Laumeier Sculpture Park Art Programs
12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, MO 63127
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Laumeier Sculpture Park Art Programs include clay workshops, wheel throwing, and Family Wheel Throwing sessions. The Teen Takeover clay workshop and Family Wheel Throwing classes focus on hands-on clay work, including time on the pottery wheel and leaving projects to be kiln-fired for later pickup.
• Ages: 4–16 years old
• Schedule: Teen Takeover clay workshop for ages 13–16 meets on Saturday, July 18, from 6–9 p.m. for a 3-hour session; Family Wheel Throwing for ages 4–12 with a favorite grownup offers two 2-hour sessions on Saturday, August 22, from 10 a.m.–12 p.m. (108.1) and 1–3 p.m. (108.2)
• Price: Teen Takeover clay workshop: $60; Family Wheel Throwing 108.1: $55; Family Wheel Throwing 108.2: $55
Laumeier Sculpture Park was founded in 1976 and opened as part of the St. Louis County Department of Parks and Recreation system on July 7, 1976, becoming officially incorporated one year later. In 1968, Mrs. Matilda Laumeier bequeathed the first 72 acres that became Laumeier Sculpture Park, and in 1976 local artist Ernest Trova gifted 40 artworks for the formation of a sculpture park and gallery. In 2015, Laumeier closed its first major capital campaign, Sculpting the Future. Laumeier Sculpture Park is an internationally recognized, nonprofit arts organization that is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.
The mission of Laumeier Sculpture Park is engaging communities through art and nature to inspire curiosity, foster creativity, and promote social connection for all. Laumeier presents more than 70 works of large-scale outdoor sculpture in a 94-acre park and is free and open daily from 7 a.m. to 30 minutes past sunset. Laumeier is celebrating 50 years as a place where art and nature come together, with Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting, an indoor exhibition on view from February 7 to December 13, 2026, and Laumeier Stories, a community-driven digital storytelling project. Signature events include the Annual Art Fair, Summer Art Programs, and Laumeier After Dark, and Laumeier’s 1917 Estate House was renovated into the Kranzberg Education Lab, along with the construction of the Aronson Fine Arts Center for exhibitions, programs, and events. The correct pronunciation of “Laumeier” is “Lau” (rhymes with “now”)–“meier” (rhymes with “higher”).
Laumeier Sculpture Park’s ongoing operations and programs are supported by St. Louis County Parks and Recreation, the Regional Arts Commission, Missouri Arts Council, a state agency, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Mark Twain Laumeier Endowment Fund, and other corporations, foundations, individual donors, and members. The ongoing conservation of artworks in the collection is supported by the Mark Twain Laumeier Endowment Fund. Laumeier operates in partnership with St. Louis County Parks and Recreation and acknowledges the ancestral lands of the Osage Nation, Missouria, and Illini Confederacy, on which Laumeier Sculpture Park is located.
Last updated July 12, 2026.
• Ages: 4–16 years old
• Schedule: Teen Takeover clay workshop for ages 13–16 meets on Saturday, July 18, from 6–9 p.m. for a 3-hour session; Family Wheel Throwing for ages 4–12 with a favorite grownup offers two 2-hour sessions on Saturday, August 22, from 10 a.m.–12 p.m. (108.1) and 1–3 p.m. (108.2)
• Price: Teen Takeover clay workshop: $60; Family Wheel Throwing 108.1: $55; Family Wheel Throwing 108.2: $55
Laumeier Sculpture Park was founded in 1976 and opened as part of the St. Louis County Department of Parks and Recreation system on July 7, 1976, becoming officially incorporated one year later. In 1968, Mrs. Matilda Laumeier bequeathed the first 72 acres that became Laumeier Sculpture Park, and in 1976 local artist Ernest Trova gifted 40 artworks for the formation of a sculpture park and gallery. In 2015, Laumeier closed its first major capital campaign, Sculpting the Future. Laumeier Sculpture Park is an internationally recognized, nonprofit arts organization that is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.
The mission of Laumeier Sculpture Park is engaging communities through art and nature to inspire curiosity, foster creativity, and promote social connection for all. Laumeier presents more than 70 works of large-scale outdoor sculpture in a 94-acre park and is free and open daily from 7 a.m. to 30 minutes past sunset. Laumeier is celebrating 50 years as a place where art and nature come together, with Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting, an indoor exhibition on view from February 7 to December 13, 2026, and Laumeier Stories, a community-driven digital storytelling project. Signature events include the Annual Art Fair, Summer Art Programs, and Laumeier After Dark, and Laumeier’s 1917 Estate House was renovated into the Kranzberg Education Lab, along with the construction of the Aronson Fine Arts Center for exhibitions, programs, and events. The correct pronunciation of “Laumeier” is “Lau” (rhymes with “now”)–“meier” (rhymes with “higher”).
Laumeier Sculpture Park’s ongoing operations and programs are supported by St. Louis County Parks and Recreation, the Regional Arts Commission, Missouri Arts Council, a state agency, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Mark Twain Laumeier Endowment Fund, and other corporations, foundations, individual donors, and members. The ongoing conservation of artworks in the collection is supported by the Mark Twain Laumeier Endowment Fund. Laumeier operates in partnership with St. Louis County Parks and Recreation and acknowledges the ancestral lands of the Osage Nation, Missouria, and Illini Confederacy, on which Laumeier Sculpture Park is located.
Last updated July 12, 2026.
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