Welcoming our Fall 2026 Artist-In-Residence Cohort
Welcoming our Fall 2026 Residency Cohort
The Luminary is pleased to welcome Sangwoo Yoo, Nina Barnett & Jeremy Bolen, and Erin Turner as our Fall 2026 Artists-in-Residence. Organized around the theme of Climate Futures, the residency invites artists to investigate, imagine, document, and respond to ecological crises.
For two weeks in November, the artists will undertake research and experimentation in St. Louis, engaging the city's ecological, industrial, and cultural histories while developing new work and sharing their practices through free public programs.
Meet the Residents
Sangwoo Yoo is a Chicago-based artist whose sculptures and installations investigate ephemerality, material memory, and ecological cycles, often incorporating scent and sensory experience.
Nina Barnett & Jeremy Bolen have collaborated since 2015, investigating systems of visibility and knowledge production through interdisciplinary research spanning art, science, and environmental phenomena.
Erin Turner is a New York-based, site-specific installation artist whose research-driven practice spans sculpture, photomontage, painting, tapestry, walking, writing, and participatory archives, exploring histories of place, sovereignty, and environmental change.
Upcoming Public Programs with Artists-In-Residence
TOTEM: As Monument & Archive
A Book Talk by Erin Turner
Saturday, November 14 | 11 AM–12 PM | Free
Erin Turner discusses TOTEM: As Monument & Archive, a publication exploring Native representation, monuments, and collective memory through Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park in Oklahoma. The conversation considers how archives, artistic practice, and contemporary collaborations can illuminate overlooked histories of place.
Nina Barnett and Jeremy Bolen: In the flow
Video Installation and Artist Talk
Saturday, November 14 | 1–4 PM | Free
Nina Barnett and Jeremy Bolen present In the flow, a video installation and artist talk tracing the movement of water, industrial materials, nuclear waste, and people through St. Louis. The project explores how histories of extraction, circulation, and environmental transformation shape the city and the bodies that inhabit it.
Join us November 14 for two free public programs with our fall residents.
RSVP using the links above.