Giving Tuesday 2023
- Published on Monday, 27 November 2023 09:15
Dear friends,
There is no other organization that empowers and champions Saint Louis’ regional visual artists like Art Saint Louis (ASL).
Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 28, is Giving Tuesday and we are asking for your financial support. As we enter this season in which many of us celebrate and come together, we ask that you consider how you can respond to the call to support our region’s contemporary visual artists by making a generous monetary gift or commitment to Art Saint Louis.
Every gift to, membership fee, and every art sale made at ASL directly supports and goes to our region’s artists to champion their work, increase access and awareness to, and provide year-round exhibition and honoraria opportunities.
What does this mean?
• In the past year, over 20,000 individuals came to downtown Saint Louis to view original works of visual art created by hundreds of our area’s contemporary artists at ASL. This is in part, due to our unique model of presenting work in a space that encourages the visitor to linger for coffee, tea, quiet space and community through our Catalyst Coffee Bar and study and lounge areas, being an ideal way to reach new art patrons.
• 70% of every sale in our physical and virtual galleries goes to the creating visual artist. No non-profit in our area matches this sales breakdown for artists.
• Every time ASL utilizes the image of a work in our exhibits in printed form (membership gift note cards, etc.) we pay an honorarium to the regional artist(s) who created the work.
• Every juror for our blind jury exhibitions represent regional expertise in visual art and are specialists in their field, bringing quality and diverse perspectives to every ASL exhibit each year and are paid an honorarium for this labor.
In the past year, this looks like over $19,000 directly going in the hands of our region’s artists and designers because of ASL and our programming.
These fiscal acts are concrete examples of our commitment and understanding that art is more than content. Art is valuable, moves, and shapes our culture. Art is labor, and this specialized, affective labor must be paid -- but we simply cannot do this without your help.
Our efforts connect and benefit artists and the audiences their work impacts by helping artists achieve professional success while deepening our community’s understanding and enjoyment of contemporary visual art -- but we simply cannot do this without your help. Thank you, in advance, for all you continue to do for ASL as we propel our programming forward toward our 40th year of delivering our mission of community, opportunity, exchange and impact through regional visual art.
In gratitude,
Francesca Passanise
Executive Director
Video Spotlight: Art St. Louis XXXIX, The Exhibition
- Published on Monday, 13 November 2023 17:41
We invite you to check out HEC-TV's video on our 39th annual Exhibition. This year's Art St. Louis XXXIX, The Exhibition is a multi-media exhibit that features original artworks by 58 STL regional artists from Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky as selected by Juror Igor Karash, artist and art educator.
The show is currently on view in the Art Saint Louis Gallery through December 14 and the Gallery is free and open to the public Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m.-3 p.m. We are closed Sundays and holidays, including November 23-26 in observance of Thanksgiving.
Thank you to HEC-TV's excellent Producer-Editor-Videographer Paul Langdon for his work on this video about our exhibit. We are so very grateful to HEC-TV for helping Art Saint Louis to shine that beacon on the great visual artists of our STL community.
Opening Soon: 39th Annual "Exhibition
- Published on Monday, 06 November 2023 10:24
The Board of Directors and Staff of Art Saint Louis invite you to join us for our final in-Gallery exhibition of 2023, our 39th annual "Exhibition," on view November 11 to December 14, 2023. Please join us for a free public reception in honor of this show and the featured artists on Saturday, November 11 from 5-7 p.m. Awards & a brief Juror's Gallery talk will be held at 6:15 p.m. in the front area of the Gallery.
NOTE: The Gallery is closed from 3-5 on November 11 so that we can prepare for the reception and doors will open at 5.
Art St. Louis XXXIX, The Exhibition features original artworks by 58 STL regional artists from Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky as selected by exhibition Juror Igor Karash, internationally recognized St. Louis-based artist. A non-thematic exhibit, this year's show features 68 artworks in a wide range of media from ceramics and collage to mixed media, photography, sculpture, and more. Featured images and themes include self-reflection, gender roles and identity, portraiture, abstraction, landscapes, humanity, life & death, politics, architecture, popular culture, and so much more.
Art Saint Louis is free and open to the public Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m.-3 p.m. This exhibit is on view November 11-December 14. The Gallery is closed until November 11. Closed Sundays and holidays, including November 23-26 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
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for all schools and groups of 8+ guests.
Video Spotlight: In/Of/About Nature
- Published on Wednesday, 02 August 2023 08:33
HEC-TV spotlights our late Summer exhibition, In/Of/About Nature, on view through September 1, 2023 in the ASL Gallery. Thanks to HEC-TV and Producer Paul Langdon for this lovely video highlighting our show.
In/Of/About Nature features original artworks by 69 STL regional artists from Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. The works in this new exhibit reflect upon nature, the natural world, and wilderness, including humankind's impact on the landscape. The show includes ceramics, collage, digital art, drawing, metal, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, textiles, wood, and more.
Please join us for a free public reception in honor of this show and the featured artists on Saturday, August 5 from 5-7 p.m. Please note that the Gallery is closed from 3-5 that day so that we can prepare for the reception and doors will open at 5.
Please visit Art Saint Louis and check out this new show. The Gallery is free and open to the public Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
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for groups of 8 or more. We're closed Sundays and holidays, including September 2-4 in observance of Labor Day.
Holiday Closings
- Published on Thursday, 29 June 2023 10:51
Art Saint Louis and Catalyst Coffee Bar Gallery are closed Saturday, July 1 and Tuesday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. We will reopen 8 a.m. Wednesday, July 5. Our exhibition remains on view through July 13.
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