The wait is over! Our 2026 Residency Open Call is now live! 🎉 We’re excited to offer a research-driven initiative supporting emerging and mid-career artists, curators, and critics in developing new work. This two-week residency is designed to foster focused inquiry and meaningful engagement with the artistic landscape of St. Louis. This year, the program emphasizes a two-fold approach to research: providing artists dedicated time to pursue new lines of inquiry within their practice, while encouraging deep immersion in St. Louis’s vibrant arts community through exploration, dialogue, and relationship-building. Residents are supported with spacious housing, financial resources, and structured opportunities for public engagement, creating a collaborative environment where creative development and national artistic discourse intersect. Offered in three seasonal sessions, each cohort centers a critical contemporary theme:  WINTER/SPRING (February 18 - March 4) : Exploring AI & Creative Ethics, with projects focused on data collection, algorithmic bias, and machine learning’s role in cultural production. SUMMER (July 8 - 22): Addressing Climate Futures, investigating how artists can imagine, document, and respond to ecological crises. FALL (November 4 - 18): Engaging with Free Speech & Artistic Expression, critically examining censorship, digital platforms, and the future of creative autonomy. You can find more information and apply now through the link in our bio! Design by Ashley King💕 #theluminarystl #artistresidency #opencall #callforartists #artistopportunity #contemporaryart #researchbasedart #artistinresidence #artinstlouis (fb)

🦋 Remembering 𝓔𝓵 𝓔𝓷𝓬𝓾𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓸🕷️ Thank you to everyone who came to see the exhibition and helped us facilitate this inspiring and introspective experience for our community. Best wishes to Laura Camila Medina (@lil___lau) and Cecilia Vargas Muñoz (@ceciliavargas_arte), we hope to encounter you again soon 💟 And of course a big thank you to Teiger Foundation (@teigerfoundation), Missouri Arts Council (@missouriartscouncil), the National Endowment for the Arts (@neaarts), and individual contributors like for for making this exhibition possible. #ElEncuentro #TravelingFeeling #TheLuminary (fb)