Make Your Mark

STILL TIME TO MAKE YOUR MARK IN 2023

You already know that there is no other organization that champions and empowers Saint Louis’ regional artists like Art Saint Louis (ASL). In 2023, I was proud to join Artistic Director Robin Hirsch-Steinhoff along with our Board of Directors, ready to reposition the organization, following 2+ years enduring without an executive director, and make immediate and strategically sustainable plans for understanding and growing our impact and potential.

This year we have been building our institutional infrastructure to expand ASL’s efforts to draw awareness and attention to the rich visual art being created by artists living and working in our region and to nurture our geographical community’s connectivity and strength to our region’s visual and cultural ecosystem.

As we consider the history of the organization based on the needs of the past and the opportunities based on existing needs of current visual artists in our region that we are excited to make realities, 2024 promises to be a year not to miss ASL and our mark-making.     

In 2024, I am honestly bursting with anticipation that we will be moving into a new physical home for ASL (and our Catalyst Coffee Bar), featuring a second gallery space so that we can continue our current larger group exhibitions along with the opportunity for experimental space for 1-2 person curated exhibits (stay tuned for more details in 2024!).

There are even more exciting changes on the horizon for our community, including–

• A new digital home and website for ASL


• You and everyone who lives, works, visits in or moves to Saint Louis will have access to Art Saint Louis’ expanded and GIS-empowered Saint Louis Gallery Guide


• These new homes will grant more exposure and accessibility for our visual artists and attract more awareness and patronage of their work by the Saint Louis community


• New membership and patron subscriber benefits and gifts including a set of note cards featuring curated works from ASL’s last season’s exhibits and a Vernissage series to empower the public to select the “Community Choice” award winning work of each in-gallery exhibit celebrated with a champagne toast


• Community event series such as Couch Conversations


This is big work. This is vital work. We are committed to nurturing partnerships and providing these deeply needed resources for Saint Louis as a key source for information about the region's art galleries, museums, events, and resources, as always with a focus on the Saint Louis region’s contemporary visual artists and their most cutting-edge work – but we simply cannot make these investments without your help.

That’s why I’m asking you to join us today in making a gift of any amount before the end of 2023 this week. As we approach the milestone 40th edition of our namesake exhibition Art St. Louis, The Exhibition in 2024 and turn the page to a new chapter of championing the ambitious and innovative thinkers who are critical to the vitality of Saint Louis, there is no better time than today to make your mark with us through your financial support.

Thank you for investing in this generative work.

In solidarity and gratitude,
Francesca Passanise
Executive Director
Art Saint Louis

P.S. I look forward to seeing you at the opening reception of Art Saint Louis’ first exhibit of 2024, Sin City, on Saturday, January 13, from 5-7 p.m.!