Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
Lost in Transcreation: An inquiry into belonging with Ria Unson and Hope Ainsworth
Curated Gallery
September 4 - October 10, 2026
Opening Reception: September 4 | 6:30-8 pm
Artist Talk: September 4 | 6-6:30 pm
Through a “call and response” process, two multidisciplinary artists create a collection of work based on a series of prompts around the themes of identity and perception and how these concepts shape their lived experiences as Filipina-Americans. Through 2D and 3D work with paint, glue, found objects, and textiles, Hope and Ria explore what it means to be translated, mediated, or just be confusing. What kind of material remains when two women engage in an excavation of third culture? How does their ongoing conversation mirror a broader one as it relates to meaningful connection across cultural collision?
River Life By Rita Chu
Ramp Gallery
September 4 - October 10, 2026
Opening Reception: September 4 | 6:30-8 pm
Artist Talk: September 4 | 6-6:30 pm
River Life explores the Missouri, Mississippi, and Current Rivers through flow, perception, and place. Created while paddling these waterways, the photographs begin as quiet encounters with shifting light, weather, water, and the built landscape. Over time, these moments become outward reflections on my own inner landscape.
The river reveals both tenderness and tension. Sunrise, fog, wind, and sand speak to impermanence, uncertainty, and renewal, while towboats, locks, and dams trace the enduring relationship between people, industry, and the natural world. Moving between the visible and the unseen, River Life invites viewers to consider the river as both a physical place and a space where observation, reflection, and change unfold.
St. Louis Artists’ Guild Members Exhibition
Juried Gallery
September 4 - October 10, 2026
Opening Reception: September 4 | 6:30-8 pm
The St. Louis Artists' Guild is proud to present our annual members exhibition, an all media and theme exhibit.
Juror: Dana Ostrander - Assistant Curator of Modern Art at the Kemper Museum
Dana Ostrander is an art historian specializing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with research interests in art of the Americas, global modernism, and art by historically marginalized makers. Her upcoming projects include a major reinstallation of the museum’s nineteenth century galleries, as well as an exhibition on artist networks in Buenos Aires circa 1945. Prior to her arrival at the Kemper Art Museum in 2023, she helped organize exhibitions on a range of topics, among them Brazilian modernism, art of the Machine Age, and photography by women artists. Her publications include a chapter in the forthcoming edited volume, Modernism, Art, Therapy (2024), and a set of essays in Our Selves: Photographs by Women Artists from Helen Kornblum (2022). Ostrander completed her PhD in art history at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Juried Artists:
Damon Andrew, Lisa Asmus, Erica Balestreri, Pat Barton, Rick Battram, Priya Bazzani, Eldon Benz, Margo Brault, Yvonne Nagy Brazel, Karen Buckey, Tom Carlson, MaryJo Clark, Stephen Da Lay, Alienor De Smedt, Jo Jasper Dean, Gabe Drueke, Jane Flanders, John Freise, Marcia Gay, Brenda Gilliam, Julie Glossenger, Nancy Grimes, Megan Groves, Michael Halbert, Claire Hasemeier, Barb Jost, Gary Karasek, Gary Kodner, Robert Kokenyesi, Piotr Kulikowski, Terry Lay, Laura Lloyd, Michael Lucas, Lynn Mackenzie, Alfia Maha, Alexis Marie, Jane Maxfield, Joann McCredie, George Michaels, Amy Miller, Kenya Mitchell, James Moog, Jennifer Morgan, Eavan O’Neil, Adrienne Patel, Bill Perry, Krisi Ponder, Byron Rogers, Annie Scheumbauer, Steve Springmeyer, Jane Steinhauer, Bob Thomas, John Urso, Norma Vangent, Linghui (Lynn) Wang, Susan Wehrman, Amy Wetterlin, Dylan Wilson, David Yates, Evelina Yulianova.
And I Will Not Stop Searching When the Rain Does Not Stop… By Joseph Ovalle
Curated Gallery
November 20, 2026 - January 2, 2027
Joseph Jesse Ovalle is a multimedia artist who investigates the meaning of an object through material use, process and symbolism. He received his BFA from Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville and MFA from Indiana University Bloomington. Joseph references historical and contemporary in his work to speak about topics such as: religion, race, politics, culture and American society. He has shown across the United States at various galleries, museums and educational institutions. He currently has public sculptural work up for view at Kellogg Community College, Scovill Sculpture Park, and Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville. Joseph was also the co-founder of the ‘In Art Gallery’ which is an online venue for artists to exhibit their work. He Currently teaches at Jefferson College and Owensboro Technical and Community College. Recently he has attended residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, Jentel Artist Residency and The Farwell House.