About Boots
Boots Contemporary Art Space is an art-laboratory on the south side of Saint Louis, Missouri. Located in the historic Antique Row District on Cherokee Street, this shotgun brick building was once a shoe repair shop in the early 1900's. The fading images of boots on the storefront served as the inspiration for the name.
Boots was founded in April 2006 by Juan William Chávez (St. Louis, MO) in collaboration with artists Bryan Reckamp (San Francisco, CA), Georgia Kotretsos (Athens, Greece / Johannesburg, South Africa) and Jon Peck (Miami, FL).
As an artist run space our mission is to provide emerging to mid-career artists and curators, local, national, and international, with an art lab that will support them in creating and showcasing new work. Through programming and exhibitions we attempt to stimulate a creative dialogue between the Saint Louis art community and the contemporary art world. Saint Louis was our choice of location due to the contemporary art boom in the community over the last few years. We wanted to invest and contribute in that growth.
Boots Contemporary Art Space is an art-laboratory on the south side of Saint Louis, Missouri. Located in the historic Antique Row District on Cherokee Street, this shotgun brick building was once a shoe repair shop in the early 1900's. The fading images of boots on the storefront served as the inspiration for the name.
Boots was founded in April 2006 by Juan William Chávez (St. Louis, MO) in collaboration with artists Bryan Reckamp (San Francisco, CA), Georgia Kotretsos (Athens, Greece / Johannesburg, South Africa) and Jon Peck (Miami, FL).
As an artist run space our mission is to provide emerging to mid-career artists and curators, local, national, and international, with an art lab that will support them in creating and showcasing new work. Through programming and exhibitions we attempt to stimulate a creative dialogue between the Saint Louis art community and the contemporary art world. Saint Louis was our choice of location due to the contemporary art boom in the community over the last few years. We wanted to invest and contribute in that growth.
About Us
This collaborative blog is a source for information and critical discussion about the non-profit visual arts in St. Louis.
Through partnerships with guest bloggers, as well as behind-the-scenes posts from institution curators, directors, staff members, visiting artists, etc., this site is a source for information on upcoming events, openings, and programs in St. Louis. This combination of first-party and third-party sources gives you a glimpse into the arts in St. Louis from a wide range of viewpoints.
In a world where cultural coverage continues to shrink, this collaborative blog hopes to inform visitors - both in and out of town - of our activities and to foster discussion on the arts in our city.
This collaborative blog is a source for information and critical discussion about the non-profit visual arts in St. Louis.
Through partnerships with guest bloggers, as well as behind-the-scenes posts from institution curators, directors, staff members, visiting artists, etc., this site is a source for information on upcoming events, openings, and programs in St. Louis. This combination of first-party and third-party sources gives you a glimpse into the arts in St. Louis from a wide range of viewpoints.
In a world where cultural coverage continues to shrink, this collaborative blog hopes to inform visitors - both in and out of town - of our activities and to foster discussion on the arts in our city.
