St. Louis Arts Coverage by Jeremy Goodwin

A report from Illinois Humanities finds the groups it funds lost $24 million in revenue during the pandemic, but also developed creative ways to adapt and meet community needs.

From May through November, bus tours will lead visitors through the rich Black history of Alton.

St. Louis Women’s Chorale will collaborate with the St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra on a performance of “Brushstrokes: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci,” a multimedia work including projected animations.

Charlie Berry and his band have found a monthly home playing Blueberry Hill, the venue where his grandfather Chuck played for years. Berry mixes original material and classics from the Chuck Berry songbook.

The Regional Arts Commission gets most of its funding from the hotel-motel tax. With tourism down since the outset of the pandemic, a new marketing campaign aims to raise the profile of St. Louis as an arts destination.

Becky Sauerbrunn, an Olivette native and longtime fixture on the U.S. women’s soccer team, returns to St. Louis on Tuesday for an exhibition match against Ireland at CityPark.

East St. Louis musician David Dee, a longtime fixture on the Midwest blues scene, has died. His musical resume was long. He performed with his vocal group David and the Temptations in the 1960s and later played with Howlin’ Wolf and Albert King.

“Confluences,” an exhibition of Faye Heavyshield’s work at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, includes new pieces that reflect on Cahokia Mounds and the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.

Opera Theatre of St. Louis will present three short operas, all by artists of color who’ve worked largely outside the opera world. The works address the roots of Black, queer ballroom culture; three important inventors who were Black women, and the Supreme Court battle over a rock band’s attempt to reappropriate a racial slur.

The "Counterpublic" exhibition will include 30 sculptures, films and other artwork reflecting on the injustices faced by people living in the neighborhoods where the work is placed.