7522 Big Bend Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63119
(314) 412-6098
Artists First (formerly known as Turner Center for the Arts) meets the unique community need of providing an open art program for adults with disabilities. Through Artists First's largest program, the Adult Open Studio, staff and volunteers provide nurturing, structured artistic direction for adults with disabilities, resulting in increased independence for participants. Artists First's culture is one of inclusion, from program development to program implementation. We intentionally target disenfranchised individuals and take steps to ensure participation such as reduced fees and scholarships. All programs are centrally located and take place in accessible buildings. Artists First staff have extensive experience working with individuals with disabilities of all backgrounds. Artists First accepts all participants regardless of age, gender, ability, sexual orientation, religion, race or ethnicity. Artists First maintains an inclusive and accepting environment
The Hunt Gallery is an integral part of the educational mission of the Department of Art, Design, and Art History, as well as an important and highly visible aspect of its community outreach. The Hunt Gallery is a non-commercial, alternative venue for providing professionally curated exhibitions of contemporary art for the academic community and broader St. Louis area public. As a significant factor in St. Louis region's cultural environment, Hunt Gallery presents exhibitions of individual artists and/or groups of artists of regional, national and international renown whose works demonstrate significant aesthetic achievement and art historical importance.
The May Gallery was established in 1988, with the opening of the Sverdrup Building on the Webster Groves campus of the university. Located in the School of Communications, it is one of the very few spaces in St. Louis dedicated to showing a wide range of photographic work. The Small Wall Gallery was inaugurated in Fall 2000. It complements the May Gallery by hosting smaller photographic exhibitions, especially of student work, work-in-progress, and work that otherwise might not be seen in a gallery setting.
This tiny art gallery is a testament to my reclamation of the spaces in my home. The small but dynamic gallery will periodically host receptions and openings, all of which are strictly by invitation only to avoid over-crowding and unsafe conditions.