This is an archive of past events.
Friday, June 6
7 pm to 11 pm
Don't Everyone Rock At Once - innovative works by Eric Nichols, Eric Hoefer, Ruth Reese, Eric Nauman and Dryden Wells opens on June 6, 2008, and continues through June 30, 2008.
Tuesday, May 27
7 pm to 7 pm
Mad Art Gallery and Left Bank Books are proud to present Chuck Palahniuk on Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 22
7:30 pm to 11 pm
Mad Art Gallery is proud to present the King of country western troubadours Unknown Hinson. Leaving a trail of jealous husbands and adoring women in his wake, Unknown Hinson is touring the country spreading his message of peace, love and party liquor. Be there when Unknown Hinson descends on St. Louis, armed with his guitar and revolver, and plays his chart-toppin' hits.
Friday, May 2
7 pm to 11 pm
Opening Reception for Contemplating Change - MFA Thesis Exhibition, Mark Shumake, sculpture
Friday, April 25
7 pm to 11 pm
Mad Art Gallery is proud to present Matty Kleinberg's MFA thesis exhibition, Reflections of a Private Public. This exhibition will run from Friday, April 25, 2008, through Thursday, May 1, 2008.
Friday, April 18
7 pm to 11 pm
Mad Art Gallery is proud to present a screening of the film, Invisible Children. This is a remarkable film about the plight of child soldiers and night commuters in northern Uganda. The documentary was filmed in 2003 when three students from Southern California, Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey and Laren Poole (then ages 24, 21, and 20), traveled to Sudan “to find a story.”
Friday, April 4
7 pm to 11 pm
Mad Art Gallery proudly presents Working Hard At Playing With Yourself work by Gabe Lanza, Beth Bojarski, Chris Miller, and Mark Winter. This exhibit opens on Friday, April 4, 2008, and continues through April 24, 2008.
Saturday, March 22
7 pm to 11 pm
Convivial Pursuit, a friendly game of food trivia to benefit Slow Food St. Louis, will take place Saturday, March 22, from 7:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. Admission is $20 per person for tables of 8-10 players. The fee includes beer, wine, soda, and water. The evening also features fantastic raffle items and interactive categories sure to delight your senses. Don't miss the tastiest trivia night in St. Louis. Tickets may be purchased at Brown Paper Tickets.
Wednesday, March 12
7 pm to 11 pm
Mad Art Gallery welcomes QFEST, the St. Louis LGBTQ Film Festival. QFEST utilizes the art of contemporary gay cinema to spotlight the diversity and inherent complexities of living an alterative lifestyle in today's society. QFEST begins on Wednesday, March 12, at Mad Art Gallery with an evening of hilarious and provocative short subjects hosted by guest film maker Lisa Ganser. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. and the program begins at 8:00 p.m. Admission is $5 at the door. Cash bar available.
Saturday, March 8
8 pm to Midnight
Bill Streeter works tirelessly to bring you the best of St. Louis arts, culture and music through his internationally recognized and award-winning video podcast, Lo-Fi Saint Louis. We at Mad Art Gallery are unabashed fans of Streeter and invite you to celebrate the launch of Lo-Fi's new, seasonal episode format. Streeter hits the reset button on Lo-Fi Saint Louis on Monday, March 3, and we are celebrating with a party on Saturday, March 8. The evening will feature video screenings, live performances by St. Louis rock bands, the Helium Tapes and the 75s, and lot of surprises. Doors open at 8:00 p.m. Admission is $6.00 at the door.
Friday, March 7
8 pm to Midnight
Mad Art Gallery is proud to welcome Venus Envy on Friday, March 7, 2008.
Monday, February 25
7 pm to 10 pm
Bill Chott presents a whole new experience in St. Louis comedy: Bill Chott's Best of St. Louis. This independent comedy showcase will feature some of the best edgy comics in St. Louis including Gabe Kea, Josh Arnold, video featuring Bob Odenkirk and Paul F. Tompkins, sketch and improv from The Non-Prophet Theatre Company, The Fingerbreaker Brothers, Brand X, East County and more surprises. Tickets are $10 and include 2 free drinks.
Saturday, February 23
7 pm to 11 pm
Please join The Soulard School for a trivia night on Saturday, February 23, 2008. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Admission is $20 per person and includes an open bar of beer, wine and soda. Mixed drinks will be available for purchase, cash only. The night will also feature a silent auction with great items. You may purchase tables of ten in advance for $200 by contacting Sarah Christman at 314-865-2799.
Friday, January 4
7 pm to 11 pm
Mad Art Gallery is proud to present Famous Fictional featuring portraits from comics, television and movies. Work will include paintings, illustrations, and sculptures of some of the most famous, or infamous, characters from comics, television, and movies. This exhibit opens on January 4, 2008, and runs through January 28, 2008. Famous Fictional includes work from Brian Hurtt, Matt Kindt, Luby, Dan Zettwoch, Jason Robards, Anchovy, Dan Wilson, Brian Yap, Nathan Poetzscher, Jon Reed, Sacha Mardou, Sharlene Kindt, Matt Reedy, Jenny Cimino, Ron Weaver and more.
Friday, December 28
6 pm to 11 pm
Join Mad Art as we welcome back Ryan Wylie and the Free Form Festival.
Sunday, December 23
7 pm to 11 pm
Mad Art Gallery welcomes Bill Chott for a Christmas Improv Jam on Sunday, December 23, from 7:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. Bill Chott from The Ringer, Saturday Night Live's cartoons, and Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place welcomes St. Louis' best improvisers, comics, musicians, and actors onstage for a Christmas Improv Jam. Performers from all over the country, home for the holidays, will take part in a fundraiser for St. Louis families in need.
Sunday, December 9
Noon to 6 pm
Mad Art Gallery is proud to welcome back the Rock n Roll Craft Show on December 8 and 9. Avoid the corporate retail scene! The latest offering of Rock n Roll Craft Show will be bigger and better than ever, and comes just in time for holiday shopping. Browse thousands of handmade items, listen to 12 bands, and attend one of the free craft workshops. Sponsors of the RRCS will be giving away attendance prizes every hour.
Saturday, December 8
Noon to 9 pm
Mad Art Gallery is proud to welcome back the Rock n Roll Craft Show on December 8 and 9. Avoid the corporate retail scene! The latest offering of Rock n Roll Craft Show will be bigger and better than ever, and comes just in time for holiday shopping. Browse thousands of handmade items, listen to 12 bands, and attend one of the free craft workshops. Sponsors of the RRCS will be giving away attendance prizes every hour.
Thursday, November 29
7:30 pm to 11 pm
Mad Art Gallery welcomes QFest as they present the Five Minute Film Festival. This will be a fun evening of queer film shorts and burlesque acts benefitting Qfest, St. Louis' Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender Film Festival. Doors open at 7:30 and the show begins at 8:30. A suggested donation of $5 goes to QFest. Cash bar is available.
Sunday, November 18
4 pm to 11 pm
Mad Art Gallery is proud to welcome Echolocation Recordings as they present BioSonar, their inaugural festival featuring dozens of regional artists from the improv, experimental, electroacoustic, free, deep listening, eclectic, concrete, new music, avant garde, noise, drone, field recording, and lowercase genres, along with some music that cannot be categorized. Regional artists will also present literature and video art. To make the day complete, Echolocation invites you to join in the potluck indoor picnic. Bring your blanket and stretch out to enjoy the various approaches to non-traditional music while you dine on potluck delights provided by Echolocation and audience members. Apop Records, located on Cherokee Street in St. Louis, will be on hand with a selection of music available for purchase. This festival is like no other that has ever been held in St. Louis, and it promises to be a great event.
Tuesday, November 13
7 pm to 11 pm
It's a voyeur's dream: save the date for Davy Rothbart when he returns to Mad Art Gallery with Found Magazine and PostSecret on November 13th. Found Magazine with PostSecret promises to be a great event for all of us who cannot resist a peak into someone else's life. Doors open at 7:00, show begins at 8:00. All ages welcome and admission is $15. Cash bar available.
Friday, November 2
7 pm to 11 pm
Mad Art Gallery proudly presents By The Numbers, new works by YOU, an homage to the paint by number phenomenon that introduced art to millions of Americans who had never before held a paintbrush. We are installing several large-scale paint by number canvases and inviting you to come make the art. Bring your painting smock. We will supply the paint, brushes and an evening of fun and creativity. Every man's a Rembrandt on Friday, November 2, 2007, from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at Mad Art Gallery.
Thursday, November 1
7 pm to 9 pm
Mad Art Gallery is proud to present journalist and photographer William Stage on Thursday, November 1, 2007, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for a book signing and photography exhibit. William Stage's Pictures of People is a collection of 80 black and white, candid photographs exposed from 1982 to 1993. Subjects hail from diverse pursuits and every strata of society.
Friday, October 12
7 pm to 11 pm
Mad Art is proud to welcome Anais Mitchell back to St. Louis. Opening for Ani DiFranco at Live on the Levee this summer, she returns for a special, one night only performance on Friday, October 12, 2007, at Mad Art Gallery. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. and the show starts at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door. Cash bar available.
Thursday, October 11
8 pm to 11 pm
Mad Art Gallery proudly presents a night of great music with The Commoners on Thursday, October 11, 2008, from 8:00 p.m. until Midnight.
Friday, September 28
8 pm to 11 pm
Left Bank Books presents an evening of literature, comedy, and live music at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, September 28, 2007, at Mad Art Gallery. Jonathan Messinger, author of Hiding Out will perform The Dollar $tore, original comic writing along with writer Jason Toon and photographer Nathan Keay. Live music will be performed by Chicago's Stephanie Morris and John Huston. Also featuring live music from St. Louis' own Jason Toon's The Help. This is an all ages event, free and open to the public. Cash bar available.
Monday, September 24
7 pm to 11 pm
Mad Art Gallery is proud to welcome back Left Bank Books on Monday, September 24th. National Book Award Finalist, Mark Z. Danielewski will be on hand to read from and sign his book, Only Revolutions.
Thursday, September 13
8 pm to Midnight
Come and see what happens when people from multiple disciplines collaborate. Creative people and ideas converge at Mad Art Gallery the second Thursday of each month from 8:00 p.m. to 12 midnight for Experimental Art Thursdays. Cash bar available.
Friday, September 7
6 pm to 10 pm
The 14th biennial Contemporary Women Artist Exhibition sponsored by the St. Louis Chapter of the Women's Caucus for Art. This exhibit runs from September 7 to 29 with a free opening reception on Friday, September 7 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Funding in part provided by the Missouri Arts Council.
Thursday, August 23
7 pm to Midnight
Mad Art Gallery is proud to welcome back The Ditty Bops. With voices as sweet as honey and harmonies to match, the Ditty Bops call their shows “pagan-vaudeville.” Accompanied by guitar, mandolin, piano, fiddle, stand-up bass, and lots of wild costume changes, their music blends ragtime, western swing, bluegrass, and folk. The Ditty Bops return to Mad Art Gallery, this time in their bio diesel van, for two great shows in one great night.
Friday, August 10
7 pm to 11 pm
Prison Performing Arts presents Hot Night in the City on August 10, 2007, at Mad Art Gallery. Hot Night in the City celebrates the power of Prison Performing Arts. Come and learn about the impact the arts has in transforming lives of with incarcerated children and adults.
Friday, August 3
7 pm to 11 pm
Mad Art Gallery proudly presents “Flight Risk” works by LJ Lindhurst, Timothy Meehan, and Jennifer Weigel. This exhibit will be on view from August 3 to August 30 with a free opening reception on Friday, August 3, 2007, from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Cash bar available.
Saturday, July 28
7 pm to 11 pm
The Art of Food is a benefit for Slow Food St. Louis, a non-profit organization showcasing the area's top restaurants serving delectable hors d'ouvres using only the freshest, local ingredients prepared by the hottest chefs in the slow food tradition in Mad Art's main gallery. The night will also feature a silent auction of food-themed art by local artists, gift baskets filled with a variety of specialty goodies from boutiques, wineries and restaurants. Enjoy cool drinks, fashion with a food edge and savory morsels of music and video clips from classic to corny for your viewing pleasure.
Saturday, July 14
8 pm to 11 pm
Back by popular demand it's the Mad Art Radio Hour. Once again, Mad Art Gallery and local artists have created a live theater production of a radio show from the Golden Age. These are traditional radio shows with a twist. Writing, acting, and sound effects all by local talent and all live in an intimate setting.
Friday, July 6
7 pm to 11 pm
Mad Art Gallery proudly presents “Creation of Fate” new works by Veronica Blaha, Mike Calway-Fagen, and Amanda Wiles. This exhibit runs from July 6 to 30, 2007, with a free opening reception on Friday, July 6, 2007, from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Thursday, July 5
7 pm to 10:30 pm
Left Bank Books presents Chuck Klosterman at Mad Art Gallery hosted by RFT music editor Annie Zaleski. The author will discuss his newest book, Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas, a collection of articles, previously published columns, and a semi-autobiographical novella.
Sunday, July 1
6 pm to 10 pm
The Free Form Film Festival returns to Mad Art Gallery on Sunday, July 1, 2007. The Free Form Film Festival is a traveling festival of film and music.
Saturday, June 30
8 pm to Midnight
Dust off that white tuxedo, break out the AquaNet and metallic mini dress, it's prom night! Mad Art Gallery is taking it to the max June 30th to celebrate their 6th anniversary with the return of the Original Art Prom.
Saturday, June 16
8 pm to Midnight
Hillbillies, Ninjas & Mexican Wrestlers is a one night exhibition featuring the work of stencil graffiti artist Peat Wollaeger and celebrating the launch of Peat's limited edition bottle and film for Mountain Dew.
Friday, June 1
7 pm to 11 pm
Mad Art Gallery presents “An Aerial Landscape” new paintings by Julie Malone and “Sometimes You Just Know” photographs by Justin Visnesky.
Thursday, May 10
6 pm to 10 pm
Benefit Cocktail Party
Saturday, April 21
10 am to 2 pm
Semi-annual Sam Stang glass sale. Get here early and find beautiful glass by Sam Stang, and other artists from Augusta Glass. See Stang's website for more details.
Thursday, April 19
7:30 pm to Midnight
Coming on DVD the Dan Bowers-produced and directed flick, “A. (anonymous)” is being released on DVD and will arrive in the form of a three-band, one-showing party at Mad Art Gallery on Thursday, April 19.
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