Gallery Exhibition Schedule

Last Updated on Thursday, 27 February 2025 18:39

Art Saint Louis EXHIBITION SCHEDULE 2025-2026

2025 EXHIBITIONS

Gasp
January 11-February 12, 2025
In-Gallery exhibit
This all media juried exhibition will feature feature artworks that are intented to shock. All explorations & interpretations of this theme are invited with works in all media, styles and techniques encouraged. Open to STL regional artists 18+. Jurors: Dail Chambers, St. Louis-based Award-winning artist, creative consultant, educator, community activist, maker, thinker; Nick Nihira, artist, Professor of Art, Jefferson College, Hillsboro, MO. MFA Washington University in St. Louis, BFA Columbus College of Art & Design. We invite provocative artworks that push boundaries with subject matter and imagery intended to shock*, startle, surprise, confront, or disarm viewers.
FREE Opening reception Saturday, January 25, 2025, 5-7 p.m.

Varsity Art 29
March 1-27, 2025
In-Gallery and Virtual gallery exhibition
Twenty-ninth annual invitational group exhibition curated by art faculties from 23 STL regional colleges and universities in Missouri and Illinois. For this annual invitational exhibit, art Professors select up to two outstanding undergrad or grad level art students to represent their institution in this multi-media group exhibition. This year's show features 62 student artists along with works by 5 supervising professors, each of whom participated in a Varsity Art exhibit in years past. Regional colleges/universities (within 200 miles of St. Louis) interested in participating in this exhibit can email robin_at_artstlouis.org for deadlines and participation obligations.
FREE reception Friday, March 7, 2025, 5-7 p.m.

 
Sideshow
April 12-May 15, 2025
In-Gallery exhibit
This all media juried exhibition will feature feature artworks that consider ideas of wonder, awe, mystery, as well as circus or sideshow imagery and ideas. Jurors Neeka Allsup and Bryan Walsh.

This show has been juried & notifications were sent to all artist-entrants on February 21, 2025.
FREE Opening reception Fridiay, April 11, 2025, 5-7 p.m.

Honor Awards 2025
June 7-July 10, 2025
In-Gallery exhibit
Annual juried exhibit featuring works by Award-winning artists selected from our 2023 juried exhibitions. Only the artists who received Awards of Excellence in our 2023 exhibits are eligible to submit new works for this exhibit. Juror: Denise Douglas, artist, art instructor , MICDS, and gallery director, Messing Gallery, MICDS, St. Louis, MO.
FREE Opening reception Saturday, June 7, 2025, 4-6 p.m.

Confluence
July 26-August 28, 2025
In-Gallery exhibit
This all media juried exhibition will feature feature artworks that examine what it means to join together or meet up as well as works that explore our place at the meeting of rivers. Jurors Jenny Donaldson, Executive Director, Webster Arts, Webster Groves, MO; and Scott Kerr, Director, McCaughen & Burr Fine Arts, Webster Groves, MO.

Entry deadline: March 31, 2025. Enter online here.
FREE Opening reception Saturday, July 26, 2025, 5-7 p.m.

Smoke & Mirrors
September 13-October 16, 2025
In-Gallery exhibit
This all media juried exhibition will feature feature artworks that explore the ideas of illusion, hiding, revealing what is hidden, trompe l’oiel, and presenting something with the idea of masking or disguising its true identity. Jurors Zackary Petot, artist, Executive Director, St. Louis Artists' Guild, St. Louis, MO; 2nd Juror TBA.
FREE Opening reception Saturday, September 20, 2025, 5-7 p.m.

 
Art St. Louis 41, The Exhibition
November 1-December 11, 2025
In-Gallery exhibit
41st annual all media, all techniques, all styles, all subjects and themes juried exhibit open to regional artists 18+ residing in 200-mile radius of St. Louis. Juror: Jennifer Scanlan, Director, Executive Director, James Renwick Alliance for Craft, Washington, D.C.
FREE Opening reception Saturday, November 8, 2025, 5-7 p.m.

2026 EXHIBITIONS

Transformation
January 10-February 11, 2026
In-Gallery exhibit
This all media juried exhibition will feature feature artworks that examine and consider what it means to transform or change, whether it is an artist who has changed their subject matter or materials used to depicting the process of transformation. Jurors tba.
FREE Opening reception Saturday, January 10, 2026, 5-7 p.m.

Varsity Art 30
March 2-26, 2026
In-Gallery and Virtual gallery exhibition
30th annual invitational group exhibition curated by art faculties from over 20 STL regional colleges and universities in Missouri and Illinois. For this annual invitational exhibit, art Professors select up to two outstanding undergrad or grad level art students to represent their institution in this multi-media group exhibition.Regional colleges/universities (within 200 miles of St. Louis) interested in participating in this exhibit can email robin_at_artstlouis.org for deadlines and participation obligations.
FREE reception Friday, March 2, 2026, 5-7 p.m.

 
Maturity and Its Muse: Celebrating Artistic Experience 2026
April 11-May 14, 2026
In-Gallery exhibit
This all media juried exhibit highlights Artists Informed by Time, specifically artists over the age of 70 as of January 1, 2026. The exhibiting artists are really the theme of the exhibit. Works in all subjects, styles & techniques are considered. Jurors tba.
FREE Opening reception Saturday, April 11, 2026, 5-7 p.m.

Honor Awards 2026
June 6-July, 2026
In-Gallery exhibit
Annual juried exhibit featuring works by Award-winning artists selected from our 2024 juried exhibitions. Only the artists who received Awards of Excellence in our 2024 exhibits are eligible to submit new works for this exhibit. Juror TBA.
FREE Opening reception Saturday, June 6, 2026, 4-6 p.m.

Nourish and Sustain
July 25-August 27, 2026
In-Gallery exhibit
This show is part of our ongoing series, Food, Glorious Food—exhibitions centered on food that we have presented throughout the past two decades. This juried exhibition will feature visual artworks that depicts food, drinks, animal husbandry, farming, dining, as well as works that examine issues regarding nourishment, sustenance, food insecurity, food deserts, overeating, disordered eating, and more. Jurors tba.
FREE Opening reception Saturday, July 25, 2026, 5-7 p.m.

Take Care
September 12-October 22, 2026
In-Gallery exhibit
This all media juried exhibition will feature feature artworks that explore the ideas of care and caring. Jurors tba.
FREE Opening reception Saturday, September 12, 2025, 5-7 p.m.

 
Art St. Louis 42, The Exhibition
November 7-December 10, 2026
In-Gallery exhibit
42nd annual all media, all techniques, all styles, all subjects and themes juried exhibit open to regional artists 18+ residing in 200-mile radius of St. Louis. Juror: TBA.
FREE Opening reception Saturday, November 7, 2026, 5-7 p.m.

 

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*Events, exhibition themes, dates, jurors, and gallery hours are subject to change.