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!
Angad Arts Hotel
3550 Samuel Shepard Dr. (Map)
The 11th Biannual
The Angad is proud to feature only local artists from a 200-mile radius in our biannual exhibitions that rotate every May and November.
Our 11th Biannual features 32 artists and 36 artworks on the 12th floor where guests check into the hotel.
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
3750 Washington Blvd. (Map)
Winter Wonderland
Celebrate the season with friends and loved ones and enjoy retro-holiday tunes, sip some hot cocoa, design your own wrapping paper, and find that special gift at the CAM shop, enter to win special giveaways, and more!
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)
Poetry Reading with Maurice L. Tracy and Molly M. Pearson
Join us for an evening of poetry and literature by St. Louis-based writers Maurice L. Tracy and Molly M. Pearson. This free program is inspired by Scott Burton: Shape Shift and AIDS Awareness Month.
Sophie’s Artist Lounge
3333 Washington Ave. (Map)
Open Late
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)