On Friday, February 4th from 6-9pm, Lauren Frances Adams will open The Nymph’s Reply, a painting-based installation that combines Elizabethan decorative tropes and John White’s watercolors of native Algonquin Indians as a vehicle for exploring American post-colonialism. Finding inspiration in Sir Walter Raleigh’s pastoral poem of the same title, the installation is simultaneously visually seductive and chaotic, [...]
The Luminary Center for the Arts is pleased to announce our first Resident Artist retrospective exhibition, Something Happened, which opens on Friday, February 4th from 6-9pm and remains on view through March 18th. Something Happened will feature work created by artists in our artists-in-residence program throughout 2010 as a way to create a dialogue between [...]
On Monday, March 28th, The Luminary will present Destroyer with The War on Drugs as a part of the monthly Elevator Music Series. A mainstay on record players of literate listeners, Destroyer makes the kind of music you want to study up on just to appreciate. As a member of The New Pornographers and Swan [...]
Opening on Friday, November 12th from 6-9pm, Forecast brings together five artists focused around the themes of prediction, anxiety about the future and the ways we use science and technology to manage and approximate these perceived futures. Forecast is the final exhibition in our 2010 Answer Factory series focusing on how information is shaping our [...]
On Friday, October 15th, new art + music label Post Literate launches with a special collaborative release by US English and Glitch, with guests Phaseone and 18 & Counting. US English will be releasing their debut EP, What Frontier, the first of three serial EP’s being released to build into a full-length. Glitch, curated and [...]
THE LUMINARY CENTER FOR THE ARTS PRESENTS (dis)Mantle, an Installation by Jill Downen September 25, 2010 – October 30, 2010 Read the Art in America review here. The Luminary Center for the Arts is pleased to present a temporary site-specific installation by Jill Downen. (dis)Mantle responds to The Luminary’s Installation Space, a former chapel with [...]
THE LUMINARY CENTER FOR THE ARTS PRESENTS THE POST PERFORMANCES: Jon Hardy and the Public + Dave Lang and Andy van der Truin August 21st, 2010 from 7-9pm at the Old Post Office Plaza The Luminary | Center for the Arts, in conjunction with the Partnership for Downtown, is pleased to present a free monthly [...]
On Friday, July 30th, The Luminary and 88.1 KDHX welcome Cults and Light Pollution to the Elevator Music Series. The show brings together two of the most exciting acts to have emerged this year, each garnering near-universal acclaim. Both exude the energy of the recent beach-vibe in indie rock without succumbing to any seasonal fad. [...]
THE LUMINARY CENTER FOR THE ARTS PRESENTS ANSWER FACTORY September 10, 2010 – October 9, 2010 Open Wed-Sat from 12-6 The Luminary Center for the Arts is pleased to present the international group exhibition Answer Factory. This high-profile exhibition brings together six innovative text-based installation artists in a serio-comic presentation of facts, figures, mute megaphones, [...]
On Saturday, July 31st, The Luminary and 88.1 KDHX welcome Bear in Heaven and Twin Sister as a part of the monthly Elevator Music Series at The Luminary Center for the Arts. Incorporating elements of electronic music and krautrock, Bear in Heaven has seen near-universal acclaim for its album Beast Rest Forth Mouth, including the [...]
For the second year in a row, The Luminary has been awarded St. Louis Magazine’s A-List. This year, we won for Best Music Series for the Elevator Music Series. Pick up a copy of the magazine throughout July to read about the award and to check out all of the other incredible award winners. Here [...]
FORM 2010 is the first installment of an annual contemporary furniture, functional object and architectural design show in Saint Louis, MO. FORM is presented by The Luminary Center for the Arts as a forum for exceptional designers to showcase their work, connect with a community of other designers and sell directly to supporters. The event [...]
OPEN CALL FOR 2011 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, July 24th from 10-4pm The Luminary will open its studios and gallery as a part of the Contemporary Art Musuem’s Open Studios event. The Luminary will be one of the official satellite locations, hosting artists from around the area in our gallery space in addition to the artists in our Residency Program. During [...]
The Luminary Installation Space (IS): Kimberly Wardenburg: Negotiate/Collaborate On view July 24-September 4, 2010 Opening reception to be held during the Contemporary Open Studios Tour on July 24th from 10am-4pm Kimberly Wardenburg’s treatise on the Middle East peace process, Negotiate/Collaborate, poetically engages the tangled personal and historical factors at play in the decades-long tension over [...]
