Upcoming events

Oliver Lee Jackson is known for creating complex and layered images in which figurative elements—or what he calls “paint people”—emerge from abstract fields of vibrant color. Jackson’s practice is informed by a deep understanding of global art history—from early modern European painting to African art. Yet his works do not aim to elevate a single message, narrative, or meaning. Rather, the works serve as an open invitation to slow and close looking, encouraging viewers to stake emotional claim on the paintings and not wait for instructions on what to see.

For more information, email Cameron Wulfert at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://www.slam.org/exhibitions/oliver-lee-jackson/

Architectural Photography from the Collection, 1850–2000 traces the representation of architecture over a period of 150 years, presenting significant examples of photographic prints and illustrated books by European and American artists. Drawn primarily from the Museum’s permanent collection, the works on display in the exhibition create journeys through expanses of both geography and history, from the surviving abbeys of medieval Europe to the skyscrapers of modern America.

For more information, email Cameron Wulfert at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://www.slam.org/exhibitions/architectural-photography-from-the-collection-1850-2000/

Damon Davis’s All Hands On Deck is a powerful artwork that addresses social justice and the call for change. He conceived the original photographs of hands held up high during the months-long protests after Michael Brown Jr. was shot and killed in Ferguson in August 2014. Recalling the protestors’ chant “Hands up don’t shoot” that was echoed throughout the protests—they were photographed with their “hands up.” That signal of surrender, however, is transformed in Davis’s photographs into one of resistance, fortitude, and community. This free exhibition will be on view through March 22, 2022.

For more information, email Cameron Wulfert at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://www.slam.org/exhibitions/damon-davis-all-hands-on-deck/

St. Louis Sound is a new 6,000-square-foot special exhibit that explores the history of popular music in St. Louis from the dawn of recorded sound in the late 1800s to the turn of the 21st century. Nearly 200 artifacts will be on display from national stars, local legends and important venues. St. Louis just can’t stay quiet. No matter the genre, style, or musical moment, this city has a huge story to tell.

For more information, email Maggie Teson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

St. Louis–based artist Jess T. Dugan is known for their color photographs that explore the power of identity, desire, and connection. In Currents 120: Jess T. Dugan, the Museum presents a selection of 20 recent works—portraits, self-portraits, and still lifes—many of which were created specifically for this exhibition. Within a framework of queer and nonbinary experience and from an actively constructed sense of masculinity, Dugan’s portraits examine intersections between individual identity and the search for intimate connection with others. This free exhibition will be on view through February 20, 2022.

For more information, email Cameron Wulfert at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://www.slam.org/exhibitions/currents-120-jess-t-dugan/

In conjunction with the 200th anniversary of Missouri’s statehood, Art Along the Rivers: A Bicentennial Celebration explores the remarkable artwork produced and collected over 1,000 years in the region surrounding St. Louis. The exhibition presents more than 150 objects from Missouri as far north as Hannibal, west to Hermann, and south through the Old Mines area. Although the region that has shaped the exhibition’s objects is small, it has played an outsize role in the history of North America. The exhibition will be on view through January 9, 2022. Advanced tickets recommended.

For more information, email Cameron Wulfert at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://www.slam.org/exhibitions/art-along-the-rivers/

Green Door Art Gallery presents Mary Engelbreit: Then and Now, an exhibit spanning the years of Mary Engelbreit’s art practice. Featuring earlier works released from her family’s personal collection, drawings for calendar pages, newer works from her recent exploration of acrylic painting, and images she drew for herself during pandemic lock-down.

For more information, email Mary Martin at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://www.greendoorartgallery.com/mary-engelbreit-then-and-now.html

Art of Darkness is a juried art exhibit of works by local artists of anything and everything creepy, macabre, morbid, surreal, haunting, unnerving, weird, ghastly, grotesque, hideous, grim, eery, spooky, gothic, sinister and down right disturbing.   

Artist submissions are due by October 17 at 6PM. (visit our website for details).

The Soulard Art Gallery is a co-op art gallery located in historic Soulard. With artwork by 14 resident artists, we offer a diverse collection of works, including painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, photography, and jewelry. 

Visit our website https://soulardartgallery.com for hours, directions and additional details.

The Sheldon Art Galleries host an ambitious exhibition program, showing artists of local, national and international importance.

Experience exhibits such as In Shadows by Tate Foley, Minimal by Brett Williams, Rat Race by Carly Slade, Redacted Landscapes by Abbey Hepner, Tornado by Emmett Merrill, Nocturnes by Jane McKenzie, and Virtual Visual: The Art of Remote Learning by the Grand Center Arts Academy Student Work 2020-2021. The gallery is free and open to the public.

For The Sheldon’s full COVID-19 policy, please visit https://www.thesheldon.org/covid-updates/

For more information, email Chris Peimann at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://www.thesheldon.org/events/

Join NBM’s Sittin’ on the Porch on Thursday Nights from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM! Players of all levels are encouraged to come jam with other musicians in the NBM community. This event is free for attendees and participants but does require a ticket. Reserve online or stop by the box office when you arrive.

NBM Ticketed Performance Policy: All attendees must show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test taken five days before the performance.

For more information, email Erin Simon at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://nationalbluesmuseum.org/events/

Join NBM’s Sittin’ on the Porch on Thursday Nights from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM! Players of all levels are encouraged to come jam with other musicians in the NBM community. This event is free for attendees and participants but does require a ticket. Reserve online or stop by the box office when you arrive. All attendees must show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test taken five days before the performance.

For more information, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

http://nationalbluesmuseum.org

On Thursday, December 2 at 7 pm, Chabad of Chesterfield will host a Chanukah ladies night out titled: Menorahs and Martinis. Participants will have the opportunity to design their very own granite menorah while enjoying a Chanukah themed martini bar and gourmet Chanukah treats. The event promises to be an opportunity for local women to rejuvenate and connect.

This year the holiday of Chanukah falls out on the evening of November 28th and continues through the evening of Monday, December 6. Chanukah is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting, special prayers and fried foods.The Hebrew word Chanukah means “dedication,” and is thus named because it celebrates the rededication of the Holy Temple. Also spelled Hanukkah (or variations of that spelling), the Hebrew word is actually pronounced with a guttural, “kh” sound, kha-nu-kah, not tcha-new-kah.

“The holiday Chanukah is all about letting your spark shine”, said Chanala Rubenfeld, co-director of Chabad of Chesterfield. “Each one of us has a special and unique purpose, talents, skills and the ability to make a difference in the world around us by adding your light to the world. TOGETHER we can ILLUMINATE the world!!” 

Suggested donation: $36 rsvp: www.ChabadOfChesterfield.com/chaicircle. For more information email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 636.778.4000

A group designed for the contemporary Jewish woman, the goal of The Women’s Chai Circle is to connect Jewish women in the Chesterfield area through exciting events and activities. The Jewish Woman’s Chai Circle comprises women of diverse affiliations and backgrounds who join together, in an atmosphere of friendship, to have a good time, to explore Jewish themes and to work together to give back to the community through various projects. The Jewish Women’s Chai Circle is a project of Chabad of Chesterfield.

St. Louis Hot Club of St. Louis at Joe's Cafe! Joe Park brings his excellent band of Django Rhinehart heads to Joe's!

For more information, email John Parker at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Sean Canan Voodoo Loops at Vintage Wine Bar.

For more information, email Justin Schmidt at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Oliver Lee Jackson is known for creating complex and layered images in which figurative elements—or what he calls “paint people”—emerge from abstract fields of vibrant color. Jackson’s practice is informed by a deep understanding of global art history—from early modern European painting to African art. Yet his works do not aim to elevate a single message, narrative, or meaning. Rather, the works serve as an open invitation to slow and close looking, encouraging viewers to stake emotional claim on the paintings and not wait for instructions on what to see.

For more information, email Cameron Wulfert at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://www.slam.org/exhibitions/oliver-lee-jackson/

Architectural Photography from the Collection, 1850–2000 traces the representation of architecture over a period of 150 years, presenting significant examples of photographic prints and illustrated books by European and American artists. Drawn primarily from the Museum’s permanent collection, the works on display in the exhibition create journeys through expanses of both geography and history, from the surviving abbeys of medieval Europe to the skyscrapers of modern America.

For more information, email Cameron Wulfert at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://www.slam.org/exhibitions/architectural-photography-from-the-collection-1850-2000/

Damon Davis’s All Hands On Deck is a powerful artwork that addresses social justice and the call for change. He conceived the original photographs of hands held up high during the months-long protests after Michael Brown Jr. was shot and killed in Ferguson in August 2014. Recalling the protestors’ chant “Hands up don’t shoot” that was echoed throughout the protests—they were photographed with their “hands up.” That signal of surrender, however, is transformed in Davis’s photographs into one of resistance, fortitude, and community. This free exhibition will be on view through March 22, 2022.

For more information, email Cameron Wulfert at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://www.slam.org/exhibitions/damon-davis-all-hands-on-deck/

St. Louis Sound is a new 6,000-square-foot special exhibit that explores the history of popular music in St. Louis from the dawn of recorded sound in the late 1800s to the turn of the 21st century. Nearly 200 artifacts will be on display from national stars, local legends and important venues. St. Louis just can’t stay quiet. No matter the genre, style, or musical moment, this city has a huge story to tell.

For more information, email Maggie Teson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

St. Louis–based artist Jess T. Dugan is known for their color photographs that explore the power of identity, desire, and connection. In Currents 120: Jess T. Dugan, the Museum presents a selection of 20 recent works—portraits, self-portraits, and still lifes—many of which were created specifically for this exhibition. Within a framework of queer and nonbinary experience and from an actively constructed sense of masculinity, Dugan’s portraits examine intersections between individual identity and the search for intimate connection with others. This free exhibition will be on view through February 20, 2022.

For more information, email Cameron Wulfert at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://www.slam.org/exhibitions/currents-120-jess-t-dugan/

In conjunction with the 200th anniversary of Missouri’s statehood, Art Along the Rivers: A Bicentennial Celebration explores the remarkable artwork produced and collected over 1,000 years in the region surrounding St. Louis. The exhibition presents more than 150 objects from Missouri as far north as Hannibal, west to Hermann, and south through the Old Mines area. Although the region that has shaped the exhibition’s objects is small, it has played an outsize role in the history of North America. The exhibition will be on view through January 9, 2022. Advanced tickets recommended.

For more information, email Cameron Wulfert at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://www.slam.org/exhibitions/art-along-the-rivers/