Welcome to the St. Louis Artists Boutique Website!

This event brings 60 exciting local and national artists to historic Kirkwood to help you celebrate Fall. Join us at the Kirkwood Community Center, Saturday and Sunday, from 10 am to 4 pm. Please visit this outstanding show with a committment to quality fine art and fine crafts.

This fine art and craft show takes place twice a year and is held at the Kirkwood Community Center.

This year's Fall show will be held Saturday and Sunday, November 1 & 2, 2008
at the Kirkwood Community Center, 111 S. Geyer Rd (at Adams).
Show hours are 10 am to 4 pm both days.

Thank you for your interest, and we hope to see you at the show!

Artists, download a printable postcard (flyer coming soon)!
You can also download the application and info sheet for the 2008 Fall Artists Boutique. The application deadline is August 31, 2008.

If you'd like a paper application mailed to you, please call Ruth at 314-727-6451.

A Short History of the Artists Boutique

In the mid-1960s, three very talented women from Florissant, MO, founded an organization which is still known today as the Artists Boutique. Norma Malerich, Gerri Franklin, and Lou Arnold would meet in each other's homes, providing a small marketplace for buyers and sellers of original crafts. Up to that time, there were no local craft shows. Members had an opportunity to discuss and vote on pertinent issues, with the goal of guaranteeing the organization would always continue to grow in a positive direction.

The membership grew by word of mouth, and soon became too large to meet in the founders' basements. In 1969, the group began renting space at a church in Creve Coeur, and later at Ivy Chapel. Eventually, the shows started attracting so many exhibitors that the boutique had to move to a much larger venue: the Kirkwood Community Center, where the Spring and Fall shows are still held today.

Through the years, the Boutique has evolved so that one point, it had a waiting list of 60 people. This is due in large part to the fun and relaxed environment in which the shows are conducted.

Today, the variety of items one can expect to see at a typical show includes paintings in several mediums, hand-made jewelry, flower arrangements, pottery, wood, metal, dolls, fiber and other very unusual and interesting crafts.

--Virginia Mueller