2024 Open Call Residency

The Luminary 2024 Residency Open Call is a nationally recognized, research-driven initiative supporting emerging and mid-career artists, curators, and critics in developing new work. It offers an intensive two-week residency designed to foster focused inquiry and meaningful engagement with the cultural landscape of St. Louis. 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—winter/spring, summer, and fall—each cohort centers on critical contemporary themes such as artificial intelligence, climate futures, and free speech. Residents engage with local artists, organizations, and institutions, expanding their work beyond the studio and into the public sphere. This residency program is integral to The Luminary’s commitment to positioning St. Louis as a hub for critical and experimental work. Many past residents maintain ongoing ties to the city through exhibitions, public projects, and institutional collaborations, contributing to a growing national dialogue rooted in this dynamic region.