Explore Art. Nurture Creativity. Trust Artists.
Current Call For Submissions
6th Annual W 39th Street Neighborhood Show
Deadline for Submission: August 8, 2025
The Smalter Gallery is delighted to announce that we are in preparations for our annual neighborhood show, and we are officially open for submissions!
Each year, we celebrate our beloved neighborhood with an exhibition of works by artists who have lived, loved, and worked on W 39th street in Kansas City, MO. If you have a deep connection to the area or find yourself thinking back wistfully on a time when you did, we want to see your art!
Current Exhibition
Who Cares?
July 11, 2025 - August 16, 2025
"Who Cares" is a group exhibition curated by Brittany Noriega and Micael Elrod exploring care-giving as both subject and act — a labor often invisible, deeply personal, and profoundly cultural.
This show centers care in all its forms: from mothering and tending to elders, to the interdependent care networks within families, communities, friendships, and our natural environment. We're particularly interested in work that reflects how caregiving intersects with gender, culture, memory, symbiosis and resilience — especially through the lens of women and historically marginalized communities. The intended result of this exploration will be to highlight the importance of community care and support in giving, receiving, and the cycle between both.
Our Community Vision
The Smalter Gallery is a community space that fosters human connection through art.
The gallery door opens to all, from casual visitors to avid collectors. A visit to our gallery is an experience of exploration and discovery, free of pretentiousness, pressure, or gatekeeping. Here you will find a welcoming and inclusive environment where art is accessible to patrons of all economic circumstances. Through vibrant discussion with fellow guests, fascinating cultural events, and the joy of falling in love with a new artist’s work, each visit to the Smalter Gallery is an opportunity to forge your own destiny via the power of artistic expression.
Our Artistic Mission
The Smalter Gallery aims to create a space in which our artists feel guided, valued, and cared for. We are a second home for both emerging and experienced artists, driven by a desire to support creators so they may realize their greatest artistic ambitions. Never imposing ourselves upon an artist’s creative vision, we will act as a safe and ever-present foundation upon which artists of all backgrounds can evolve and thrive.
Simply put: The Smalter Gallery nurtures creativity and trusts artists.