Luminary Center for the Arts Heads Cherokee Street  Categories:
Arts  Jennifer Silverberg Brea and James McAnally, founders and
directors of the Luminary Center for the Arts. ​So many things
have been heading south lately -- the temperature, the economy
-- and so is the Luminary Center for the Arts. But for the four-
year-old gallery, performance space and arts incubator, south is
only in terms of geography, from the corner of Reber Place and
Kingshighway in the Southwest Garden neighborhood to Cherokee
Street. In every other way, the organization plans to expand.
The Luminary has secured an exclusive option to purchase 2700
Cherokee. The building, a former variety store, is 22,500 square
feet, more than twice the size of the center's current quarters.
Founder and executive director James McAnally estimates he'll
need to raise $500,000, a considerable chunk of change, but
McAnally and his co-founder and wife Brea have gotten a
reputation in the St. Louis arts community for frequently
attempting and achieving