Young Artists’ Showcase 2026

March 3 - March 28, 2026

Opening Reception March 6, 2026 | 6-8 pm

Award Announcements at 7 pm

Young Artists’ Showcase is a juried, all-media exhibition of artwork created by high school students between 15 and 19 years old residing within 150 miles of the St. Louis Artists’ Guild.

Juror: Mel Tychonviech

Melissa Agnes Tychonievich is a professional artist from to St. Louis, Missouri. They received their Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting and Art History at the Kansas City Art Institute in 2017, and their Masters of Fine Arts in Painting from the University of Miami in 2021. Their work is rooted in the foundational practice of recording perceptual information from observation, specifically figurative drawing and painting from life. They have been featured nationally, including at the H and R Bloch Artspace in Kansas City, Missouri; the Old Courthouse Arts Center in Woodstock, Illinois; the University of Miami Art Gallery in Wynwood; and locally at Framations Gallery, Soulard Art Gallery, Fontbonne University, the St. Louis Artists’ Guild, and the Angad Arts Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. They currently live with their partner in St. Louis, Missouri, and teach as an Adjunct Professor of Art and Art History at St. Louis Community College and St. Charles Community College.

The National Society of Arts & Letters - St. Louis Chapter presents Student Affiliates Art Exhibition 2026

March 3 - March 28, 2026

Opening Reception March 6, 2026 | 6-8 pm

The National Society of Arts & Letters - St. Louis Chapter is proud to present the Student Affiliates Art Exhibition 2026. Featuring student work from Cross Roads College Prep, Lindberg High School, University City High School, St. John Paul II Prep High School.

Therianthrope by Mel Tychonievich

Curated Gallery

April 17 - May 23, 2026

Opening Reception: April 17, 2026 | 6:30-8 pm

Gallery Talk: April 17, 2026 | 6-6:30 pm

Therianthrope is a solo exhibition of large-scale figurative oil paintings that explores transformation, identity, and perception through a psychologically charged narrative world. Rooted in traditional perceptual realism yet infused with fantasy, the exhibition follows a young girl as she moves through an imagined, nonsensical landscape—one that responds to and reflects her internal struggle with identity.

We Cry Over Dead Horses by Chloe Albers & Shannon Corgan & Eavan O’Neil

Ramp Gallery

April 17 - May 23, 2026

Opening Reception: April 17, 2026 | 6:30-8 pm

Gallery Talk: April 17, 2026 | 6-6:30 pm

How do we form connections and relationships in a modern culture full of interconnectedness and isolation? We Cry Over Dead Horses is a showcase of paintings and drawings by Chloe Albers, Shannon Corgan, and Eavan O’Neil that explores the complex dynamics of human connection and belonging, both in-person and through screens. 

Clearly Human VI

Curated Gallery

April 17 - May 23, 2026

Opening Reception: April 17, 2026 | 6:30-8 pm

Clearly Human VI, an all-media group exhibition of artwork focused on the human figure. Clearly Human VI gives a comprehensive look at the many ways of representing the human figure, from traditional to contemporary, realistic to fanciful, beautiful to unsettling. The exhibit seeks a diverse view of humanity representing subjects varying greatly in gender, age, ethnicity, and nationality. The artists are encouraged to use the figure to explore a wide variety of themes, including definitions of beauty, perceptions of history, relationships with nature, and moments of everyday life. 

Juror: Livia Xandersmith

Livia Xandersmith is a surrealist, figurative painter living and working in St. Louis, Missouri. She creates oil paintings and painted installations that complicate space and obscure the lines between the real and the imagined, the past and the present, and seeks to explore the power of images and memory within our contemporary and digital age.