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 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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
Old Media/Old News will open the 2010 Exhibition Season at The Luminary Center for the Arts on January 30, 2010 with an opening recption from 6-9pm. The curated group exhibition will feature internationally-recognized work from six artists working with concepts of news reception, media saturation and the role of the artist as documentarian and mediator [...]
Writing with Light will bring together exceptional artists working in light-based media ranging from video installation to alternative process photography. Showcasing groundbreaking work from local, national, and international artists, Writing with Light is not only a thoughtful engagement with new trends in art, but also an intentionally interactive environment in which the viewer can trace [...]
When We Build, Let Us Think That We Build Forever is a curated group show focused on the intersection of natural and manmade environments. Ranging from ecological experiments to meditations on the precariousness of our built environment, the exhibit presents a poetic view of the world that surrounds us and our effect on it. When [...]
