On April 5th, The Luminary welcomes the legendary composer, producer and performer Van Dyke Parks to the Elevator Music Series. Over the course of his 50 year career, Parks has worked with the Beach Boys, Joanna Newsom, Ringo Starr in addition to his own celebrated releases. Join us for this very special seated performance in The [...]
On April 24th, The Luminary welcomes Shabazz Palaces to the Elevator Music Series. The already legendary project of former members of legendary hip hop group Digable Planets will make their first St. Louis stop and we ask that you attend. Like rich velvet hijabs or gold threaded abayas. Luxury as understood by the modest. Shabazz [...]
On March 27th, The Luminary presents The Hive Dwellers, the latest project of the legendary K Records and Beat Happening founder Calvin Johnson. The Hive Dwellers is a band, a combo (as in combination) of disparate individuals who share a common love of rock’n’roll, library cards and railroad travel. The assorted cacophony of membership slides [...]
The Luminary presents Oberhofer on Friday, April 27th as a part of the monthly Elevator Music Series. 2012 is shaping up to be a big year for Oberhofer. The band just announced the debut record by the Tacoma native, titled Time Capsules II, will be release on March 27th by Glassnote. This album is a bold [...]
The Luminary Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the second installment of our residency retrospective exhibition, Something Happened, which opens on Friday, February 24th from 6-9PM. Something Happened will feature work created by our artists-in-residence throughout 2011 as a way to create a dialogue between our studio and exhibition programs and further the engagement of the [...]
The Luminary has announced a capital campaign to purchase a 22,500 sq/ft former variety store at 2700 Cherokee Street and rehab it into an cutting-edge incubator for art, music and cultural projects. The building will include expanded gallery and venue space, housing and studios for artists-in-residence, open work space for the artist equipment library, classrooms, offices [...]
On Sunday, April 1st, The Luminary presents Bear in Heaven for the Elevator Music Series. Marking the first return visit to the curated series, Bear in Heaven will come through in support of their new album “I Love You, It’s Cool.” For album streams and more information, visit www.bearinheaven.com. Young Magic and Doldrums will open [...]
Ring in the New Year right with a proper follow up for our previous sold out NYE events. This year, we’re bringing it old school with a Space Invader-themed party just in time for the Mayan calendar to end. 18andCounting + Billy Brown will be providing the beats you have to move to. Urban Chestnut [...]
On February 23rd, The Luminary welcomes Zola Jesus to the Elevator Music Series. Boasting one of the best voices to have emerged over the past several years, Zola Jesus (aka Nika Danilova) combines a background in opera and philosophy into a dark musical terrain equally indebted to Kate Bush and Joy Division. Talk Normal [...]
OPEN CALLS FOR 2012 INSTALLATION PROPOSALS The Luminary Center for the Arts is a nonprofit contemporary arts organization based in St. Louis, MO. The Luminary seeks to provide meaningful support to emerging artists, audiences and appreciators in the St. Louis area. As a combined studio, education, and exhibition space, we bring together a conversation from [...]
On Saturday, March 31st, The Luminary welcomes Sharon Van Etten and The War on Drugs to the Elevator Music Series. This co-headline bill features two artists at the peak of their creative energies, mining the blurred edges of Americana with gorgeous result. Doors open at 7pm. Show at 8pm. Tickets are $12 in advance, [...]
On Friday, November 4th from 6-9pm, Brett Williams will open FeedBack, a new site-specific sound installation in the Installation Space that utilizes vocal microphones and an oscillating fan to create undulating feedback and percussive effects in the reverberant arched room. FeedBack is a self-replicating system that shifts over time as it filters the sound of the [...]
Recently Possible: Objects of the Future November 4th-December 2nd, 2011 Opening Reception from 6-9pm on Friday, November 4th Recently Possible: Objects of the Future, The Luminary’s final exhibition of the 2011 season, explores the concept of ‘new media’ from a literal perspective of technological development, innovative concepts and radical consumer products primarily drawn from the [...]
We are proud to announce our new MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM. For the first time, we are offering memberships for a variety of levels and benefits that go directly to help support The Luminary’s innovative work in the community. With arts funding being cut from most state and national agencies, it is up to individuals in our [...]
Photo by Jason Gray On Friday, September 9th, from 6pm-9pm Ann-Maree Walker will open Almost like being there in the Installation Space. The new site-specific installation, Almost like being there, is a series of small architectural interventions situated within the Luminary’s Installation Space- a former meditation chapel. The engagement between the viewer and the work [...]
