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Boots Contemporary Art Space
Boots Contemporary Art Space (2006 - 2010) was 501(c)3 non-profit art-laboratory on the south side of Saint Louis, Missouri. Located in the historic Antique Row District on Cherokee Street, this shotgun brick building was once a shoe repair shop in the early 1900’s. The fading images of boots on the storefront served as the inspiration for the name.

Boots was initially co-founded in April 2006 by artists Juan William Chávez (St. Louis, MO), Georgia Kotretsos (Athens, GRC), Jon Peck (Miami, FL) and graphic designer, Bryan Reckamp (San Francisco, CA). Boots was an artist-run space. Juan William Chávez acted as the director of the space and Georgia Kotretsos was the founder and served as the editor-in-chief of Boot Print. The exhibitions in record are the result of a team effort among the two main founding members of Boots. Within the first year of operation Jon Peck wanting to focus on his studio practice left the core of Boots yet always remained supportive of the space. Bryan Reckamp was the creative mind behind all graphics, the Boots website, invitations and Boot Print magazine.

As an artist run space our mission was to provide emerging and mid-career artists as well as curators locally, nationally, and internationally, with an art lab that would support them in creating and showcasing new work. Through programming and exhibitions we attempted to stimulate a creative dialogue between the Saint Louis art community and the contemporary art world. Saint Louis was our choice of location due to the contemporary art boom in the community over the last few years. We wanted to invest and contribute in that growth.

Exhibition Record:


 * Politics of Friendship
 * 10 Fingers 88 Teeth
 * There is Nothing to See Here
 * Whoop Dee Doo: Beating Dead Horses
 * A Perfect World
 * SLINGER
 * SVA Roadshow
 * Here and Elsewhere
 * Amen Bitch
 * Amass
 * Futurehole
 * The Interview
 * Shoebox: Boots Substation
 * A Sudden Gust of Wind
 * SLINGER II
 * BAD MOON RISING
 * Relation-Chute: Meditations of My Slaughter
 * Bazuco
 * Holiness: in 3 parts
 * i.e. - 7th Annual Midwestern Assorted Produce Snuff Shorts Film Triennial
 * BIRDHOUSEINCATTREE
 * Humanly Occurring
 * SLINGER III