This summer, in conjunction with the Partnership for Downtown and Commerce Bank, we are hosting a series of four Post Performances commissioning local artists and musicians to collaborate for engaging, one-off events open to the public at the incredible Old Post Office Plaza Downtown. The Post Performances are pairing some of the best local artists [...]
THE LUMINARY CENTER FOR THE ARTS PRESENTS THE POST PERFORMANCES: Phaseone + Daniel Shown June 19th, 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 performance series entitled Post to be held once per [...]
On Friday, November 12th from 6-9pm, St. Louis-based sculptor Lindsey Stouffer will open Scribe, a new site-responsive installation inspired by the writings of Walter Benjamin and the Islamic belief that at birth we are each assigned two scribe angels to record our all of our actions; one our good deeds and one our transgressions. The [...]
The Luminary Installation Space (IS): Manda Remmen On view May-June, 2010 “We humans take our measure of being from what surrounds us, and what surrounds us is always, to some extent, of our own making.” Robert Harrison, Hic Jacket Manda Remmen inaugurates The Luminary Installation Space with Sanctuary, a monumental piece constructed of silk and [...]
The Album Leaf + Sea Wolf Interview with the Post-Dispatch The Album Leaf + Sea Wolf Review Music + Film: Califone at The Luminary
The Luminary Center for the Arts The chapel is now an installation space. The basement hosts art shows and indie rock concerts. And the bedrooms where young novices prayed store canvases and cameras. “Can you imagine? Everything they owned was in this one room,” said Luminary Arts founder Brea McAnally, peaking into a printmaker’s workspace. [...]
Journey Through Time By Paul Friswold Paintings and sculptures appear to be static objects, but time is most assuredly having its way with the artwork. Pigments fade, canvas dries and cracks, even stone erodes and crumbles given enough time. The five artists participating in Cause + Time, the new exhibition at the Luminary Center for [...]
RFT Featured Review: Old Media/Old News Yesterday’s headlines are re-presented in traditional (old) media by a group of local and international artists in this inventive elegy to the death of print journalism. Idiosyncratic, methodical processes seek to replace or reclaim the generative grind of tangible print: Martin Brief fills in all the O‘s that appear [...]
THE LUMINARY CENTER FOR THE ARTS PRESENTS THE POST PERFORMANCES: THEODORE + BJ VOGT May 22, 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 performance series entitled Post to be held once per [...]
NOTE: THE SHOW IS NOT SOLD OUT. ONLINE SALES ARE CLOSED, BUT TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE WHEN DOORS OPEN AT 7:30PM! On Saturday, April 24th, The Luminary will present The Album Leaf with Sea Wolf as a part of the Elevator Music Series. The Album Leaf is touring in support of its recent release, A [...]
On Saturday, June 26th, The Luminary and 88.1 KDHX welcomes Frog Eyes with Jumbling Towers and Art Majors as a part of the Elevator Music Series. The show will be the final stop on the tour in support of their upcoming release, Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph, which blends expansive lyrics with an unbridled, straigh-to-tape sound [...]
THE LUMINARY CENTER FOR THE ARTS PRESENTS CAUSE + TIME May 1, 2010 – June 26, 2010 The Luminary | Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the international group exhibition Cause + Time with a free opening reception on Saturday, May 1st from 6-9pm. Cause + Time brings together five artists working in [...]
On Thursday, August 5th, The Luminary and 88.1 KDHX welcome Warpaint and Javelin to the monthly Elevator Music Series. Warpaint Warpaint’s hauntingly intimate and psychedlic sound has been compared to early material by The Cure, Cocteau Twins, and Cat Power. Originally self-released, the Exquisite Corpse EP was mixed by John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) [...]
On September 27th, The Luminary and 88.1 KDHX welcomes Retribution Gospel Choir to the monthly Elevator Music Series. The trio, perhaps best known as Alan Sparhawk of Low’s side project, has evolved into an expanding force all its own. Having toured with Wilco and circuited international festivals and showcases, the band is at its best [...]
THE LUMINARY CENTER FOR THE ARTS PRESENTS THE POST PERFORMANCES: Black Spade + Alex Petrowsky July 17th, 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 performance series entitled Post to be held once [...]
