Casey Whittier is interested in an object’s ability to capture a story, to conjure up memories: past, present, future, real, fictional, or in-between. During the pandemic, Whittier spent a great deal of time at home, as we all. Objects from home began to collide with objects from work; domestic spaces altered; and so, did her relationship with those objects.

While statistics about the number of homeless veterans in the United States are staggering, they do not show the people behind the problem. St. Louis photographer Jerry Tovo has given voice to these veterans through his photography. Tovo said he hopes these images will help awaken the American conscience.

Alia Farid’s multidisciplinary practice - ranging from writing and drawing to film and sculpture - gives visibility to narratives that are obscured by hegemonic power. At CAM, Farid presents the video installation At the Time of the Ebb (2019), a poetic meandering through Nowruz Sayadeen, the Fisherman’s New Year festival in Qeshm, a vast island in the Persian Gulf at the mouth of Iran.

Gala Porras-Kim’s work investigates the institutional frameworks that define, legitimize, and preserve cultural heritage, looking at the global circulation of pre-colonial artifacts extracted from their original sites and stored in museum collections. Porras-Kim’s work questions the ethical principles of museum conservation while inviting the viewer to assign new meanings to artifacts.

Martine Gutierrez is an artist, performer, writer, and musician who constructs elaborate narrative scenes to subvert pop cultural tropes in the exploration of identity - both personal and collective - intersectional to race, gender, class, indigeneity, and culture. For her exhibition Gutierrez creates a site-specific multimedia experience for visitors. The artist presents HIT MOVIE: Vol. 1.

The From Trash to Treasure Art Show is an exhibit of pieces that promotes recycling, raising awareness about current issues regarding pollution or has some component of recycled materials used in it.

Mind, Art, Experience: 10 Years of Chess & Culture in Saint Louis celebrates the best chess, art and culture from all 50 exhibitions held at the World Chess Hall of Fame since its 2011 relocation to Saint Louis, Missouri. The three-floor show features more than 120 artworks and artifacts, including pieces related to legendary World Champions Bobby Fischer, Anatoly Karpov, and Garry Kasparov.

Currents 121: Oscar Murillo showcases new paintings created in the artist’s Colombian hometown, La Paila, where he has resided during the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout this time, Murillo channeled his artistic energy into the creative and physical act of painting. The resulting works - on view in the exhibition - are part of an ongoing series of large-scale paintings titled Manifestation (2018–).

Assembly Required features nine artists and collectives whose work invites your active participation. You may build, shape, and use these artworks, collaboratively or on your own. The artists were selected based on a shared belief that public action is vital for transforming society.

As we continue to navigate in the United States both an ongoing health pandemic and an epidemic of racism, public health officials and media outlets are bombarding us with conflicting advice about how to protect our well-being. To offer some insights for processing our current reality under masks, (Un)masking Health: Counter Perspectives asks a seemingly straightforward question: What is health?

All Colors is a St. Louis based fine art destination event featuring invited African American artists from across the country. The exhibition’s goal is to create an exciting event that attracts a national audience. Th event includes an art exhibit with associated sales, workshops for the artists, the general public, collectors and art professionals, plus other special events.

through this window, another side alludes to Kalven’s use of the contact printing method, in which the negative is held directly to the printing paper by a glass pane during exposure. The title also refers to the mindset with which the artist approaches the project, peering through the visual vocabulary of self to further understand their individual queer experience.

In 2000 the Saint Louis Art Museum purchased Cavaliere d’Arpino’s Perseus Rescuing Andromeda, an exceptional painting on lapis lazuli. The acquisition of the small, stunning work of art spurred extensive research that culminates in Paintings on Stone, the first systematic examination of the pan-European practice of this unusual and little-studied artistic tradition.

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, European life encountered dramatic social, political, and psychological changes, which in turn contributed to significant artistic developments. Impressionism and Beyond traces the complex and generative encounters of artists with modern life.

The Conversation is a visual art exhibition featuring artworks that were created by at least two individual artists working in concert with one another to create a unique artwork. The final collaborative artwork demonstrates a dialogue or conversation between all artists who contributed to the creation of the piece. This multi-media exhibit includes works by juried and invited artists.

The St. Peters Cultural Arts Centre provides a home base for several local arts organizations, gallery space for area artists. Stop by the Cultural Arts Centre to view the galleries filled with the original artwork. The End of the Road Art Show is an exhibit of pieces that depict something found at the end of a road or something that has been accomplished.

In the Ameristar Gallery, Natalie Schloss presents her most recent body of work, River Views. River Views is inspired by Natalie’s distinct viewpoint of the Missouri River from her studio windows. The movement of light and its momentary nature, combined with texture and dimensions of the land, have inspired countless images that have contributed to her current body of work.

Louise Marler's art has been largely influenced by her father who collected and repaired old typewriters. Her artistic style integrates modern digital photography with her passion for vintage items. The result is a composite of thought and form. She seeks to create art collections and events which integrate history, education, and entertainment.

We all come to the table with different traditions. Some are formalized and others are social customs. Sharing tea culture brings us together and allows us to learn from one another, strengthening our community. Reflection Tea: Craft Alliance’s 18th Biennial Teapot Exhibition invites the viewer to explore many different ideas of tea culture.

Art St. Louis XXXVII, The Exhibition is Art St. Louis' 35th annual juried visual art exhibition featuring artworks in all media, all subjects, all styles, all themes, and all techniques. For this year's exhibit, over 523 artworks in all media were submitted by 129 St. Louis regional artists for consideration by Juror Jason Bly, from which he selected artworks by 52 artists.