Past Exhibition

Painting the Town:  Legacy of Nate McClain
20th Anniversary memorial art exhibition presented in honor of St. Louis artist Nate McClain, who died at age 24.

Friday, September 8, 2017
Opening Reception 7 p.m. – 10 p.m.
 
Saturday, September 9, 2017
Exhibit Open from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
 
St. Louis ArtWorks
5959 Delmar, St. Louis, MO in the Loop East
Event is free and open the public.

​Join us at this rare retrospective to celebrate the life Nate McClain and share in his legacy. 

Painting The Town:  Legacy of Nate McClain, a 20th Anniversary Memorial exhibition honoring St. Louis artist Nate McClain.  Features more than 50 original McClain artworks, including the award-winning Arnolfini Pasta Portrait and his first published piece at age 4. 
 
Exhibit made possible by generous donors via the Arts and Education Council’s stARTup-StL Crowdfunding platform and organized by the Nate McClain Gallery in association with over twenty private collectors from St. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago, Charleston S.C., Portland, & New York.

Video courtesy of Darryn Yates from Riot Radio (riotradiorocks.com)

Nate McClain was an emerging artist who tragically passed away at age 24 from a Mississippi River drowning accident in 1997.  He lived in the Washington Avenue ArtLofts after earning a Fine Arts Illustration degree from Missouri State and is known for his large-scale paintings, including a 9-foot mural for Ozzie Smith’s retirement from baseball.  Over the past twenty years, his loyal friends & family have kept McClain’s memory alive thru his online gallery and posthumously saved one of his 16-foot murals from demolition.

Permanent Display

Nate McClain's artwork is on public display in his hometown of Granite City, IL at Ernie & Annie's Tavern and Coolidge Jr. High.
​His remaining artwork is privately owned in the St. Louis MO metro area, Portland OR, Kansas City MO, Chicago IL, Denver CO, Charlotte NC, Charleston SC, and Santa Monica CA.    

​View the map for details (no private residences are listed).