Fourth Floor)