WILDFRUIT | GALLERY & GARDEN

Announcing: Ngàn hoa đua nở | A Thousand Flowers Racing to Bloom, a solo-exhibition of new work by Nguyên Doãn at Wildfruit Projects, opening May 29th, 2026 In “A Thousand Flowers Racing to Bloom,” Vietnamese artist Nguyên Doãn presents his first body of work created in the United States. Having studied art in Ho Chi Minh City, he now draws from a new world of seasonal change—where spring blossoms, summer vibrance, autumn fading, and winter stillness become both subject and metaphor. Each piece is accompanied by poetry, written as a way to process the emotions of migration: wonder, nostalgia, uncertainty, and hope. The flowers he paints are more than what they appear; they represent moments of growth, adaptation, and the courage to bloom in unfamiliar soil. This debut exhibition captures a fleeting yet powerful chapter: the intersection of past and present, home and horizon. From the artist: “A Thousand Flowers Racing to Bloom is a message to the millions living far from home, those who hope for a bright future, like flowers that bloom when given enough sunlight each spring.” “Ngàn hoa đua nở, của triển lãm này như một lời gửi gắm đến hàng ngàn, hàng triệu người Việt Nam xa xứ vẫn luôn mong ước một tương lai rực rỡ như những đóa hoa khi đủ nắng nở rộ mỗi độ Xuân về.” Nguyên Doãn was born in 1981 in Bình Dng, Vietnam. He trained at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts and is a member of the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Association. He arrived in the United States with his family on September 16, 2024. Since arriving he has painted around 130 works, repeatedly returning to the spring blossoms and autumn leaves that stir deep feeling in a new land. Please join us for an opening reception on Friday, May 29, 2026 from 5-9 PM at Wildfruit Projects, 4704 Virginia Avenue, St. Louis, MO, 63111. Free and open to the public. A percentage of art sales will go to support the Very Asian Foundation #nguyendoan #stlartist #contemporaryart #immigrantartist #immigrantexperience

Join STL CITY COLLAGE and WILDFRUIT PROJECTS in celebrating World Collage Day 2026. This group show celebrates the legacy of collage as a tool for imagining and conjuring liberation, an Afrofuturist practice of inhabiting the past, present, and future at once. Inspired by the visionary "blueprints for change" left by pioneers like Octavia Butler, Sun Ra, and Romare Bearden, these works utilize speculation as a vital framework for dreaming new worlds into being. Explore collage works by Black St. Louis artists: Micheala Angelena Jay Mosaic Ymani Wince Pacia Elaine Anderson Charisma Blue Maya Isabel Lee Diada Amiri Adria Nicole Webb Schedule: 05/09 | 6–9 PM: Reception 05/10 | 2–3 PM: Artist Q&A facilitated by Zenique Gardener Perry Location: Wildfruit Projects 4704 Virginia Ave, St. Louis, MO 63111

❤️‍🔥 Savoring the Erotic in Poetic Writing with @jillianskrillian and @la.vie.en.ro.22 💌 Sat, July 11, 11-1 pm @wildfruitprojects 🍑 RSVP required - bit.ly/4uOlKRt & link in bio! ✨ Led by St. Louis poets Jill Firns and Ro Kelly (co-facilitators of (In)Decent Queer Erotic Poetry Night), this workshop invites participants into a slowed-down practice of paying attention as a foundation of erotic writing. Drawing on Audre Lorde’s The Uses of the Erotic, Mary Oliver’s poetic concept of “devotion,” and adrienne marie brown’s Pleasure Activism, this workshop presents attention itself as a sensual (and radically queer) discipline of queer erotic writing. Jill and Ro will lead participants through a hands-on exploration of erotic attention that asks us all to linger longer with taste, texture, and sensation—even if the world outside is insisting our attention stay short-lived, divided, and strained. Resisting the pace of capitalism and Empire, participants will engage in slow, guided sensory exercises, including: a mindful embodiment exercise, slow tasting of fruit and chocolate, and tactile exploration of different fabrics. Our experiences in these exercises will be used as entry points into writing prompts that encourage detail, presence, and somatic savoring. Through close sensory engagement and generative writing prompts, Jill and Ro hope you will explore how devotion to the moment—however small, sweet, or strange—can become a strong, sexy foundation for writing vivid, embodied, and politically alive erotic poetry. #stlouisartist #queerwriters #eroticwriting #workshop

The gallery will be open tonight for @dutchtownstlouis Final Friday! Come view pieces from our permanent collection of mostly-local artists including: @marleybillied @xes4eyes + Katherine Simóne Reynolds @madgreen.art @jensface @phillip_finder as well as work by Wildfruit Projects co-founder @kentaro.kumanomido

✨Join us for “Slipstream and Future Thinking” with Layla Azmi Goushey, a workshop to cultivate awareness of the extraordinary. 🔮 Space is limited, so please RVSP (link in bio or URL below)! Saturday, 25 April 2026 11:00-1:00 pm [1-hour potluck, 1-hour workshop] At Wildfruit Projects RSVP: https://bit.ly/4bsEuPk Layla encourages pay-what-you-can donations to Baldi Magazine. Baladi بلدي is an Arabic word that means my home or my country. It connotes folk and indigenous culture for Earthdwellers at home and in diaspora. Baladi Magazine is a home for the mind and heart of those who live in the past, the present, the future, the imagination, the Anima Mundi, or among the stars. Dr. Layla Azmi Goushey is a literacy educator, poet, writer, and editor. Her poetry has been published in literary magazines such as FIYAH and Strange Horizons and in anthologies such as Ask the Night for a Dream: Palestinian Writing from the Diaspora and Heaven Looks Like Us: Palestinian Poetry. Her short stories have recently been published in Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction and in Arabian Nightmares: An Arab Horror Anthology. Her academic research and writing focuses on the literatures and cultures of the Southwest Asia North Africa (SWANA) region. She is the editor of Baladi Magazine, a publication focused on exploring the past, engaging the present, and imagining the future. Her chapbook The Shop was recently published by @lunette.press . #stlart #slipstream #speculativefiction

Join us for a queer open mic night! Share your work in community with other queer readers and writers and allies. When : March 28th from 6-9pm Where : @wildfruitprojects 4704 Virginia Avenue Flyer : by Camryn _______________________________________ The Fiber Arts Circle is a St. Louis-based community of Black folx interested in the fiber arts. The FAC celebrates the long and rich history of fiber arts in the Black community with radical imagination and communal creativity.

💘 Mark your calendars, friends. Changeling has returned. 🐦‍🔥✨ Our 2026 spring and fall collection features artists Layla Azmi Goushey and Janet Xmas (with a third, super secret, super steamy summer program in the works ❤️‍🔥). YOU DON’T NEED TO BE AN ARTIST / WRITER TO ATTEND - DOORS OPEN TO ALL 💗 Slipstream and Future Thinking with Layla Azmi Goushey Date: Saturday, 25 April 2026 Time: 11:00-1:00 pm [1-hour potluck, 1-hour workshop] Performative Ritual Building with Janet Xmas Date: Saturday, 17 October 2026 Time: 11:00-1:00 pm [1-hour potluck, 1-hour workshop] Please RSVP? 💓 We want enough food and space for everyone. #stlouisarts #queerartists

The Fiber Arts Circle is proud to present our first exhibition, Made to be Felt. Join us Saturday, March 14th from 5-9 pm at Wildfruit Projects @wildfruitprojects 4704 Virginia Ave Saint Louis 63111 There will be refreshments, raffles, and music RSVP for free with the link in bio. Flyer by Camryn _______________________________________ The Fiber Arts Circle is a St. Louis-based community of Black folx interested in the fiber arts. The FAC celebrates the long and rich history of fiber arts in the Black community with radical imagination and communal creativity.

This Sunday from 4-10PM! @wildtimesannual Art Exhibition and Block Party organized by @signofthetimes_tattoo #BlockParty #Dutchtown #StLouisArt

We are thrilled to partner with our pals at @monstera.mezcaleria for tonight’s Art, Wine, & Charity event! 100% of sales of by the glass wine selections will be donated to @themicaproject and we are honored to provide a pop up gallery to surround you while you sip! We’ve curated a selection of sexy, queer, otherworldly works by local artists @neekaz + @kentaro.kumanomido + @glitterpuppies for your viewing pleasure. More importantly, each artist has generously offered to donate 50-100% of proceeds from the sale of any original work to MICA! Additionally, join us to see the soft launch of our first Wildfruit Press collaboration with Janie Stamm, where we will offer a limited edition of accessibly-prices reproduction prints of her beautiful work. This isn’t just an art show. It’s an opportunity to use art and wine to sustain our community and build connections that cross boundaries. We would love to see you there!

Beverages. Refreshments. Community. Dance at Dusk.