The University of Missouri- Saint Louis campus has a surprising number of places to find art, from the works of art-major students to photo galleries to history and art exhibits to works by world-class professional artists.
If a student is feeling stressed, a surprisingly good way to relax is to take an "art break," by visiting a campus art gallery and just take a moment to really look at the art works. It takes you to another mental place and clears the head like nothing else.
And it is free, because the galleries are free of charge.
There are several galleries on campus, including Gallery 210, a professional gallery near the Millennium Student Center, Gallery Visio, the student-run gallery in the MSC, the Mercantile Library gallery, in the lower level of the campus library. Other galleries are Gallery FAB, a display of student and faculty art in the long hall of the Fine Arts Building and the Public Policy Research Center's photo gallery, in the SSB building
Both Gallery 210 and Visio have announced their exhibits for the 2009-2010 season, so here is a peek at some of those exhibits.
Of the several galleries on campus, the one with the biggest profile is Gallery 210. The gallery is located in its own building, north of the Millennium Student Center and near the Touhill, MetroLink station and campus police building.
Gallery 210
The full-schedule to Gallery 210 is on their website, http://www.umsl.edu/~gallery/, along with gallery hours. Gallery 210 is located in the Telecommunications Building, which is next to the North Campus MetroLink station, near both the Millennium Student Center and the Touhill Performing Arts Center.
Gallery 210 is really a hidden art gem of the St. Louis area, which has displayed world-class art over the years. This gallery displays a variety of art media, including painting, photography, sculpture, and mixed media, often works by nationally or internationally noted artists. The gallery has two exhibit halls, A and B, and frequently runs two exhibits at once.
Highlights for this fall include "Exposure 12," part of a long-running annual series that challenging new work by local artists (August 27 - October 10), "Phosphorescence," a video exhibit by Anthony Discenza with electronic soundtrack (also August 27 - October 10), "St. Louis Through the Lens," the second installment of the Irv Schankman Memorial Photography Contest featuring photos of the city (September 10 - December 5) and "Sons of Border Crisis," a series of short videos by Guillermo Gomez-Pena on immigrant issues (October 22 - December 5).
Gallery Visio
The full-schedule for Visio is on their website, http://www.umsl.edu/~galvisio/, along with gallery hours. Art by UM-St. Louis students is on display at Gallery Visio, a student-run art gallery that displays the surprising level of artistic talent found on campus. Gallery Visio is found in the lower level of the MSC, just off the Nosh and before you reach the Pilot House. The convenient location makes it easy to drop in for a quick tour of the gallery's current exhibit.
Exhibits this semester include "Children of the Mesh," silkscreen prints (August 27- to Oct. 15), "Ikonen Einer Grenzanlage," photographs commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (November 1 to 18) and "Kids with Cameras," photographs taken by children of the Macaldeniya School in Sri Lanka (Dec. 3 to 17).
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