Ann Metzger National Biennial Memorial Exhibition

November 14 - December 20, 2025

Opening Reception: November 14, 2025 | 6:30-8 pm

Juried Gallery

The St. Louis Artists’ Guild is proud to present the Ann Metzger National Biennial Memorial Exhibit an open medium, concept exhibition featuring artists across the nation.

Juror: Clare Kobasa - Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the St. Louis Art Museum

Clare Kobasa is the associate curator of prints, drawings, and photographs at the Saint Louis Art Museum, where she has worked since 2020. Curatorial projects include “The Work of Art: The Federal Art Project, 1935-1943” and “Catching the Moment: Contemporary Art from the Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison Simmons Collection.” She received her doctorate in Art History from Columbia University. Her work has most recently been supported by the Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History in Rome and the Getty Foundation Paper Project.

Gray Matter by Tamara Eberle

November 14 - December 20, 2025

Gallery Talk: November 14, 2025 | 6-6:30 pm

Ramp Gallery

Words are important; the words we tell ourselves and the words we express to others. This series highlights the complexities of words in the context of mental health and relationships. These pieces examine the different layers between spoken words, internal dialogue, things we see in writing, and statements made in obligatory settings. Leaning on her experience as a therapist, Tamara Eberle seeks to deconstruct the nuances behind words; exposing a much fuller explanation of emotions felt, but less likely disclosed. In our digital world, communication is inauthentic, meaningful conversation is lost, and acronyms or key phrases become the empty facade of socialization. Here she explores the intricacies of mental health and communication that go far deeper than the black and white context in which they are most often presented. 

The Border is the Entrance by Jason Ackman

November 14 - December 20, 2025

Gallery Talk: November 14, 2025 | 6-6:30 pm

Curated Gallery

The works in this exhibit are a continuation of a theme Ackman has been quietly walking, and at times, wrestling with over the past five years. The concept of the traveler or stranger, one who moves beyond the walls or land they currently find themselves in, to drift in and out of the margins. Individuals found in this “in-between” are looking, searching beyond the periphery, longing for the ever-elusive place to call home. These sojourners view a border or barrier differently than most. For many, a border, whether it be a psychological construct or a man-made barrier, is interpreted as a sign to stop or withdraw. It prevents one from journeying further. Yet these stopping points are interpreted differently for those searching. For those individuals, the border can be a passageway, an entry point to unknown lands. Instead of turning back, travelers see this as a sign, not to stop, but instead a warning to proceed with caution as they are traveling through. Those individuals who are traveling the borderlands are attempting to satisfy a longing for somewhere else, somewhere that feels more like home to them. And that space they find themselves in, between where they are and where they long to be, is the perilous territory of not-belonging, the territory of outliers. It is unsettling for the traveler to find themselves there. And yet, here we are. Here I am. 

All Colors presented by Portfolio Gallery

January 9 - February 14, 2026

Opening Reception: January 9, 2026 | 6:30-8:30 pm

All Colors is a St. Louis based fine art destination event featuring invited African-American artists from across the country. Our goal is to create an exciting event that attracts a national audience. The event will include an art exhibit with associated sales, workshops for the artists, the general public, collectors and art professionals, plus other special events. The mission of the Portfolio Gallery & Education Center is to educate, enrich lives, and foster a greater awareness of American artists of African American heritage.

Young Artists’ Showcase 2026

March 3 - March 28, 2026

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.