All Gallery 210 events are free and open to the public. Public parking for Gallery 210 is available at the South Millennium Parking Garage on the east side of East Drive on the UM-St. Louis Campus. Handicapped parking is located behind Gallery 210.

Hours: Tuesday-Saturday: 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Gallery: (314) 516-5976/ Office: (314) 516-5952
Fax: (314) 516-4997
Email: gallery@umsl.edu
Web site: www.umsl.edu/~gallery/

Gallery 210 is on the University of Missouri-St. Louis at 44 East Drive, TCC between the North UM-St. Louis Metro Station and the Touhill Performing Arts Center. The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The gallery phone is (314) 516-5976; the fax is (314) 516-4997; email gallery@umsl.edu and the website is umsl.edu/~gallery/.

314.516.5976.

Address:
University of Missouri-St. Louis
44 East Drive , TCC
One University Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63121

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It is an article of faith in museums and art galleries that an encounter and contemplation of the actual object is a significantly different learning experience than text or word. Art exhibitions are an exploration of the aesthetic dimension of human experience, a catalyst for new knowledge and contribute to education and public life. Gallery 210 contributes to the education of the community through the organization and exhibition of original and unique works of art. The exhibitions are interpreted for the audience through free gallery talks, lectures, panels, symposiums, and publications. The gallery programs engages in outreach and educational programs for St. Louis City and North St. Louis County by presenting exhibitions that address topics relevant to the community, (such as All American and THIN) supporting local artists, (Exposure series) collaborating with local high schools to present the work of young artists, (Collaboration project) hosting teacher workshops (such as the Art of the Book exhibition) on gallery exhibitions, and by being a resource for local groups such as the consulting with the Old North St. Louis Restoration Group.

The Gallery is an academic and community institution. A highly regarded program, 210 is a fully functioning independent nonprofit art gallery in its own right, fulfilling an ongoing community need for exposure to new and established artists. Since 1996, Gallery 210 has reached an estimated audience of 25,000. Each show brings in between 500 and 600 visitors. Gallery 210 provides a vital link between the University’s students and the contemporary art scene, the Gallery provides students with hands-on experience in nonprofit management, curatorship, and professional gallery expertise.

SHOWS AND ACCOLADES

The Riverfront Times has this to say about one of Gallery 210’s recent shows:

BEST GALLERY SHOW, 2003: David Helms, “Automated Dispositions,” Gallery 210

…Artist David Helm utterly transformed Gallery 210 into a nightmarish, high-tech home of the future… The effect was hilarious and chilling at the same time.

About Gallery 210 itself:

BEST GALLERY, 2000: Gallery 210

Sure, there are bigger galleries. There are galleries with bigger, more dependable budgets. There are galleries with more and more permanent staff members. But this year, Gallery 210 proved to be the little gallery that could. There was no more reliable place to see an inventive show, whether it was a local effort or a traveling exhibition from elsewhere… Gallery 210 is off the beaten gallery path, but it’s always worth the trip.

BEST CURATOR, 2000:

Terry Suhre probably has the toughest job in the art business: He’s the curator of a small university gallery. That means he’s got to fill a yearlong calendar with art. He’s got to curate original shows and nab traveling exhibitions. He has to work with a small space and an even smaller budget. And he has to operate within the wider educational mandate of the university. Suhre walks these tightropes with flair and has managed to make Gallery 210 a prime destination for art viewing… Ever humble, Suhre credits the student staff at Gallery 210 for much of its success. And he assumes that “artists are doing me a favor by agreeing to exhibit at Gallery 210, not the other way around.” But it’s also his imagination, flexibility and knowledge of art that explain his success

A few years later, Gallery 210 moved to a larger room, also in Lucas Hall. Art and Art History Faculty directed the program from time to time. From 1990 through 1995, Gallery 210, under the guidance of Tom Kochheiser, developed a

substantial reputation regionally and nationally for presenting advanced programs of visual art. Exhibitions by noted artists such as Warrington Colescott, New York painter Sue Coe and Russian expatriates Komar and Melamid were highlights under Kochheiser’s leadership. Additionally, Kochheiser organized an exhibition on performance artist Hanna Wilike. This exhibition and its publication gained national attention and established Gallery 210 as one of the leading institutions of contemporary art in the St. Louis Metropolitan area. Since that time, Gallery 210 has focused primarily on contemporary art.

In 2004 Gallery 210 relocated to the former Southwestern Bell Telecommunity Center, greatly increasing its accessibility to the general public and the UM-St. Louis population. The gallery now has a year-round program that presents up to ten exhibitions annually. The space is in great demand for hosting receptions, dinners, meetings, poetry readings and a variety of other events for on- and off-campus organizations. The facility has two exhibition spaces, a video area, a reception area and a fifty-seat auditorium with the capacity to present films as well as PowerPoint presentations and slide shows. The gallery also has on-site storage and a covered loading dock.

Now located next to the Touhill Performing Arts Center, the gallery’s proximity to the Millennium Student Center also fosters a considerable increase in foot traffic. Public and disability parking is available nearby at the North Millennium Student Center Parking Garage. The gallery resides directly on the bi-state area’s MetroBus line with a stop quite nearby and the pleasant MetroLink light rail system literally just yards away. Gallery 210 complies with ADA regulations with parking and building facilities for our handicapped visitors.

As a center for the visual arts in the St. Louis metropolitan area, Gallery 210 serves the students, faculty and staff of UM-St. Louis and the local arts, and North St. Louis communities bordering the campus. Gallery 210 seeks to serve the educational mission of the University of Missouri-St. Louis through the presentation of unique and original visual art exhibitions; deepen the educational experience and contribute to the cultural climate of the campus and of the communities bordering the campus; provide employment and work experience for students that offers other possible career tracks otherwise not available; serve the University’s research mission through the preparation and presentation of exhibitions and publications; enhance the university’s public service by serving the neighboring communities with exhibitions, public programs and educational outreach. The activities of Gallery 210 are primarily educational and directed to public service. The Gallery 210 Exhibition Program is fits very nicely within the scope of activities described by mission of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, which is ultimately dedicated to providing a well-rounded liberal arts education for its students and in being a cultural resource for the university’s many constituencies and communities.

Since its founding in 1976 Gallery 210 has become a leader in the organization and presentation of contemporary art in St. Louis and a byword for the best, most challenging, and most progressive shows exhibited in a nonprofit format. All artistic media,from prints and painting to photography, installation, sculpture, mixed media, video, and performance art have been presented at 210.